My first trip to England

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My first trip to England

by mycorneroftheworld @ 2007-10-27 – 22:18:11

When I was six years old, my parents took me, my sister and brother on a cruise around the Brittish isles. I don't remember so much from the trip, but I have at least a few very bright memories.

The green moors of Ireland... the horse cemetery in Scotland (?)... the castles... the empty bottle in the restaurant on board, where I - for some strange reason - tucked in my new bracelet and forgot about it until the next day when the bottle was thrown away... the red double deckers that I never got to ride on, as they never seemed to go where we were heading... the pink new handbag I managed to lose in a shop and then made my mum go ashore searching for... (an impossible mission, as my mum did not even speak English! )

And then there was this church! A very small church, all made of small pieces of china! Over the years, I have tried to find out more about the church but failed. It has been 40 years and with very few details, I never thought I would find it again. Until this morning, when I was browsing the net and found something that I indeed think is the one! It is called "The little chapel" and is in Guernsey. I would really love to go there again some day!

I would also like to see the green moors of Ireland again... and the horse cemetary in Scotland... the castles... and who knows, I would maybe even be able to get my "new" pink handbag back!
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- MarikaSunSeeker
- 2007-10-27 @ 23:41:40
imagine if you did get the handbag back, I wonder if it would live up to the image of it that you have in your memory.
- - mycorneroftheworld
  - 2007-10-27 @ 23:52:16
  In fact, as my sister got one too (and she still has it), I know exactly how it looks! But then again, that bag would be 40 years old by now and maybe not in the same condition as when I lost it!
  
  But I know what you mean. We sometimes see the past through a "rose tainted glass"!
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- skip2468
- 2007-10-28 @ 00:41:58
You saw a chapel made of China. When you visit NZ, near Queenstown you will be able to see cottage made of bottles !
- - mycorneroftheworld
  - 2007-10-28 @ 12:42:55
  I am sure there are great things to see everywhere in the world.
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- RunDontWalk ^Pro
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- 2007-10-28 @ 03:02:27
You must come back to England one day!
- - mycorneroftheworld
  - 2007-10-28 @ 12:43:26
  Yes maybe!
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- jackfrost ^Pro
- 2007-10-28 @ 11:11:56
My mum said 2you should never go back..just keep going forward..i think she is right..
- - mycorneroftheworld
  - 2007-10-28 @ 12:45:32
  But it depends... There is nothing wrong with going to a place twice, I think.
  - - jackfrost ^Pro
    - 2007-10-28 @ 13:08:33
    yes but only if you are not trying to find the past.
    - - mycorneroftheworld
      - 2007-10-28 @ 16:22:25
      Finding my handbag was a joke Jack! And there is nothing wrong in my eyes, to want to go to places from the past. It is not as if that England trip had memories that could be destroyed by going there again. It would only be nice to see those places again, from an adults eyes
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- tylluanpenry ^Pro
- 2007-10-28 @ 12:37:43
When you come back over this way, it'll be more fun for you to look for places you've never been before (like Wales! ) That way you'll still have all those lovely childhood memories, and some new grown-up ones too!
- - mycorneroftheworld
  - 2007-10-28 @ 12:46:40
  Yes there are certainly more things to see, I am sure!
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- boredrich
- 2007-10-29 @ 13:46:37
there are so many things to see here but then again I bet there are an awful lot of things that have changed beyond all recognition I know that they have around here lately not always for the better I know I havent travelled too much maybe its because I am happy here or maybe I am just too scared to go far but then again I have been to america and spain and france and belgium so I think I have travelled further than some
- - mycorneroftheworld
  - 2007-10-30 @ 09:02:55
  Just think about getting the chance to travel around the world and see everything that is? It would be great... On the other hand, I would get very homesick after five days
  - - boredrich
    - 2007-10-30 @ 09:44:41
    true but you never know maybe you would find somewhere during your travels to turn into a new home? thats what I am hoping with Jen and Belle we can go to america and find somewhere we would love to stay
    - - mycorneroftheworld
      - 2007-10-30 @ 10:18:58
      I know that is your plan, but I do not want to live anywhere else then in Sweden. This is my home country - for good and bad - and I don't think I would be happy somewhere else!
      - boredrich
        
        2007-10-30 @ 11:07:02
        
        I know that feeling I had a feeling thats how I would feel forever here but now this place is changing beyond all recognition and I want to get away from here it just isnt what it used to be and I think I loved it the way it was
        
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- oldblindog ^Pro
- 2007-10-30 @ 03:02:58
I have returned to Scotland on several occasions and to specific sites. To me, it is interesting to see how my perspective has changed. For example, I have chosen a different perspective to take a photograph....my mood and vision had changed since the last time I visited the site. In other cases, I walked around the docks and remembered childhood excursions that occurred each morning with my Uncle. Each time, I have learned something new and chose a new site to visit.
- - mycorneroftheworld
  - 2007-10-30 @ 09:06:19
  It is nothing wrong with perspectives changing. Some people are afraid that you would lose your good memories or something, but it is not about that really. If you visit a place you have once visited before, it will surely be a different experience from the first time, but it does not have to be a bad thing. We all change all our lives and look different at things. (I hope you understand what I mean. I seem to be rambling a lot this morning! )
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