>>The South Island is a different story. There are mountains and ski slopes galore. At the very southern tip is Milford Sound, the most beautiful place I have ever been.
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>I once cooked up this dialog:
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>- I want to be Moscow.
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>- You can't be a place!
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>- It would be just for a day.
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>- Still impossible. And, besides, why?
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>- So one day I can say "Moscow is a place I've been".

and then wait for a person to say "Moscow is a place I've been too" ?