Quote Originally Posted by Rye View Post


I think I could do the Tuscan region in Italy as well, though Italy is a little too laid back for my tastes, what with the afternoon siestas and all. The biggest appeal of Japan, to me, is that it's similar to New York in that there is always places open until really late at night/all night long, though their trains don't run all night which is weird.
Oh man, I love afternoon siestas! Spain actually had the perfect lifestyle for me. Nobody got up before 9AM. A lot of stores didn't seem to open til 10. And right around 3-4PM everything just shuts down and people take naps. xD And then dinner is around 9PM and people stay up til 2 in the morning. It's pretty much the same schedule I'm on now. When I went to Spain I was amazed at how perfectly the Spanish schedule fit with my existing one.

I'd like to live in France for a few months. Maybe my expectations are a little high, but 2 women (Julia Child & Alice Waters) who I admire a ton both went to France, and both had life changing experiences. I want the same thing.