Last night, I watched a woman on a game show win a trip to Hawaii. As the announcer gushed about the hotel, "only steps from Waikiki Beach," and the screen showed the ocean and trees and sunshine, I thought, I live there. People around the world strive to win trips to the place that, by luck, I presently call home.
And then I thought about my paternal grandparents watching The Price is Right every weekday morning. And how exciting it was when a trip was the prize. It made me wonder if, in living here, I'm carrying out a fantasy they entertained while sitting on the sofa each morning.
Posted by Shokufeh at April 30, 2004 09:00 AMI get a subtle idea of what it feels like... ever since we've moved to here, I fathom I'm living in a city that Japanese [and Americans] die to see once in their lives, for the romantic ambience, for the old castles around. Until lately, I didn't know there were agencies offering a "romantic wedding" package for Japanese couples here. They think it's typical for Germany, but it's just so not [and obviously, they have found a way to go around the endless bureaucracy of getting married here as a forreigner].