the world: places

I used to believe that china REALLY was underground and my dad always told me to watch out for the china man cuz if I dug to deep he would pull me down. I was scared to death to pull carrots, rubarb or dig potatoes when my mom or dad would ask me for fear that the china man would get me!

When I was young I used to believe that California was in the sky. I thought this because ever since I was a baby my family and traveled to California a couple times a year to visit my realatives and I thought we had to take a plane because there was simply no other way to get there. hahah.

Being from the state of KY, I used to believe that when we crossed the border into another state, lets say, Ohio, that when we stopped to eat somewhere, we would see "Ohio Fried Chicken" or maybe "Tennessee Fried Chicken" restaurant chains. They had their own Colonel too.

Up until the 6th grade or so, I assumed that Washington D.C. was in Washington State. (Naturally!) It was a weird perception shift to realize the White House and the President weren?t just north of me, they were clear across the country.

When my 5 year old daughter visited New York City she saw the Empire State building and also the one that resembles it but is a bit smaller, the "Christ-The-Lord building". (Chrysler building)

When I was ver young, growing up in Philadelphia, the sugar packets at area restaraunts often featured Independence Hall on them. Visiting Independence Hall on a school field trip, I was surprised to find out that they DIDN'T make sugar there!

When I was nine we travelled to Germany from California. I knew that Germany was on the other side of the world. Somehow I imagined that everything would be upside down, and that we'd be hanging upside down. Needless to say, I was quite disappointed when we landed in Germany and everything was right-side-up!!

As a boy living in Brazil, I used to believe that in Portugal there were no cows. They didn't have there any of our animals: the araras, the crocodiles, the jaguars...

I truly did believe that I could dig to China. My friends and I spent an entire day trying to get there. Unfortunately, once we hit the bottom of their sandbox, we had to start all over out in the yard.
We got about 2 feet down with the shovels before we gave up.

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

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 I was about 7 years old, we moved to Wyoming (usa) and there was a business located near my fathers work called Tokyo Massage. I misread it and thought it said Tokyo Message, and I assumed it was for everyone in Wyoming who was wanting to talk to their friends or loved ones in Tokyo. Later, in Middle school, someone told me that I should work there, and I said something along the lines of "so, I would be good at sending messages" It wasnt until that day that I made the connection, what a loser!

I used to believe that Hawaii was down by Florida. because that's always where they put it in that little square...oh and I thought Alaska was right next to it.

Not mine but my ex-husband's.
He was always talking aboutliving in 'old mexico' for awhile when he was in his teens. I always thought he said that to differentiate it from the state new mexico. Imagine my suprise (and disbelief) when I found out that my 40 YEAR OLD husband said 'old' mexico because he thought that it was a state, like north and south dakota, east and west virginia there was old and new mexico not just the country of mexico!

For some strange reason I alays thought Quebec was in Saudi Arabia !!! (I guess I must have mixed it up with Quatar) and I genuinely beliieved this until one day in a French lesson when we were watching a video based in Canada all about food. When they went to Quebec I asked why they were speaing French because they speak Arabic in Quebec ! Everyone looked at me like I was insane and I have never lived it down to this day !!

i always thougth washington D.C was in washington until 8th grade.