the world: places

Once, when my we were driving across the country, my parents were talking about visiting Wisconsin. I thought they were talking about visiting a woman named Miss Consin. And I wondered if she was a friend of Mrs. Sippi.

When i was little i lived near the mountains and i always believed that over the mountains was china, learning later on that we were no where near china, not even on the same continent!

I live in Baltimore, Maryland, and I used to think that Maryland was the name of my city and Baltimore was the name of my state! I also thought that you had to get searched when you crossed state boarders, but not when you crossed national boarders. Boy was I confused when we went to Pennsylvania to visit my grandparents!

When I was a child, my family occasionally rode by a neighborhood about a mile from where we lived. That neighborhood had rows of virtually identical houses. I'm sure such things are common some places, but in my home town at the time such arrangements of houses were quite unusual, that one neighborhood being the only place I'd ever seen them back then. Back then I guess it was current to consider Mars as the quintessential alien place, and anyone who seemed really different or not "in the know" might be asked "Are you from Mars?". I guess that might explain the notion I got back then. That neighborhood of rows of virtually identical houses must have seemed the most unusual place I'd ever seen at the time. I got the idea that that neighborhood was Mars, and I remember thinking of it as Mars for quite some time.

I used to think "foreign" was a country, since I heard people saying "foreign country" a lot. And I also use to think America's president (at the time Bill Clinton) is also president for every single country in the whole world.

I had a very unrealistic sense of distance when I was about 4 or 5. Our house was overlooking a small field, and at the other side you could see the roof of a white house. I was absolutely convinced that this was my grandfathers house, which was actually a five hour drive away... Hey, they were both big and white! I refused to believe the boy next door (seven years older, always knew best...) when he claimed this was impossible.

We lived in Texas, and my Mom was from PEI, Canada. When people would ask, "Why don't you drive to Prince Edward Island, instead of flying? My father would reply you HAVE to fly up to the Island.

I thought the adults were incredibly stupid because Canada was obviously the roof of the United States and you flew up like taking an elevator.

What my Dad really meant was he wasn't going to wait hours even days to take the ferry across to the Island. Not to mention Sis and I nearly killed each other in the car on trips from Houston to Kerrville. Even after the Confederation Bridge, Dad had no desire to drive from Texas to PEI.

My sister used to tell me that Victorian houses were shiped from Victoria after they were built.

I used to think that the name of the state of Illinois was pronounced "In-louis". It really sucked when we learned the states in 3rd or 4th grade, and I was so proud I knew what the state of "In-louis" was called!

i used to think that Australia was the whole world.

I used to believe that because each state was separated by lines on maps, globes and on television, that there would be an actual LINE that I could see when we drove past a state line. I STILL look for the lines, hoping they'll be there somehow, and I'm 36 years old! LOL!

I was born in Texas, but didn't live there past infancy. Later, until I got old enough to start reading maps, I thought Texas was an endless hallway, with closed doors along each wall. I didn't know what was behind the doors.

When I was young, after having discovered the planisphere, I used to believe that the world was flat. And when we studied the discovery of America, I didn't understand why all the class said that the world was round. I was and I still very obstinate. Finally, my mother succeeded in making me listen to reason, after 2 days of negociations.

I used to believe that everyone who lived in the city lived in an apartment.

When I was a child, I used to believe that Catalonia was the unique part of land of the world.

I used to believe that Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.