Somewhere else you'd like to be

My place I would love to be or someday even visit is County Waterford, Ireland. That is where my Dad's family came from. My Grandparents use to tell me stories of it and it's seems so wonderful. I have in stressful times, just shut myself in my room and day dream of what it would be like to have lived there or to be there even. Seems such a peacful and wonderful place to me.

I lived in Texas for many years, but knew I wanted to be somewhere else. Maybe because I am actually Danish, I just didn't "fit" in the place, climatologically, philosophically, and several other ways. However, I also observe how many people "run away from" places, in the hope life will get better once they have moved. Alas, most of the time, they just end up with "same old troubles, new landscape." So I stayed, until I could figure out precisely what it was I WANTED, so I could "run towards," rather than "run away from." Last September, after much careful evaluation, and much effort to "figure out my life," I moved to where I live now-- a smallish town called Port Townsend, in the state of Washington. The place is a bit like what you might get if you "married" my native Denmark (the sea and fairly liberal attitudes) with Switzerland (beautiful mountains and outdoors) which are two of my favourite places. And then add the "US flavour" which is the "energy" of the "new world." And it's about as close to perfect as I could hope for... and I think that "doing my homework" really worked, because I feel more "at home" here after a few months than I did in my previous place, after 20 years.

I am content with living where I am, although I would like to skip the winter months. If I could have 3 of the 4 seasons it would be wonderful. My husband would prefer to live in a climate that is warm all the time. Not a bad idea, but I like the changing seasons. Never boring.

I do like the place that I live in, however, it can be lonely at times. And it is still a major adjustment for me, being there, away from my friends and family. I guess what is also getting to me, is that I believe that I would rather go somewhere else, because I want to graduate from a more prestigous school than the one in my area. I was going to a good school, before I moved, and now, I have to go to the one in my new area, but I have yet to go. That is one of the main reasons I do not "love" where I am. Perhaps, that will change, I might begin to like the school here, however, I miss my old college.

I'm happy where I am right now. I spent my whole life wantign to run away from here, so I ignored the beauty of my present surroundings. If I had the money, however, I'd go to Scotland.

I responded to another discussion describing this place and I am going to use part of it here.I am in Darjeeling,India.Darjeeling and Gangtok are very close and if you are a mountain lover,you can't afford not to visit either of them.When you are in Gangtok,you can forget the rest of the world easily.Things work differently here.Shops shut down by 8 pm.When you wake up,you can't make out a thing but layers and layers of fog.As the fog starts clearing,you can see the mountains and the valleys with veins of lanes coursing through it,almost like the curtains of clouds that came down to greet you a good morning are being lifted to let you take in the beauty .Once the fog disappears,you'd see a bluish-white peak on one of the hills.If you take a closer look,then you can see the snow covered kanchanjhanga (k2) which looks so near to the skyline that it seems crowned with a bluish top.As the sun rises across the mountain you can clearly see the valley with a green curvacious river flowing through it's heart and the k2,which now is a white cone, against an orange-red wall.By the time it's dark you can see tiny bulbs switched on throughout the valley,like there's a fiesta lit with candles.They'd burn till 2-3 am at night and if you are lucky,then next morn the fog won't come down so you can see a different kanchanjhanga.My description here can't possibly do justice to this place because it's difficult to descrive a small piece of heaven and who wants to leave heaven?

I feel like that most of the time! It's not that I want to be in another specific place, I just don't want to be where I am. I love going for walks and I would rather walk for three hours than be indoors for half an hour. Maybe it's just because I don't like being inside. I often feel like I want to be near water (which is a bit difficult considering that I live in the English Midlands!) I don't know if I walk to try and get away from something which is maybe a problem which is always with me or if it's just because I don't want to be in the same place all the time. I like the place I live though. It's not that I want to get away from here, I think it is wanting to get away from things rather than the place, if you see what I mean.

I have often dreamed of moving away and living somewhere else. Mostly my dreams take me to places completely different than where I live now. Little one stop-light towns where everyone knows everyone and life is simple and slow. Or quaint little colorful villages in Italy or Mexico where looking outside makes you feel full just from all that your eyes take in. I've often thought of moving to a small country town in the middle of nowhere - a place much cooler than California. But then I really start to think about it and realize how much I would miss about where I live now. I often take for granted the wonderful things around me and also the ease of life I have by living in a busy place. Everything is close and anything I desire to do is within driving distance. The weather is nice about 90% of the year so I do not have to shovel snow or deal with it being too hot for more than a couple of months during the summer. I'm only a short drive to the local beaches or the mountain resorts. I could honestly take my son surfing and snowboarding in the same weekend if I so choose. We have all the big amusement parks and local attractions to keep us entertained when we are bored or looking for something fun to do. Despite the fact that so many people are moving here and the traffic is horrible unless you grew up here (which I did) - it is still a very beautiful place to be. The nightlife is amazing and Hollywood with this feeling of stardom that it brings for anyone driving there, isn't that far away either. Jobs here are well paying and my home value has tripled in the past 5 years. My son has so many options at school on courses he wants to take and since he wants to be a camera director or film producer - his dreams are at his fingertips without having to risk what out of state students and dreamers have to risk by moving here. We are also very close to the border of Mexico, so when we want that whole "leaving the country" feeling of something different and exciting, it's only a short drive south. I can't complain about where I live too much because when I do, then I realize all that is great about this state that others don't understand or realize themselves. Sure, I would still LOVE to vacation in Italy or Mexico or Spain or New Zealand - maybe even own a vacation cottage in one of those places but honestly, I wouldn't trade living in Southern California for anything. I love it here.

I like who I am and where I am right now.I guess it's more comfortable than regreting that i'm not Brad Pitt *wink*.But ,despite of that,i'm very attracted to the 1850-1939 period...One of romanian authors who studied this phenomenon had a simple,somewhat logical explanation for that: he said that people are attracted to certian places and period of times becouse they lived there before.But he beleived in reincarnation(he even wrote an interesting book "Adam and Eve" based on the past lives thing)...I agree with him on that,and mostly becouse it's the only explanation i find for what happened to me several times:certain things( that i've never seen before) are so familiar to me...People that i meet and feel like i've known them before,etc...

there is no place i'd rather be than right here where i am. i mean sure i would like to visit a lot of places but this here is my very own. it's what i know best and what i am sure about. and it\f the sh!t hits the fan somewhere arround here i would most likely know how to deal with it.