Whenever I visit Canada one word comes to mind, KINDNESS. I have visited 4 provinces from the West Coast to the East Coast of Canada, and kindness is all around. I attribute this to their National Health Care system. They don’t have to worry about losing their house if they end up with a catastrophic illness. Or worry that they don’t have insurance to take their child to the dentist or doctor.
Here is a site that is called: Kindness Canada. I am not the first one to think of this.
The photo is from the Vancouver Folk Festival I attended last weekend. It’s a huge disability tent that had food and rest areas for the disabled.
What is one word that comes to mind when you think of one of your favorite places to travel to?
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24 responses to “Give us one word about your favorite place to visit”
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I forgot to include the Kindness Canada link:
http://kindnesscanada.com/
The liberal’s love affair with Canada never ends.
Port Ludlow Washington is my happy place.
@Weenis Have you even been to Canada? If you haven’t, your opinions don’t count much. I didn’t realize kindness was a liberal thing only.
Port Ludlow is a lovely place. I haven’t spent a lot of time there, but I pass through it to get to my friend’s place in Port Angeles. My favorite port/city on the Olympic peninsula is Port Townsend.
@Gina
I’ve spent a lot of time in Port Townsend as well. Most of my childhood was spent in Port Ludlow.
@Weenis Wow, something we have in common. We camped at the Port Townsend lighthouse a few years back. It was super to sit and watch all the boats come in and out. You probably know this, but Port Townsend was the first major city of Western Washington until “we” discovered Seattle. That’s why there are some amazing old Victorian houses there.
@Gina
Have you visited the WWII bunkers?
@Weenis I haven’t, but that sounds fascinating. Port Townsend has Fort Worden that I have visited, and ate at their fine restaurant. That fort was used until WWI. An Officer and a Gentleman was filmed there.
One word about my favorite place to visit: solace…
@immortal_pirate That’s a good word, for a lovely sounding place. I call my garden a place of solace.
Nacimiento (aka Dragon Lake)
@Fletch That is a dragon!!! I think I camped there back in the early 90s. It was a lake near San Luis Obispo. I was just in that area a few years ago to visit the Hearst Castle. I love that little artist town across from the ocean, Cambria.
@Gina we have a house here, and it’s my happy place. Paso Robles, SLO, the entire area is beautiful – lots of vineyards, rolling hills.
@Fletch I know that area very well. We used to visit Solvang a lot back in the 60s and 70s. I have relatives that live in the hills of Solvang, so we went beyond the touristy spots. My Great Aunt that lived there had an acre and she grew the best strawberries. I always wanted a garden like her, and I do now.
I am now living in my favorite place to visit.
@ladybarbara And that place is called…home. I love to go on vacations long enough to miss home.
I don’t know if I have a favorite place per se… BUT I *do* have a favorite ^type^ of place – and the words to describe it would be educational, entertaining and cultural. So maybe “culturally-edutaining” ? Think places like museums, theaters, zoos, playhouses, concert halls, parks, etc.
@Jear77 I am with you on that. I need to visit some sort of museum at least once a month.
Aromatic
Most of the most profound experiences at “my place” are generally associated with smell. Pine needles in sand. Kicking over leaf piles in the Fall. The smell of a fish reeled in. Bacon in the morning. Mmmmmmmmapplepie! Milkweed this year has been kinda monumental.
@spitfire3dc That is a lovely description. You put me right there with you. What color is the milkweed?
@Gina Purple
@spitfire3dc Purple, a very popular color for the bees and hummingbirds.
The Color Purple (1985)
Shug: I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it.
Shug: More than anything God love admiration.
Celie: You saying God is vain?
Shug: No, not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off when you walk by the colour purple in a field and don’t notice it.
Celie: You saying it just wanna be loved like it say in the bible?
Shug: Yeah, Celie. Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved. Look at them trees. Notice how the trees do everything people do to get attention… except walk?
[they laugh]
~Alice Walker
I enjoy my time in the United States. And for me in the one defining word would have to be “ideals”.
The u.s. is a nation founded on ideals. I respect this, especially in a world that is often far from ideal.
I seen my American friends reaching for ideals; debating and disagreeing on ideals; splitting apart and coming together on ideals. And I see the disillusionment when ideals are repeatedly not achieved, or they become sullied with “less-than-ideals”
I know that life is messy: and what we “get” isn’t always exactly what we “reached for”.
But I admire a people who continue to “reach for”!
@griz That is a great description of this country. People in this country have accomplished and contributed much to the world, and I am proud of that.
“We” do have a tendency to think our way is the only way. Just because I point out something positive from another country doesn’t mean I think this country is all bad. I like to note the positive things other countries are doing, and bring those ideas home. Like the disabled photo I shared. The US does great things for the disabled, but I found at this festival that Canadians take it a step further. They set it up so it’s way more inclusive for them.
We have the freedom to debate and stretch to reach our ideals. That is part of what makes America great.
My green house garden that Immortal Pirate built for me.