Right now, if YOU have the chance to go to another country, WHICH ONE???

LadyM--How is Howard? Do you know? Yes, you could just jump on a flight over here, quite cheap just now too I have read.

But am I really 'freaking' mysterious?? How is that, I think I sound perfectly normal like other people.. you don't agree?

Last time I spoke to Howard he was doing well!!!
Are you normal??? I've thought about EVERY word I've used to describe you & "normal" was NEVER one of them!!!

hahahha.. O dear LadyM.. has it to do with that I am from another part of the world and a different culture?? or????hahahahaha.

I make every attempt to be normal, then,, for YOUR sake. How's that?

OMG, PLEASE DON'T CHANGE...I LOVE YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!!!!

Aah.. you are indeed the sweetest friend, aren't you! The day has been busy and bustling and I have a terrific headache and stuffed nose.. grrr. Time to drink another glass of water I think. Dont come too close to me.. just in case it is infectious.. cannot have THE LAdyM sick, now, can we! Virtual hugs then to you, mt dear friend.

catdla! Hi there! Your idea sounds great doesn't it? Maybe one day I could actually retire and live the dreams.mmmm.

But, in actuality, I am very near the sea, and live on a mountain overlooking fantastic views of water and forest and the sea, old castle remains and deer and moose abound in the vicinity and temperatures that seldom make me sweat and sunrises and sunsets that I photograph often, I never can get enough.

Sailing was fantastic while we had the boat but the ferries to Denmark and Germany are a treat and very relaxing indeed. I am near enough to my homeland that I could even ferry over there although an hour flight might be the way as long as I still work.

I truly feel I am home here where I want to be.
But you know what? I haven't been to Norway but I know it is beautiful there and so is Ireland and Switzerland where I also have been.
Good choices you made. I am in agreement with your reasons, yes!

You better be very careful of your descriptions. Otherwise you might wake up one morning to a LOT of company. Or, should I say to a MYLOT of company? LOL.
I'd love to see more pictures of your area, it sounds really beautiful. Will you be posting more in your progile?

A grand idea, dear catla.. I shall look into that. Meanwhile,, you should know that my avatar.. the sunset behind the evergreens is directly behind my home..Do you see why I am so fortunate?

Thanks for dropping by.. if you get any closer to my home, good idea to call first.. I have a habit of scaring people off my land when I am in a mood..lol

hallo tutul! Nice to see you here!
I think you have made a wise decision.. I have been to France and to Germany.. I can honestly say it was a wonderful experience; the landscape, the castles,just to mention a couple of beautiful sites. Staying in your own country is also a good choice, especially if you know that to uproot and go to where you feel it is very different, takes much time for adjustment before feeling that you belong.. But.. that was my experience. I am now home where I should be.

What a wise man you are to have thought this through so carefully and honestly. I know the trauma of leaving behind a country you love and the people and friends and starting again in another one and the difficulties and disappointments. I am glad I am where I am and have no desire to live elsewhere either.
Thanks, Simon from China, for visiting here. Nice to meet you!

I don't know about the temperatures in Greece or where you lived before, but the temperatures in Sweden compare with southern Canada, Holland, Germany, the UK, Poland.. and many others. Then there are warmer countries that I could not stay in because of the warm temperatures, so I suppose it is all relative. If you like 40 in the summer, then NO..Sweden is NOT the place to be.

Dear Thea.. I will be serious too. I don't know if you have a real personal reason for going to Poland and seeing the camps. I hope one day you will make that visit.

I haven't made it because I believe it all happened and have seen so much film footage and read so much actual accounts from people who endured it.. I am sorry, but I cannot go because the pain and agony I feel would be too much to endure. I cannot ever begin to condone or accept in my being the horrendous treatment of man against man.

There .. it is said. Let's just have a silent hug and just be kind to the next person we meet here.. shall we?

what happened, there is a huge gap in the middle of my
response wow.

Dear Hatley.. a giant burp happened, it appears.

But I certainly know what you said and meant so we will let the burp go unnoticed, shall we?

I well understand why you would like to go back. Isn't it hard to give up how it was and how we had it? I know the feeling well.

We are creatures of habit and most of us don't ask for much, except to have what we like best. It takes alot of time to get these thought out of our heads.. or do we really ever? Maybe they just dwindle a wee bit with time.

Maybe a trip to Ireland is exactly what you need! Have a feel of the ancestral landscape and homeland.. wouldn't THAT be nice!!

I understand actually why you are not going to the outback.. the same reason I don't actually go 'home' anymore.. my family that was once so close is no longer,so many have died and even if I know I must still go but for short durations and smell the air and take in the sites, I always find a wishfulness.. a melancholy that my 'then' time is gone.. yet the memories pull. You know??

so.. Book me on the flight over Antarctica too, would you dear friend? I would love to see with my own eyes all the penguins on land with their young.. I have seen much of this on 'National Geographic' and 'Animal Planet', but to see it from the air would be a wondrous confirmation of such miraculous happenings in our world.. Yes, Take me along, please!
O yes.. and we need to win a lottery, too, before my dreams near reality

Along with my hubby, I can't think of a better companion. I'd love to have you alongside in my dream. Who knows? Maybe one day!

Thannks, dear heart! thanks!

South America perhaps?? Along the Rhine in Germany? Along the GötaÄlv in Sweden?
I think there are lots of places.. Just a question of the money and time to get there, is it not? Yes, THAT dream would be lovely.. I would join you too!

yes, and Egypt, Greece, again to Rome/Italy (went when I was a young teen with my parents there), the middle East (if they aren't shooting at us) maybe Turkey - not shooting much there... the far East - yeah, just about any place with ruins...

you got it! Win the lottery either of us, and we are on our way.. right?

you got it - of course, that'd mean I'd have to buy lotto tickets...

hahaha.. alright, I will buy the tickets.. hahahaha

Shimanaja! I hope you win a lottery and get a terrific well paying job to secure your future. I have not been to Japan but I really would like to visit there one day with a guide!

Thanks friend, good luck to you:)

I see you live in the States and I don't know exactly which state .. West Virginia??, Maine?? or how you are used to exposed to different seasons. Would you miss season changes after awhile if you lived in a warm country however beautiful and warm it was? I wonder.

But to travel.. yes New Zealand I would love to see.. Tahiti! well yes!
A visit to your friend might be in order too. Summer would be comfortable and the views are magnificent too. Nice to meet jodylee! Have fun.