Locating Yourself

I passed a girl on campus today who was talking to a friend about a possible weekend away.  They had just finished their exams and were looking for some fun.  Girl A mentioned that they should go to the coast.  Girl B asked where she wanted to go and Girl A replied that they should go to whatever coast is closest!  And laughed at her ignorance as to where the closest coast was.

To be honest, I laughed too.  To put it in perspective, I live in a city that was heavily bombed in WWII because it was a port city!  We are on the coast!  

I find it so hard to believe that someone could be so oblivious to where they are in the world.  I guess this is one of the downsides of housing undergrads in isolated residences and ferrying them back and forth to campus.  They have no need to wander around and find the port, or any other major features of the region they live in.

I want to experience as much of the UK while I'm here, and to that end I was up to Windermere for the day to see the largest lake in England.  I try to get out of this city as often as possible to see what else there is close by (and sometimes not as close!).  Traveling and seeing how places fit together is one of my passions, so I find it so hard to understand when people have no interest in their surroundings.

*sigh* Now I have map love. . . . must go find my Lonely Planet.

Bye!