New 7 Wonders of the World Runner Ups: 2005 – 2007

July 22, 2010 by  

NYC & Dennis Haysbert

NYC & Dennis Haysbert

There were twenty-one landmarks that were up for the New Seven Wonders of the World.  It is our goal to see all of them. We decided that Timbuktu (once one of the world’s richest cities, in Mali, Africa) isn’t one we care to venture to.  But hey, we think we will go there when we do Morrocco since it’s fairly close.  Also, Chris and I have collectively seen a lot of the twenty, however, not together. So the rule is, we go back and see all of them together!

1.    Statue of Liberty, New York harbor – In June, 2005, we went to New York for the book sellers show and spent a week seeing all the sites and three plays. Ran into Dennis Haysbert at Nobu (who was then playing President Palmer on 24) right after I had just got my first pair of Monolo Blahniks across the street. (Clearly watched too much Sex in the City) LOVE that show and New York City!

Sydney Harbor

Sydney Opera House

2.    December 30, 2005, we went to Sydney. I didn’t want to go unless I could see and be a part of the most fabulous fireworks of anywhere in the World. Thanks to the advice of my niece Mary (who had gone the year before) we got to experience them in a boat in Sydney harbor. On top of that, our boat was one of the ones that got to be a part of the Parade of Lights!

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia

3.    May 2007, we went to Istanbul, Turkey and saw the Hagia Sophia. Famous for its massive dome, it’s considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have “changed the history of architecture.”  It was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520.

4.    We left Istanbul and cruised the Greek Islands before we ended up in Athens where we went to see the Acropolis, a flat-topped rock that rises 150 m (490 ft) above sea level in the middle of the city. Known as the “Sacred Rock” it is topped by the Parthenon.

The Acropolis

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