haha, your english is good enough to decipher
I suppose a lot of peopleimagine it that way - I admit I picture that happening too, sometimes, because a lot of the adventures seem quite small... but that said, even Mario has to rest, and he can't traverse a continent in a day (we really do see him run an awfully long way, huh?) I like to imagine the majority, or at least some of his adventures as taking a long time, even a month or so - it really helps to build character and allow diplomatic tension... plus it ramps up the drama, if nothing else
but that's because I like SMB to be dramatic, that's just my opinion