[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch It would always be the worst part. I hate it with a passion especially if you unpacked things and found perfect spots for them and then have to find other perfect spots at other locations. 😂

I know what you mean. I guess the best place I will find happiness is somewhere in the countryside away from all the hustle and bustle but I must also be close enough to a city if I want to go out and enjoy myself.

Maybe a small country cottage will work for me.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot I dunno, those who are into feng shui or interior design may enjoy it. I do not particularly mind finding the "right place" for my things, but the packing and unpacking are troublesome indeed...

Originally Posted by DracoTarot

I guess the best place I will find happiness is somewhere in the countryside away from all the hustle and bustle but I must also be close enough to a city if I want to go out and enjoy myself.

You'd think finding places like this is not that hard, but it is quite a challenge in itself. And the fact that cities grow and shrink and areas change does not help... I think I'm with Stanley on this one 😉

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch With all the things we are going through here in the city where I live and all the stress I had to cope with the past couple of years, I think it wouldn't be hard for me to find a perfect spot to settle down somewhere in the countryside.

It would be hard to do so here in SA because the further you move from the city to an isolated area the more dangers await.

If I had an opportunity to settle in a Norwegian or Swedish countryside I would not take long. I think it all depends on many factors.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot I guess that depends on what you need from the countryside. Me, for example, I'd prefer to live on the shore (hence the lighthouse), I like water, the sea or the ocean preferably. Or the mountains. But plain old countryside with just fields or whatnot is a bit meh for me. But to each his own.

Ah well, the Nordic countryside has its share of troubles, too. A lot of mosquitoes there as well. @SKYTRiXSHA I think this summer was particularly mosquitish? 😅

[SKYTRiXSHA]

@DoctorEldritch
It really depends how much it rains, last summer was bearable mosquito wise though.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch My main goal is to live closer to nature and I'm in search of peace and serenity. I want to get away from all the noise. I wouldn't mind living near the ocean and mountains. It does not necessarily have to be open fields.

In certain cases, I'd rather prefer the mosquitoes over humans and will find a way to cope with them. 😂

[DoctorEldritch]

@SKYTRiXSHA Actually, after you said it, I started doubting my memories, you are quite right, it was not that bad. I think I am confusing the summers in my mind, I remember one relatively recent one was very bad, but I can't pinpoint it anymore. Or maybe it's one of those things where it was so bad my subconsciousness blocked those memories as a defence mechanism 😅

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Your preferences made me remember a scene from an old comedy called the Peculiarities of the National Fishing, taking place on Ladoga lake:

Maybe you need something like this 😉

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch You are spot on. 😂

[SKYTRiXSHA]

@DoctorEldritch
Mosquitos here in Finland depend very much on the area. The ones in the north are extremely annoying and should be torched to death, but the ones here in the south are just fine.

But we have tons of ticks here in the south, which are a different pain.