At the University of Manitoba during the evenings with all the lights on around University Centre and the Administration building. It is quite beautiful, and it helps me think. I usualy sit on one of the the benches and stare at the sky and around at the buildings.

My "haapy place" is inside my room, lying down on my bed and meditating. Any time I feel stressed out or overwhelmed, I do that and it takes all of it away. Then I usuallly blare some Flashbulb or some good heavy metal at suffiient volume to clean up any anger or other bad emotions I may have missed.

I know what you mean. I have friends living in the city, and all they have is a park at maximum.

I live 20 minutes (with train) from the city, which is nice because there's lots of nature here. I have a lake just some seconds from my house, and forests.

My bedroom is my haven because no one seems bothered about coming into it :) it's the one place which i can call my own and I'm surrounded by things that make me happy and smile. I feel relaxed just laying on the floor or on my bed, it's great.

Japan, in the beautiful streets of Tokyo. I've been twice and I've never felt so free and happy in my life. Too bad my haven is so far away from home.

I find something like peace just lying in bed, with the lights off and no noise or music in the background, wavering halfway between consciousness and sleep. Just me and my thoughts, whatever those may be...and everything else kind of becomes inconsequential.

I find real peace in sleep and dreams, too. Good thing, since I'm a hardcore sleeper...maybe I should have named myself Nemu instead.

There's a country road south of town near the border between Canada and the US border that is deserted late at night (like midnight). I sometimes go there and just pull over on to the side of the road. Turning off the truck provides an almost scary sense of darkness and loneliness immediately until your eyes have adjusted to the dark. Turn around and you can see the lights of the town, look up and you can see way more stars than from in the city. It's a really refreshing experience.

I just went out of town last night on a spur of the moment notion. When I finally arrived one hour later I was in the middle of nowhere at a friend's camp ground. The sky was incredible. Nothing but stars and the sounds of crickets. Everything felt so pure, so unpolluted.

I love nature. n_n