WTF, I'm too much of a noob for the Rikostan spotlight
My favorite way to relax: massage, either giving one or receiving it. Second would be cooking--I'm baking ham bread now. And then the standard personal ad stuff, walks on beaches, reading, movies, climbing Kilimanjaro or walking 500 miles on a medieval pilgrimage...
My favorite country to live in? I was just going to post about that! We're in Finland for another year, then we have to pick a place to live next year. I want to try Spain, maybe buy an old stone house on the Costa Brava and restore it.
Other possibilities are London or New York. Personally, I feel home is California, although I was born in Japan.
I could never live in Japan. I don't stay there longer than 3 weeks, max, before my insane Jesus freak relatives drive me nuts. Some Japanese people are also very mean to my Venezuelan hubby. One old man cornered me on the street when I was walking with him and called me a prostitute.
Paris was not easy, but it was one of the most rewarding places I've ever lived. We might go back to France next year.
I'd also like to try living in India or China. So where should I live, ACF?
Weird factoids about me: I grew up in a trailer, was an illegal alien, and went to Bob Jones University's Elementary School. I'm the oldest of 6 kids, and my family were underground Christians in Japan since the 16th century.