Santa Maria del Fiore vs Kruger National Park

Please don't misunderstand, I love animals - I cried my heart out when my dog, and later my cat died. I care for my environment and respect and appreciate everything that God has created. I am a vegetarian (but have a soft spot for leather - though I do thank the animal who gave his life for my pleasure every time I put on a jacket.) However, for years I have struggled with the intense boredom that engulfs me, when I am in a National Park watching animals.It used to be relatively ok when I still drank a beer, had a sigarette and ate "droe wors" - But since I've given up on all 3, I'm just bored. I have felt so guilty about it for years, feeling there must be something terribly wrong with me. Am I that vain? Why do I feel like this when I am in nature that God created, but when I'm in a cathedral, temple, art museum or any place of historical value in Europe, I feel exhilirated. I just cannot get enough. I will visit every church, every cathedral, every building with interesting architecture, statues, mosaic, gold, stained glass you can think of. Walking in a street in Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Munich, Dinkelsbuhl - I am alive!!!!!! Only recently I started to understand - I love God's creation, and of all, I love people the most. I love diferent cultures; I love history; I love art; I love architecture; I love music - I simply love everything about people. My son once said that I should have studied Anthropology. I can sit and study people for hours - looking at clothing (I used to be a Fashion Designer after all), studying their body language, their interaction with other people, their emotions - seeing dreams and devistation in their eyes. A friend of mine once commented that it is odd that being an artist, I am not that fascinated by nature - on the other hand, mostly all of my paintings have people in them - and all are filled with emotion. So to each their own, some prefer the quiet of a park, some a walk in the veld, another watching animals - personally I prefer sitting inside the Santa Maria del Fiore, feeling the light through the stained glass windows, looking up at the frescoes and know that people just like me, once had this yearning to create something breathtaking to honour God.