To tell the truth, I doubt that you would like to change Canada to Russia. But I believe that it is some context which determines how we feel, not the place. I mean, I can complain about not being able to travel to USA, but what if someone offers me to get there and to work as a waiter or a taxi driver. I will be in USA then, but in a different context. Often I think that everything is cool when you sleep enough and eat enough; nothing is cool when you don’t.

Sometimes I watch different places via Google Maps; it reveals very quickly that we should not confuse our ideas about things/places with actual things/places.

Eventually it seems that everyone seeks to have some comfort and some privacy; regardless of what place or country it is. Sounds not very patriotic, I guess. Maybe I just got too used to the isolation.