Where Would I Live if I Could Live Anywhere in the World? ©
Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
by Arlene Wright-Correll
http://www.learn-america.com
Where would I live if I could live anywhere in the world is a tough question to answer.
I fell in love with Valldamossa when I visited this village and municipality on the islandof Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islandsand I thought this would be a great place to live. Depending on your point of view or whether you are Spanish or of a Catalan community the spelling of Valldemossa (in Catalan) or Valldemosa (in Spanish)!
Then whenever I return to Tuscany I fall in love with this region’s gorgeous landscapes and think this would be a great place to live with its vast influence on high culture and its rich artistic legacy as the true birthplace of Italian Renaissance. Perhaps living here would allow some of the greatness of the arts and science people such as Petrarch, Dante, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Amerigo Vespucci, Luca Pacioli and Puccini to rub off on me.
Then I remember flying into Shannon, Ireland which is a relatively new town being built only in the 1960s on reclaimed marshland and thinking I have never seen such greens before in my whole life. A vast spectrum of the color greens in every shade and I thought this would be a great place to live.
After spending one of the most wonderful days of my life in Venice, Italy I thought this would be a great place to live. Inhabited by people since 10thcentury BC, known as the
"Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals and as undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man this is one of Europe's most romantic cities and I thought this would truly be a great place to live where the food is alive with the culture, the buildings are beyond description and life would have a flair beyond compare.
I could go on an on about the places I have traveled to and about the places I have lived in and thought this one and that one would be a great place to live in even after living in some of these places for up to 6 months.
However, when it all boils down to it, even with all the unwanted changes that are going on in our country I think the United States of America is the best place to live. Also with all these unwanted changes I think Munfordville, Kentucky is one of the best places to live. I have the greens of Shannon, the local arts and crafts, the flavors of the local food, the on-going festivals and fairs, the low real estate taxes, the wonderful people, the busyness of the place, the forward thinkers who try to make it a more progressive place and then I think if I could live anywhere in the world then this would be the place I would be!
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Arlene, I didn't realize you had traveled the world! I enjoyed reading your post and love your contentment in your life. Have a wonderful week.Yes, I did a lot for my business during my 43 year career and then a lot for pleasure after retiring to try and become a painter.
Just following you through Europe made me long for those places. My next goal is Ireland, especially the Dingle Peninsula which is where my "Healys" come from. Loved this article. Yes, that old area of the ancient Etruscans sure put out a lot of talent, didn't they? Good job.
Yes Arlene, no mater how far you travel there's no place like home, is there?
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