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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Diana Wynne Jones' book Howl's Moving Castle, on which I wrote a rather dodgy essay on two days ago, (and is one of my favourites) got me thinking.

If you could build a house, and, like the moving castle, have its door(s) open on four places in the world, where would those places be?

Mine:

1. Toronto (The city)
2. Sennen Cove or Cambridge, England (I can't decided between the sea or old memories)
3. Ottawa (the snow and mon famille)
4. New Zealand (somewhere ridiculously remote, but, see, that's the beauty of it: it's remote... but not!)

Runners up: Antarctica (just for kicks)

So, where would your four doors open onto?

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

What an interesting question! I'll have to mull that one over.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

San Jose

North Western Arkansas (Mom and Dad)

Boston (Lil Bro)

Phily (In Laws)

uhh.. Vegas... scratch Phily.

Pix

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Minneapolis, Paris, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires.

Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :

1)Kent, England (home)
2)Sydney, Austraila (sun in the winter)
3)Paris, France (because)
4)St. Petersburg, Florida (good memories)

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

1. East Central Ohio (Coshocton County, where I live)

2. Boulder City, Nevada.

3. Colorado Springs

4. A huge, neatly organized closet space.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

1. Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., Earth

2. Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America, Earth

3. Kyrgyzstan or maybe somewhere in the Crimea in Russia, so I could have one door in Eurasia.

4. On Titan, with a view of Saturn's rings.

Posted by xxsockeh (Member # 9186) on :

Haven't read the novel, but I watched the movie a few weeks ago.
1) Japan - I cannot wait to go there.
2) Alberta - Home.
3) Hawaii - Warm... [Smile]

4) Arctic Circle - Cold... [Smile]

Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :

Waterton Lakes National Park
Cardston, Alberta (parents)
Salt Lake City
California

Posted by signal (Member # 6828) on :

Could this house move? If so, how fast can it move and what would its limitations be? Because if it could, it would almost be a waste to choose two places within "moving" distance of each other, right?

I don't know if I could narrow it down to only four places.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Well, in the book the castle moves about a bit (say a couple of miles), but not too far.

Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :

Florence, Italy; New York City; Aspen, Colo.; and Traverse City, Mich. (Grandparents house on Lake Michigan)

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

My parents have a house about 40 miles from Travers City. [Big Grin]

I love it there, at least in the summer. [Wink]

Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :

Agreed....::shivers thinking about winter::

Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :

1) Mt. Penn, Pennsylvania (near where most of my family lives)
2) Boulder, Colorado
3) Newport, Rhode Island
4) Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida [Smile]

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

Assuming one of them has to be where I live:

1. Hanover, PA
2. San Remy, France
3. Sydney, Australia
4. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

I started making a list, but I was just naming beaches of different parts of the world.

1) A pacific island somwhere, perhaps Hawaii.
2) Somewhere in the Carribean.
3) Somewhere on the Mediterranean.
4) A beach-house on one of the great lakes, probably Lake Ontario.

Can you tell I miss big bodies of water? Stupid Nebraska, no beaches at all [Frown]

Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :

1. Budapest. My favorite city.
2. Anywhere in the south of Italy. Napoli, Cesarto, Palermo...that would be my warm-weather fix.
3. Whistler. Year-round skiing/snowboarding.
4. London, my second-favorite city.

Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :

Dallas, TX for family

Pittsburgh, PA (unfortanately, what a waste of a door!) for family

The Island of Rarotonga - Pacific Ocean for...paradise

The fourth one is difficult. I will have to think about it to narrow it down.

--ApostleRadio

Posted by Sage Zander (Member # 9344) on :

Schoharie, New York
Easter Island
Within the security parameters of Area 51
Paris

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

1. My work (no commute -- I can sleep later)
2. My son's school (so he doesn't have to commute, either)
3. My Mom's place (so I don't have to schlep so far in order to visit
4. My in-law's place (same reason)

I guess I'm sick of all the commuting. [Dont Know]

Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :

Amsterdam
Villinus Lituania
Hong Kong
My Home town

BC

Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :

I think I need to read that book. I've never heard of it, but the premise sounds fascinating. [Smile]

Does one of the four places have to be where I live currently? Because I'm really not all that fond of it.

1) My parents' house in Illinois (also near a lot of my friends)
2) London (my home in the distant future, and my portal to the rest of Europe)
3) Leyte, Philippines (family & tropical beach goodness)
4) I can't decide on this one, so I guess I'll pick my current home after all: Long Island, NY

Runners-up are New Zealand, Brazil, Diwali National Park in Alaska, Yosemite, the redwood forests in the northwest, and Plitvice Lakes in Croatia. And probably more places if I keep thinking about it. Like Angkor Wat in Cambodia.