December posting meme: Day 1
Dec. 2nd, 2022 01:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lokifanysabetwordsmith asked “what thing from any fancanon would you most like to manifest in local-Earth? Why? How feasible would it be to replicate at least part of that with extant resources?”Haha not plausible at all, because my immediate thought was the TARDIS -- and even on deciding that was probably cheating, I thought of Howl’s castle. (The book version; Diana Wynne Jones is my favourite author of all time. I've seen the film version but remember nothing.)
Basically, I want the ability to be in my cosy home, with my fire and my hair dye and my friends, and travel to far distant lands, all at the same time.
If I had the moving castle, one of my four doors would come out here in London, city of my heart and where most of my friends are. One would perhaps be in Edinburgh, which is beautiful, so I could go to the Fringe - and visit Youngest Sister, who’s seriously considering moving there next year. One would def be in the US; probably Chicago, because I have a good friend who lives there and I hear great things about the theatre scene, but maybe New York (I think it’s a decent train ride to Chicago from there?).
The last… hmm, I could go for another British city where friends live, but that seems a waste. Maybe Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia - there’s an airport, and I’d be a lot closer to most of Asia and Oceania, plus I absolutely loved spending a week in Cambodia when I was 23. My favourite trip of all time. I’ll post about it if anyone’s interested, actually.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2022-12-12 06:24 pm (UTC)Re: Well ...
Date: 2022-12-12 08:58 pm (UTC)While the details differ between my area and yours, I do see lots of posts and pictures about British and other European traveling abodes. You've got a lot more Romany caravans than here, and campervans appear frequently in both places. Look up New Zealand housetrucks, those are huge and awesome.
The cool thing is that some places rent such vehicles for vacations. It might be fun to try for a weekend out. Or just to look at the pictures.