the world: places

I used to think that the only country on Earth was America, and that there were only four states: California, Washington, New York, and Oregon where I lived.

I used to think that Los Angeles and L.A. were two different places. I thought that L.A. was "Elay" and that was where the airport was, like you would fly into Newark to visit New York City -- you flew into "Elay" to visit Los Angeles

in kindergarten i thought that the city i lived in was the world, then i found out i lived in a state and i thought the state was the world, and then i thought the US was the world and every continent was inside the US.

When about five or so, I believed the Earth was round, but that everyone had to live around the North Pole, otherwise we'd all fall off.

Also, since orange was my favorite color, I believed the North Pole looked orange from space.

Untill the age of 6 i used to believe there is only Latvia Rushia England... at the age of 7 I knew there was Germany and Finland.
At the age of nine I felt like a fool mistaking america with england!

But I really didnt need to know so many countries!!!

When I was young, I used to travel alot by plane, so much so that I thought that the on top of each cloud was a country, because you had to fly up in the air to get to them.

When i was on holiday with my family on Orkney, we went to visit Mae's howe which is some sort of ancient burial mound. Anyway, my parents asked me what it was when we drove past it, and as i had no idea i looked at my brother for a hint. He said it was Nelson's Column, so thinking i was clever i said it to my parents. The fact that ti was a hill and not a column should have given it away for me.needless to say they did laugh and me, and still bring it up if i say something stupid.

When I was little I used to think that the Erie Canal was named that because it was spooky there.

Because my mum often told me where people were from I believed that the town where my aunty lived was across the street because thats where she 'came from' last time I saw her. This similar principle applied to all my other relatives. There where a lot of towns just outside our house it seems.

i used to think that if i dug too deep into the sand at the beach i would hit china

I used to think that Spain was in the sky. Just because everyone who went there went on a plane- and it was pretty much the only place anybody seemed to go to in our neigbourhood!

My older brother and I played a trick on our little brother when he was about 8. We told him that America had adopted Puero Rico as the 51st state. We didn't think he'd fall for it so completely. He believed that for like a month.

I thought suicide was a place near Liverpool, England

I live in Australia and my cousin who is the same age as me lives in Poland. From a very young age i grasped the concept that when it was day here it was night in Poland and vice-versa. In my mind however i believed that our lives worked in perfect unison but in reverse. For example, as i got out of bed, she got into bed. when i ate breakfast, she ate dinner. when i went to school she came home from school etc. The whole idea overwhelmed me but at the same time I remember it gave me a strong feeling of connection to my cousin.

When I was very young our family drove from Texas to Oklahoma to visit my grandmother who lived in a small community, Rufe. I thought Rufe was the only town in Oklahoma.

i used to believe that behind the trees across the railway line (about 15 metres away)was sheffield, it's actually about half a country away, and that the end of my road led to nowhere. naturally, i don't do so great in geography these days.