For a while running far, far away seemed like a very attractive idea, but I was reminded of this -

How can we sing the songs of the Lord
 while in a foreign land ?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
 may my right hand forget its skill.
May the tongue of cling to the roof of my  mouth
 if I do not remember you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem
 my highest joy.

- Psalms 137 : 4 - 6