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I'll start off here. I took piano lessons from the time I was about six years old until well into my teens. I was very fortunate to be able to take piano lessons from a graduate of Julliard. This family moved into our neighborhood when I was about 8, and she was one of the most amazing teachers I've ever had in my life---period.

 

When I was about 10, for our annual spring recital, one of the most advanced students had to miss out because of a family emergency. Our teacher stepped up to the microphone and told us that she hated for us to miss out on this most beautiful classical work, so she said she was going to play it for us. So, she did. For ten minutes or so she flawlessly played this piece---without music.

 

Afterwards my family and I talked with her and told her, "You know, that was really amazing. How did you manage to memorize that piece so quickly? You must have studied it before." She said, "No, I've never studied that piece. I memorized it while teaching it to this student."

 

So---on the spot, this pianist was able to flawlessly play a piece she had never personally studied but only taught, and was able to play it completely by memory without any music. I walked away, thinking, "I'll never be able to do that!" (BTW, I don't want anyone to think I'm bragging here. I was not the pianist that she was!)

 

That's for starters---that was the most amazing example of musicianship or just about anything that I've ever seen.

 

Anyone else want to share???

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My babies being born, foremost. That first breath - amazing.

 

Hearing Bette Midler sing on stage has brought me to tears. So has hearing certain classical pieces performed live. So has hearing my daughters sing.

 

Whenever I get on a plane and it takes off I am amazed that the entire mass makes it off the ground and flies.

 

The human brain is amazing. I learned a lot about it when my father had a massive stroke.

 

The California Redwood forests. The Grand Canyon. The power of the ocean.

 

Many other things will come to mind, I'm sure.

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Well, several things:

 

My babies, what an amazing miracle that was for me!

 

When dh and I were in Holland and were able to stand in the real hiding place in Corrie Ten Boom's bedroom! That was humbling and sobering.

 

The volcano behind our house here completely erupting and lava and ash just shooting into the air for miles. That was scary, awe-inspiring, and amazing.

 

My dc seeing the Pacific Ocean for the very first time. That was one of my favorite days.

 

Flying over the Rockies on a perfectly clear day. It was beautiful.

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My mom and I sat up all night on the deck watching a meteor shower. She fell asleep! But I saw the fireball, and it was absolutely amazing!

 

One time at a zoo, crawling through the shrubbery, was the most amazing, brightly colored, horned caterpillar I have ever seen. It was better than anything at the zoo, LOL.

 

I accidently found the Andromeda galaxy one night perusing the stars with my telescope. That was pretty amazing, too.

 

~Lisa

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The little nuthatches must have been on one of their first trips out of the nest. They were so small. We were at a nearly deserted beach at Lake Tahoe. As we were leaving the beach to return to the parking lot, we approached a massive Ponderosa pine tree and could see the bird family hopping about. We kept walking, wondering how close we'd be able to come before they flew away. We got within five feet, and I started snapping pictures. My husband knelt down on the ground with our 9-month-old son, and soon the little birds were hopping on him. As we marveled at the sight, my husband and I could hear the parents, chastising the heck out of their brood.

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My best friend and I going into labor on the same day. She was 13 weeks early with twins. I birthed an 11.4 lb. baby naturally (that was pretty amazing!) but I'll never forget visiting the twins in the NICU. We couldn't hold them yet but I got to touch them and gush over them. I was smitten with her boy (who is now in Heaven). I put my hand next to his head and took a picture. I will never forget seeing him in that way. To add to that amazement, when he died three months later in an accident at the hospital, I thought my friend would die of heartbreak but a year later her words to me are words that will be burned in my memory for eternity. She said, "Easton's death was for my good." God is so Good!!!

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The Grand Canyon from a small plane flown very low...bil's company had a new plane to fly tourists around Hoover Dam, Vegas, the canyon, and he offered to take my sister and me on its' maiden flight. He flew us very low throughout the canyon, and seeing the vast walls of rock out the window rising above the plane was pretty terrific.

 

Looking up into a hot air balloon from the basket - it seemed huge!

 

I'd also say Pompeii (creepy and sad), and the mosaics inside St. Peter's in Vatican city - also climbing up into the dome. Oh, and viewing Michelangelo's Pieta.

 

Standing inside a giant sequoia in Wawona grove. Yosemite Valley.

 

Standing on the balcony of the Speaker of the House at the Capital building and waving to tourists below. Heck - most of Washington D.C. was a thrill

 

Running down the flight path at Kitty Hawk.

 

During an air show, a Sleath Bomber buzzed us at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Fun!

 

Climbing into the Spruce Goose (when it was still in Long Beach.)

 

Finding remnants of the Oregon Trail. Another trip - finding the Erie Canal.

 

A train ride from Milan to Bern, the view of the Alps as we emerged from several looong tunnels was way cool!

 

There are probably more - but those jump to mind.

 

Got another one - our first view of the Tetons as we drove north....wow!

 

Oh, and Arlington National Cemetery and Gettysburg - sober places.

 

The White Cliffs of Dover from an airplane (as we returned from my sole trip to Europe - the flight attendant kept trying to make me close the window shade so folks could sleep but I knew I'd never have another chance to peer out an airplane over

Europe. It as so cool to be able to see those white cliffs! Probably the closest I will ever come to visiting Britain :-(

 

It may seem like I've been a lot of places, but I've had almsot half a century to do this!

 

I still want to see the Milky Way - have never been anywhere on a clear night where it was visible. :-(

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The Grand Canyon from a small plane flown very low...bil's company had a new plane to fly tourists around Hoover Dam, Vegas, the canyon, and he offered to take my sister and me on its' maiden flight. He flew us very low throughout the canyon, and seeing the vast walls of rock out the window rising above the plane was pretty terrific.

 

Looking up into a hot air balloon from the basket - it seemed huge!

 

I'd also say Pompeii (creepy and sad), and the mosaics inside St. Peter's in Vatican city - also climbing up into the dome.

 

Standing inside a giant sequoia in Wawona grove. Yosemite Valley.

 

Standing on the balcony of the Speaker of the House at the Capital building and waving to tourists below. Heck - most of Washington D.C. was a thrill

 

Running down the flight path at Kitty Hawk.

 

During an air show, a Sleath Bomber buzzed us at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Fun!

 

Climbing into the Spruce Goose (when it was still in Long Beach.)

 

Finding remnants of the Oregon Trail. Another trip - finding the Erie Canal.

 

A train ride from Milan to Bern, the view of the Alps as we emerged from several looong tunnels was way cool!

 

There are probably more - but those jump to mind.

 

Wow, what a cool list!!!! You have had some amazing adventures.

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Wow, I love this thread and reading people's responses!

 

My list:

The Roman Forum

The Pantheon

The Coliseum in Rome

Pompeii

St. Peter's Basilica

Ford's Theater (where Lincoln was shot)

Mount Vernon

The Alps in Switzerland (Murren, to be exact)

Lake Louise, Canada

The Sequoias in California

Cherry blossoms along the "Philospher's Path" in Kyoto, Japan

Autumn along the Hudson River

The sunset outside Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Grand Canyon for the first time

 

A few things I'd love to see before I die:

George Seurat's painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

The Louvre

Pyramids in Giza, Egypt

Jerusalem

Whales in the ocean

My children have children

and many more...

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Until my son was born, the most memorable thing (not necessarily AMAZING) thing was that I pulled up to a bank drive-thru and could see no one. I sat and waited, then I chuckled to myself "Maybe they're being robbed." (Never thinking it could be true....) I then saw 2 men in white T-Shirts run out the front door and slowly heads started to tentatively pop up. The girl at the drive-thru said that she was sorry but they had just been robbed and they were closed and pulled the shade.

 

My friend later told me that since the teller windows are bulletproof, that I was the safest customer.

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The Grand Canyon from a small plane flown very low...bil's company had a new plane to fly tourists around Hoover Dam, Vegas, the canyon, and he offered to take my sister and me on its' maiden flight. He flew us very low throughout the canyon, and seeing the vast walls of rock out the window rising above the plane was pretty terrific.

 

Looking up into a hot air balloon from the basket - it seemed huge!

 

I'd also say Pompeii (creepy and sad), and the mosaics inside St. Peter's in Vatican city - also climbing up into the dome.

 

Standing inside a giant sequoia in Wawona grove. Yosemite Valley.

 

Standing on the balcony of the Speaker of the House at the Capital building and waving to tourists below. Heck - most of Washington D.C. was a thrill

 

Running down the flight path at Kitty Hawk.

 

During an air show, a Sleath Bomber buzzed us at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Fun!

 

Climbing into the Spruce Goose (when it was still in Long Beach.)

 

Finding remnants of the Oregon Trail. Another trip - finding the Erie Canal.

 

A train ride from Milan to Bern, the view of the Alps as we emerged from several looong tunnels was way cool!

 

There are probably more - but those jump to mind.

 

 

It is so neat to read all the different and amazing things people have seen or done! Thanks for sharing!

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Wow, I love this thread and reading people's responses!

 

My list:

The Roman Forum

The Pantheon

The Coliseum in Rome

Pompeii

St. Peter's Basilica

Ford's Theater (where Lincoln was shot)

Mount Vernon

The Alps in Switzerland (Murren, to be exact)

Lake Louise, Canada

The Sequoias in California

Cherry blossoms along the "Philospher's Path" in Kyoto, Japan

Autumn along the Hudson River

The sunset outside Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Grand Canyon for the first time

 

A few things I'd love to see before I die:

George Seurat's painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

The Louvre

Pyramids in Giza, Egypt

Jerusalem

Whales in the ocean

My children have children

and many more...

 

and see some of those places. I'd also really love to visit England. We've talked about doing it as a family, but I know at the current exchange rate of the dollar it would cost a lot of money!

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my son's birth and sunrise on mass ascension day at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. hundreds of hot air balloons being inflated and launching simultaneously. the scale was immense. i was a small child again immersed in color and wonder.

 

What a wonderful way to remember your son's birth. I would love to see that balloon festival. It would be beautiful.

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Well, the most amazing thing I have seen was babies beeing born.

I think when I saw it I was just happy and somewhat amazed.

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The most amazing thing I have ever seen... I still see every day He is nine years old. My second child first son to be exact. Damie was a birth control baby and I was told he would probally be mentally handicap, Damie went on to be a baby model a pageant star and was crowned America's Most Beautiful Baby of 2000. He spoke early potty trained early and was and still is the most beautiful baby to me. At a year and a half old Damie was hit head onin a terrible acciedent the car flipped three times his car seat ripped from the back going into the front floor board and the dash crushed him. The paramedic who got him out said he knew in his heart he was reaching for a dead child and his mother wasn't there to hold him. He gave me a play by play the baby was silent as they turned the car seat over and they were amazed the child did not have a scratch he was sound asleep. That paramedic also told me that my son gave him his faith in God back after losing their son in childbirth. By the age of four he was back in diapers unable to speak and stared blankly at the world Damie has autism and I was told he would never talk well he was on the low functioning and a cruel phyciatrist told me to put him away because as a young mother I had enough to deal with. Seriously intense therapy never giving up on him letting him go into that silent world brought him back his voice he did learn to use the bathroom again too!! For two years in a public school they could never teach him his ABC's he has been home for two now and he can read at a grade 1 level. He has struggled to overcome so much farther than anyone dared to ever hope. The greatest day when he was almost five and looked at me and said I my mommy's heart and soul. I had said that to him fr the day he was born and that is when I knew Damie was going to be OK. He is the most exhausting frustrating wonderful thing in my life. I think he is pretty amazing too. If I ever grow up I want to be just like him.

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Before my kids were born (births trump EVERYthing, of course), probably the most amazing thing I'd seen was on the Big Island (Hawai'i). I was standing at night on a cliff where the ancient Hawai'ians sacrificed virgins to the volcano. Above me, Kilauea was erupting. Below me, a black sand beach stretched to the place where the red lava was hitting the ocean. On one horizon, the sun was sinking into fiery water. On the other, a full moon was rising, stark white against the deep navy sky. I could smell sulfur and salt and feel heat through my shoes and there was just a hint of plumeria in the air.

 

I've seen some amazing things and places, but that one was the best.

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My babies right after they were born and everyday thereafter. As far as beauty around us. Fall in new england, newly fallen snow glistening in the sun, Callway Gardens in full bloom, I've seen some pretty amazing sunsets and sunrises, The change of the landscape when you fly coast to coast.

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I went to The Calvary Chapel Bible College in Millstatt, Austria. While I was there I had the chance to visit Mauthausen, a concentration camp located in upper Austria. It was the most sobering experience of my life. Still to this day, I have difficulty putting into words the impact that that visit had on me.

 

The Bible college was actually a huge mansion that once belonged to a wealthy Austrian family. They were forced to leave their home and it was taken over by the Nazi's. There is a lot of history there, too.

 

When Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa decided to purchase the land they had a ceremony where a bunch of the pastors went to the property and prayed over it. Part of the prayer was that the building, once used for evil, would now be a light in the dark.

 

It was truly amazing.

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I went to The Calvary Chapel Bible College in Millstatt, Austria. While I was there I had the chance to visit Mauthausen, a concentration camp located in upper Austria. It was the most sobering experience of my life. Still to this day, I have difficulty putting into words the impact that that visit had on me.

 

The Bible college was actually a huge mansion that once belonged to a wealthy Austrian family. They were forced to leave their home and it was taken over by the Nazi's. There is a lot of history there, too.

 

When Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa decided to purchase the land they had a ceremony where a bunch of the pastors went to the property and prayed over it. Part of the prayer was that the building, once used for evil, would now be a light in the dark.

 

It was truly amazing.

 

also very sobering, and the museum was difficult to walk through. However, I've heard that visits to Auschwitz are even more sobering. The Poles left everything exactly as the Nazis left them. One of the more fitting "tributes" to the Nazis is in Nurnberg, (missing an umlaut there): the huge stadium where the Nazis held their rallies had been left to fall into ruins (at least in the 1980's).

 

It's wonderful that Calvary Chapel was able to purchase that property and use it for good. Thank God there is some redemption in this world!

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Fun thread!

 

The first thing that popped into my head was seeing the Alhambra in Spain -- amazing, beautiful, so intricate.

 

Spain, in general (it was a place I dreamed about visiting & had such high hopes for -- and it turned out to be even better than my dreams); San Sebastian there is gorgeous.

 

And, Michelangelo's Pieta -- truly a breathtaking sculpture.

 

Of course, both of my children.

 

Mt. Ranier.

 

Nature, in general (well, except for mosquitoes & roaches ;)).

 

The Dolomites in Italy make my heart sing, winter or summer (just like "The hills are alive with the sound of music..." LOL.)

 

Birds.

 

Trees.

 

Seeing myself get into the water with sharks around Bora Bora (was I crazy or what???!).

 

A glacier (and crevasse -- yikes) up close & personal in Alaska.

 

Helicopters.

 

Seeing my cat recover from thrombosis (usually fatal) & live another 2 years.

 

Las Vegas at night from an airplane (would Thomas Edison be amazed or what? I've always thought I would love to see his reaction to that, lol.)

 

People who can climb Mt. Everest. Or the folks who do the "Around Alone" sailing trips around the world.

 

Oh, wow, I could go on & on....

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I love pelicans. About 25 years ago, I was in the water at Sanibel Island watching the pelicans. A group of them landed and sat in the water all around me. I was in the center of their circle. I was quiet and still and we communed for several minutes before they flew away.

 

I was thrilled beyond belief. I was alone on the beach -- I'm sure Sanibel has changed a lot since then.

 

RC

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The Northern Lights

 

An old boyfriend and I had just finished watching the sunset from the eastern shore of a small town on Lake Huron. As the sky became dark streaks of light began appearing from high in the sky, cascading over us. It was like we were at the bottom of a huge cone of light. The streaks of light began way above our heads and draped down all the way to the ground in a complete 360 degree circle around us. The lights changed colors from pinks to blues, purples, greens etc. After a few minutes the lights gradually started changing to white streaks and then faded away.

 

It was the most spectacular thing I have ever witnessed.

 

Here is a general idea of what part of it looked like, but the picture does not do it justice at all!

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/2044655/northernlights_Full.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ehow.com/how_2044655_see-northern-lights.html&h=400&w=600&sz=31&hl=en&start=138&tbnid=10a9oCILmjjT1M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnorthern%2Blights%26start%3D120%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

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the most amazing thing I'd seen was on the Big Island (Hawai'i).

 

Pam, you described it so well! Mine is similar: I was going to put (not nearly as articulately as you did), "Seeing lava flow on the Big Island." It was just amazing to me - I stood there (with ds and dh) for probably 2 hours (after hiking out to the lava) - about 5 feet (certainly no closer!) to the lava flow.

 

Dh enjoyed it, too, and said for our NEXT vacation, he'd take me to watch the corn grow in Iowa! :D

 

Seriously, though, I did NOT think I would like Hawai'i, yet it ranks right up there - just phenomenal!

 

Probably second in my Golly-gee-whiz sweepstakes would have to be dissecting a cadaver and getting to the ossicles. Unbelievable that they are so well formed, and so tiny, and have to fit so well together, and open up entire worlds.

 

(On the other hand, I love my ds dearly, but birthin' babies, and seeing them birthed ... um, not so much!)

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Since I was not aware to experience childbirth, I had total anesthesia, seeing ds for the first time was just too cool.

 

Natural Amazing: being in four states at one time, Arches National Park, and Costa Rica.

 

Living thing amazing: when I worked for a vet we had a chihuahua come in that had been attacked by another dog. No one expected him to live. One the vets, took him home every night, we gave him 24/7 care for almost no cost to the owner. I think he spent 6 weeks there. He healed with some scarring, but survived. It was amazing to see his will-power.

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The Northern Lights

 

An old boyfriend and I had just finished watching the sunset from the eastern shore of a small town on Lake Huron. As the sky became dark streaks of light began appearing from high in the sky, cascading over us. It was like we were at the bottom of a huge cone of light. The streaks of light began way above our heads and draped down all the way to the ground in a complete 360 degree circle around us. The lights changed colors from pinks to blues, purples, greens etc. After a few minutes the lights gradually started changing to white streaks and then faded away.

 

It was the most spectacular thing I have ever witnessed.

 

Here is a general idea of what part of it looked like, but the picture does not do it justice at all!

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/2044655/northernlights_Full.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ehow.com/how_2044655_see-northern-lights.html&h=400&w=600&sz=31&hl=en&start=138&tbnid=10a9oCILmjjT1M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnorthern%2Blights%26start%3D120%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

 

 

Yes! I saw this as a child at my home in MN. We see the Northern Lights fairly often there, but never like this night with the dome of colors reaching from the center of the sky to the ground. My whole family was with me. We kids were so scared--it felt like the world was going to end. I've never seen a picture that does it justice either.

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Northern Lights fairly often there, but never like this night with the dome of colors reaching from the center of the sky to the ground.

 

This sounds so gorgeous.

 

It reminds me of something breathtaking we saw in the sky once -- a full, double-rainbow in the sky over Mesa Verde. I had never seen a double rainbow & this one was soooooo bright & colorful, along w/ being able to see both arches very well (all the way to the ground). And, it was visible for well over an hour. We just stared in awe.

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