dreams (just might) come true

never lose your childhood enthusiasm
- Under the Tuscan Sun

i watched Under the Tuscan Sun and i am going to put it on my "favorites list".

i have a thing for movies with a European setting. perhaps this is because i have a thing for Europe. i always dream about going on a long vacation somewhere in Italy. i see myself like what Frances (Diane Lane) did in the movie- she left her busy, depressing, San Francisco city life to build a new life at sunny Tuscany, Italy.

European cities have their own magical spells that would draw anyone who learns about the city. being the history buff that i am, i would like to own a run-down villa myself and learn about its history. i think it's mysterious to own a house which can tell its story (minus the ghosts, of course). i want a villa with a wide lawn, lots of trees, and maybe a fountain at the backyard. an orchard would be lovely. i want it on top of a hill where i can watch the best sunset in the world as i lay back on a deck chair with a book in my hands. i would like to stop running under time pressure. i want to live in a place where everything is safe and where everyone doesn't give a care in the world as to how fast this world is changing. i would like to live where people take things slowly, one day at a time. i want to breathe fresh air and admire the serenity of the countryside.

i always thought that i was a city person. i thought i could not live without malls, buildlings, and other usual infrastructures you would find in a city. then i realized that i could live without these. i can live without hearing car horns honk their loudest everyday. i can live without the air pollution suffocating me in the afternoons. i can live without the traffic, the hustle and bustle of city life. i could actually give up city life and flee for the countryside where nature is the kindest and the prettiest.

i know that when i have my own place and the money to build a new home, i know that it wouldn't be in a city. i know that it will be in far away Europe where i can smell the flowers and admire the landscape. i know i will learn the language and converse with people of their culture. i know i will walk the hallways of the museums and admire the art. i know i would someday sit in front of a window overlooking a beautiful view, writing away how contented and at peace i am at that very moment.

and the best thing of all is that i know i will be happy.