Thank you to the wonderful
Here are the meme rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favourite lyric to your current favourite song. Or your favourite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like. (I would love it if your random comment made me laugh!)
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You then update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.
I’m actually from where I live now, a little village in the county of Somerset in the south-west of England. I moved away at nineteen but circumstances drew me back after fifteen years. I like the area very much and am delighted that it seems to be in the middle of so much history, beauty and so many interesting places.
2. How did you get so interested in New Zealand?
I don’t really know. I had always been fascinated by New Zealand ever since I was a child, from wildlife programmes and stories that I heard about it. I always dreamt of going there. I had some life-long friends who moved there in the late nineties (they are now proud New Zealand citizens) and I decided I would visit them to see them after a couple of years. I remember standing outside the International terminal at Auckland Airport at about five in the morning on the day that I arrived, looking around at the Norfolk Island pines and the flax plants and thinking, ‘Bugger me, I’m actually in New Zealand.’ Nothing could have taken the grin off my face at that moment! I have been there four times altogether now, and the delight, wonder and sheer excitement has never dimmed. I can honestly say that there are places in New Zealand where I feel more at home than I do in my own house.
3. You seem to have a lot of people from Russia on your FL; have you been to Russia/what is your affinity to Russia/how did you meet them to get on your FL?
That’s a long story. I have never been to Russia, but would love to one day. The main reason would be to meet someone who is very special to me, so very special. I have a friend from St Petersburg, the incredible
4. Have you met anyone from LJ "in real life" after meeting them on LJ?
Yes I have.
5. How/why did you start an LJ to begin with?
As it turns out I pretty much answered that in question three. It was thanks to my inspiring, brilliant and heart-warming friend