As a child in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK I couldn't quite understand why the capital of Poland was so near - I thought there was a geographical timewarp that confused Walsall with Warsaw!
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Paris was the capital of London and Italy was the capital of France.Anon
- When I was little, I thought that Amsterdam was the world capital of hamsters!— CountryWay
- I used to think there were polar bears in poland when I was 6— Lucy
- I used to believe when I was young that Poland was made entirely of candy.— Jenn
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara
- I just to think that Norway was the capital of the world— Elin Norway