Escape from daily life in big city, have a short stay in the village

I live in Zurich, although it is not a big city, people are still living at a very fast pace and sometimes we are even forced to live a faster life.
Most of us live a stressful life, pressures of modern life, environmental complexity, making more and more people suffering from mental illness. Many people work so hard, but they even don’t what they live for.

As in the movie “fighting club” saying that Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.” This is the truly life for most of us.

Every morning and evening and during the rush hour of the train, I can see that everyone looks tired and numb. All the people continue this kind of pissed of life for 10、20、30years, they are getting lazy to thing about another life style, or even they don’t have any chance to have a change. Life is stocked.

So when I have time, I always escape from city life and have a short stay in the countryside. I can feel the real life in the countryside. Walking on the road will greet with other people, everyone knows each other. In my friend's place, in the small mountain village in the Italian region of Switzerland, each family doesn’t lock the door, because they are familiar and trust each other.

The village where my friend lives is always so warm and sunny. Life is easy here, many retirees live here, and there are lots of vacation houses, and many people come from Zurich for a weekend.

It was very quiet. Every morning when I opened my eyes and I could see the morning mist in the distance, hear the mountain sounds and the singing birds coming from nature.

My friend has two cats in her house. These two cats are usually very aggressive, and of course cats always think they are the owner. One cat is particularly naughty, basically when you're busy and it comes to bother you, but when you want to play with her or hug her, she will run alway from you.

The village where my friend lives is leisurely and carefree. People don’t consider earning big money, life pressure is small and no comparing, people are satisfied. Occasionally, I am very yearn for this life, but I don't know whether I will feel bored if I stayed in a small mountain village for a long time.

我住在苏黎世，苏黎世虽然不是什么大城市，但生活节奏也很快，并且大多数也都有工作压力。早晚期间的火车高峰期，大家都愁眉苦脸沉默不语，感觉大家保持着这样麻木的状态一过就是十年二十年。
搏击俱乐部里说，“广告诱惑我们买车子，衣服，于是拼命工作买不需要的东西，我们是被历史遗忘的一代，没有目的，没有地位，没有世界大战，没有经济大恐慌，我们的大战只是心灵之战，我们的恐慌只是我们的生活。我们从小看电视，相信有一天会成为富翁，明星或摇滚巨星，但是，我们不会。那是我们逐渐面对着的现实，所以我们非常非常的愤怒。”

所以我一有时间就会逃离城市生活，去乡下住一住，觉得在乡下才能感受到真正的生活气息。走在路上大家会相互打招呼，大家都认识彼此。在我朋友住的地方，瑞士意大利语区的小山村，他们每家每户都不锁门，因为彼此都熟悉，大家也都互相信任。

朋友住在山谷里，这里冬天也不冷，因为大山阻隔了大风，但又总是阳光明媚。这里的生活悠闲，很多退休老人住在这里，也有很多度假屋，很多人会从苏黎世过来过个周末。
这里非常安静，早上一睁眼就可以看到远方的晨雾，听到从大山里传出来的山音，还有鸟鸣。

朋友家里养了两只猫，这两只猫平时特别嚣张，当然了一般养猫基本上猫都是主人。其中一只猫特别特别捣蛋，基本上你一忙它就来打扰你，但是你去要抱它，它又不让抱。

小山村的生活就是没什么烦扰，很悠闲，也不用考虑挣大钱，在这里生活压力很小，没有攀比，只要能满足一切日常所需，大家就都知足了。偶尔也会非常羡慕这样的生活，只是不知道在小山村呆久了会不会也会向往或者怀念大城市的生活呢？