Have you heard about the idea of "romanticizing life" ?
The idea behind it all is basically making something ordinary seem extraordinary, just like its own definition from the word "romanticize".
Buying a strawberry from the roadside is an ordinary thing. Yet I've seen a couple of movies where they romanticize the idea of buying and make it seem like it's a fun thing to do and the strawberries are more delicious than the store bought. And because of that, growing up, I always dreamed of doing that.
Finally last week, when my family and I drove around a mountainous area, there were plenty of roadside strawberry stands. I told my dad to stop at a small stall with a breathtaking view of the hills. The strawberries were luscious red. They were slightly bigger than the common strawberries I found at the supermarket. The strawberries were placed on a plastic bucket but some wrapped in a plastic box. My mom and I got a bucket and a few packaged ones for home while I snack on the bucket ones. They taste pretty alright although some of them were slightly sour. I also don’t forget to wash them with bottled water that we have. It’s really not ideal but that’s all I had at that moment.
While enjoying the strawberries, I also take pictures of the hills and the cafes that we passed by. It's unfortunate that we can't stop and sit on the rooftop of those cafes. There’s one cafe called “ the bridge” . It looks pretty nice from the outside and I reckon, they named it that way because of its location that’s just next to a bridge.
Maybe one day I'll get the chance to do this kind of road trip again. It was a fun road trip and I scratched another list on my bucket list of things I have to do at least once.