It’s been a tough few weeks, stir craziness is settling in and it’s getting difficult to find ways to fill the time. Here are some more ways to see the world from the comfort and safety of your own home. I hope everyone is doing well and stays healthy.
All information is correct as of April 19th, 2020 and can be subject to change at any time. For the online performances, dates in parentheses indicate original date of performance. Times are presented with their original time in their current time zone along with the time in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Take a trip around the world without leaving your couch
- Taj Mahal – Agra, India
- Eiffel Tower – Paris, France
- The Acropolis – Athens, Greece
- Great Wall of China
- Sydney Opera House – Sydney, Australia
- Buckingham Palace – London, England
- Galápagos Islands
- Petra – Petra, Jordan
- Palace of Versailles – Versailles, France
- Bridge of Sighs – Venice, Italy
- Everest Base Camp
- The Great Pyramids – Giza, Egypt
- Blarney Castle – Cork, Ireland
- Machu Picchu – Cuzco Region, Peru
- Mount Fuji – Fujinomiya, Japan
- Cliffs of Moher – County Clare, Ireland
- Great Barrier Reef
- Angkor Wat – Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Samburu National Reserve – Samburu, Kenya
The Royal Opera House in London
Live streamed via their Facebook page and their YouTube channel, catch a different production every Friday night, as well as behind the scenes action you can’t find anywhere else!
- Mozart’s Così fan tutte
- The Royal Ballet’s The Metamorphosis
- Handel’s Acis and Galatea
- April 24 – ‘Gloriana’ (Royal Opera, 2013)
- April 27 – Peter and the Wolf
- May 1 – ‘The Winter’s Tale’ (Royal Ballet, 2014)
Watch the Northern Lights
A live stream set up at the Churchill Northern Studies Center in Manitoba, Canada, and this time of year is ideal to see the sky light up with beautiful colors. Between 10 PM and 4 am EDT are the best times to see the lights, as it’s the darkest time of the night.
Weekly Productions
- The Show Must Go On!
- Every Friday night at 7 PM BST (2 PM EDT), a different Andrew Lloyd Weber production will be available for viewing on YouTube for 48 hours.
- National Theatre of London Home
- Every Thursday night at 7 PM BST, catch a fantastic world-class show online.
Visit hotels around the world
Sure, traveling is off the table right now, but why can’t you still enjoy a nice view from a cool hotel?
- Malibu Beach Inn – Malibu, California
- The Sebel Quay West – Sydney, Australia
- Hotel Del Coronado – Coronado, California
- Hard Rock Hotel Cancun – Cancun, Mexico
- St Regis Saadiyat Island – Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Bahia Resort Hotel – San Diego, California
- The Inbal – Jerusalem, Israel
- Adams Beach Hotel – Aiya Napa, Cyprus
- Catamaran Resort Hotel – San Diego, California
- W Bali – Bali, Indonesia
Be Dazzled by Cirque Du Soleil
For an hour, be amazed at the lights, the music, the acrobatics. Lose yourself in the show and just enjoy.
Visit Japan!
The Japanese tourism board created a 360-degree VR tour of the country, and there’s so many virtual tours of the country where you can really get up close and see everything. If that’s not enough to make it your next destination, I don’t know what will.
US National Parks
As of writing this post, 32 US national parks have made it possible to visit online and see the beauty of nature. Maybe a few will make it on the itinerary of your next vacation?
- Denali National Park in Alaska
- Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
- Channel Islands National Park in California
- Death Valley National Park in California
- Joshua Tree National Park in California
- Redwoods National and State Parks in California
- Sequoia National Park in California
- Yosemite National Park in California
- Black Canyon, Gunnison National Park in Colorado
- Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado
- Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado
- Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida
- Everglades National Park in Florida
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii
- Arcadia National Park in Maine
- Glacier National Park in Montana
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio
- Badlands National Park in South Dakota
- Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota
- Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee
- Big Bend National Park in Texas
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas
- Arches National Park in Utah
- Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah
- Canyonlands National Park in Utah
- Zion National Park in Utah
- Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
- Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
- Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming
- Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State
- Olympic National Park in Washington State
- Virgin Islands National Park in St John, US Virgin Islands
The Met Opera
The Met offers online videos of past performances, with a new show viewing every night at 7:30 PM EDT and will be available online for 20 hours following the premiere.
- April 19 – Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (2017)
- April 20 – Strauss’s Elektra (2016)
- April 21 – Puccini’s Tosca (2018)
- April 22 – Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann (2009)
- April 23 – Lehar’s The Merry Widow (2012)
- April 24 – Verdi’s La Traviata (2015)
- April 25 – At-Home Gala
- April 26 – Rossini’s La Cenerentola (2014)
Vienna State Opera
Streams start at 7 PM CEST (1 PM EDT) and remain available for 24 hours.
- April 19 – Capriccio (performance of May 24, 2018)
- April 20 – L’italiana in Algeri (performance of April 8, 2017)
- April 21 – Le Pavillon d’Armide | Le Sacre (performance of March 13, 2017)
- April 22 – Fidelio (performance of April 29, 2019)
- April 23 – Anna Bolena (performance of April 11, 2011)
- April 24 – Madama Butterfly (performance of December 7, 2018)
- April 25 – Fatima oder von den mutigen Kindern (performance of December 23, 2015)
- April 25 – Fidelio (performance of June 2, 2017)
- April 26 – Hänsel und Gretel (performance of January 5, 2017)
- April 27 – Madama Butterfly (performance of September 14, 2016)
- April 28 – Fidelio (performance of January 14, 2016)
- April 29 – Le Corsaire (performance of April 2, 2016)
- April 30 – Les Troyens (performance of November 4, 2018)
Travel the World During Lockdown
COVID-19 has become a pandemic and is spreading all over the world. We all need to do our part to stop the spread of the virus. Travel has to come to an end for a while, but there still are free ways to see the world from the comfort (and safety!) of your own home.…
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