Life is a funny place, most of the time.
Yesterday morning's reflection was on my life-long enjoyment of stillness and quiet... I published that, and a couple of hours later we got in the car for a day trip to the nearby metropolis on Seattle, population +/- four million people.
Downtown Seattle from the Bainbridge Island ferry
OK, so it was a pre-planned outing: Mrs. Denmarkguy had gotten her hands on some "VIP tickets" to the Van Gogh Immersive Experience event — well worth a visit, if it comes to a venue near you!
It has originally been a Christmas present to me and middle son (who lives in Seattle) but due to Washington state's draconian Covid rules and regulations we'd given it a hard pass... until those were all relaxed considerably, a month or so ago.
Sorry it's a bit grainy; dark and hard to photograph. All four walls — and even the floor — are giant screens of a continuous running animated film of the phases of the artist's work
Aside from the event — which was awesome — this was also our first real "outing" to the city in more than two years.
As cities go, I like Seattle... but it was also a reminder that I really don't like being around the noise and the energy of so many people, crammed together in such tight quarters.
The city proper is surrounded by water so there is no "urban sprawl," the only way to go is to build UP. And so they keep doing, always replacing old 8-10 story apartment buildings with 40-50 story "luxury condominium" towers.
Not many unobstructed views of the Space Needle, these days...
Whereas it was definitely a fun day, I found myself very grateful to be heading back to our quiet northwoods at the time of our isolated peninsula.
Maybe it's just part of growing older... on the other hand, I wasn't all that big on cities, even when I was college-aged.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week ahead!
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Nowadays I live in a village, where the population is around 200 people, I work in a city, where the population is around 70 000 people, and I was born in a city, where around 1.72 million people lives. None of these are even close to a four million metropolis. According to the latest counting (2020), 9.76 million (9 769 526) people lives in the whole country (Hungary).
Have a nice day. All the best. Greetings and much love from Hungary.
I am decidedly not a city person. I like my elbow room.