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

Ugly much, or pretty much, whichever comes first.