Three wishes from a time machine

A friend of mine asked me a question the other day and that question stuck in my mind.

If you could go back in time to go and see three events or moments in the world history, where would you go? Let's assume you couldn't change anything, you could just tag along for the ride as a spectator.

I started thinking whether I should pick Cortés, Magalhães, Columbus, Marco Polo or some other adventurer from the past to join to their wonderful journey. Or should I go and see the big decision makers of the history? Could I learn more from visiting Alexander the Great, or the Mayas in the Yucatán?

Where would you go and why? What are the places, events or moments that would intrigue you? Who are the people you would want to see?

Lapland

picture from: http://www.lappikuva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/saana-kilpisjarvi-lappi.jpg
















It has been too long since I have been there. With the flu draining most of my energy and the stress of having to progress piling up, I find myself wondering to the spacious fresh air of Lapland in my mind. I miss that peace Lapland has. I've always felt like time doesn't exist in Lapland. There is the dark and the light, but they don't follow daily rhythm like elsewhere. There is just the nature, the unpredictable, cruel and beautiful nature and none of that knows nor cares about time. Being there, in the midst of the Lappish mountains, I gain perspective. I am so very small and I have so little say in what happens. A storm might hit the hardest at the most inconvenient moment, but what is that in the harsh but beautiful wilderness of Lapland?