checklist

since leaving australia i have been to and seen:

• singapore
  -- the merlion, night safari, sentosa island
  
• united kingdom (london, dover)
  -- london eye, big ben, british museum, carnaby street, hamleys, harrods, westminster abbey, madame tussaud's, white cliffs of dover
  
• france (calais in transit, paris, vimy)
  -- eiffel tower, arc de triomphe, notre dame, the lourve, moulin rouge, vimy memorial
  
• belgium (in transit)
  
• netherlands (amsterdam)
  -- dam square, red light district, green-friendly cafes, anne frank's house, canals of amsterdam
  
• germany (berlin, munich, dresden, dachau)
  -- berlin wall, loads of museums, topography of terror, brandenburger gate, the reichstach, checkpoint charlie, holocaust memorial, dresden wall, dachau concentration camp, munich glockenspeil, beer hall putsch, karl marx statue
  
• czech republic (prague)
  -- prague astronomical clock, palace, st peter's basilica
  
• austria (innsbruck)
  -- we looked for the winter olympic ski slope but couldn't find it =(
  
• italy (venice, maranello, rome, vatican city, pisa, florence)
  -- canals of venice, gondola ride, st mark's square, rialto bridge, ferrari museum, ancient ruins of rome, piazza venezia, trevi fountain, the pantheon, sistene chapel, st peter's square, colesseum, tower of pisa, ponte vecchio, academia (statue of david)
  
• switzerland (lucerne)
  -- mount pilatus, lucerne lion monument, chapel bridge