Recently I took a trip to WA inspired by the Twin Peaks show. I visited the Double R diner and other iconic filming locations. I’ve never done something like this before, visit a place just because a show or a film I love was made there. But when in America..
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Since I had time I also visited the Olympic National Park and stayed at a little town named Forks, which I later discovered is another filming location, this time for the Twilight movies. .
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Little fun fact about me: about 10 years ago, when I was a flight attendant in Greece, I picked up a copy of Twilight in English. It was a while since I had read anything other than in Greek, and it was the perfect, easy book to read. Later on, and as I was finishing up the third book of the series, I found out it was Meyers’ first book ever. And somewhere up there, in a dark little galley among the clouds, I said to myself, “well if she can produce such bs, I can do it too, but better.” And this is more or less how my journey to the USA begun…
(This is me at Glenwood Springs on my 35th birthday, on yet another epic road trip in the states.)
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10 years later, I can show off for no writing accomplishments, and I’ve created zero fictional characters whose posters hang in teens’ rooms. But I can proudly say that I’ve created friendships and had adventures and in my darkest times I had a blast discovering the beauty of will and determination. They say a book can take you places, and I’ve read hundreds of them so far. And in this sense, Twilight took me to the wildest rides of my life, yet.