I guess as a travel blogger it’s no surprise that scenes in my dreams often take place in foreign countries, but the other night this went a step further and I dreamt about being in a country that I’ve never actually visited: China. (In fact, I tried to visit China on the way to my Trans-Siberian trip but SARS and flight cancellations waylaid me).
In my dream, I had apparently just arrived in a small town in China to live for some time (I presume as a teacher), and I’m afraid to say I’d been allocated a particularly dirty and dusty flat, whose entrance was through a large array of scaffolding.
I headed off to a nearby pharmacy – apparently the only shop nearby, and although it looked nothing like the one I visited in Japan on my first night there, it is curious that I also tried shopping at a pharmacy for necessities like food when I first hit Osaka! Unlike my apartment, the pharmacy was very modern, and through the window I saw a towel and thought I could get rid of some of the dust using that. Unfortunately when I made it to the counter, I realised the towel was part of a display and not for sale.
Thanks to kafka4prez and hsingy for the pics via Flickr CC.
Such a detailed dream! I haven’t been to Chine either. I lived in Sth Korea for a year (teaching contract) and loved it. I had planned to “pop over” to Chine while I was there but didn’t ever make the trip. Wonder if the dream means China will be your next destination??
Ooh I wonder if that’s what it means? Probably a dream interpreter would tell me it means I need to clean out my medicine cabinet or something instead 🙁 but I will stick with your interpretation!!
Haha! photographed the dream…
The first thing I had to do in Zurich was go to the pharmacist becasue I’d forgotten the toothpaste. I discovered it cost about 3 times as much as it did in London and it took me about an hour to find it in the gigantic shopping mall. Actually I loathe pharmacies.
Funny Jenny, yes I had a similar Swiss experience – I can’t remember now what I needed but I remember the shock of how expensive it was!! (A nightmare instead of a dream!!)