North or South?

That's an important question if you are planing your next holiday or intend to travel somewhere with someone. It's also a topic some couples are quarrelling over every year when the time comes to decide where they want to go in their precious time away from school, university or work. Most people I talked about this preferred the South over the North and why not? It's hot, the sun is shining (mostly) and most of all, the sea is warm enough to swim in it without having to squeeze yourself into a wetsuit so you won't freeze into a solid block of ice.

But what is it that draws other people into the North? Is it the cold, the never ending rain, the grey clouds in the sky? Maybe. As one of those people I would like to try and answer that question, or at least why I would rather go travel somewhere into the North.

The first reason is indeed the weather because even though I enjoy the hot weather of summer to some extend I simply can't stand the heat that it can have in the South. I also like rain and clouds and the way the wind blows them over the sky. Another reason would be the landscape and plants that grow in different places. I don't like it when everything looks brown because the sun burned it down. There might be seasons where it is green in Italy, Croatia and Greece and so on but I mostly get to see the vegetation in a dried out state, except of maybe olive trees and some shrubs. I do admit that I might like warmer countries better if I would visit them in winter, spring or autumn. There might be fewer people there too. I just like the colour green which probably automatically draws me to regions were trees grow tall with majestic crowns of leaves or needles and where the grass is soft and green. Something else that is really important for me is my imagination. That might sound a bit strange to some but for me a place as to inspire me to think, write or draw and for a long time I mostly got my inspiration from places with similar climate than where I live or colder. Only in my final year of school did I start to see the beauty in stories that take place in warm regions. All in all I would say that I generally like green places with castles on hills and deep forests. Places where the houses have thick walls to keep out the cold but I could also learn to love different things as well and I think I am right in the middle of doing so.