To understand this, one needs to know two facts:
1. My mother lived in Greece for a while in her 20's.
2. My grandmother lives in a house by the riverside.
Going to my grandmother's house was always an adventure, especially going out back to swim; and I was convinced that, if one swam far enough, one would get to Greece, just on the other side of the river.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I couldn't understand why my grandmother wore an ear-grenade (hearing aid). It sounded very dangerous to meAnon
- i used to think a small man named homer lived in my grandmother's freezer and made ice. — ana
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- When i was small i used to think god lived on top of my house and the devil lived right underneath it.— Missuss D
- I used to believe that a little boy lived under my house and ate all the poop 'cuz he had nothing else to eat.— RockSorceress
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie