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Far Off Lands
By Marisa | November 5, 2007
I was helping my kids with their homework and realized that if not for my kids, I probably wouldn’t be nearly as aware of many things as I am. It isn’t that I don’t watch the news or keep up with current events. It’s just that I don’t always commit facts to memory. Case in point: one Geography lesson and I want to book a flight to visit Hong Kong. My kids think I’m crazy, of course.
I remember when Hong Kong was turned over to China by Great Britain in 1997. Although China provides national defense, Hong Kong maintains its own autonomy, at least until 2047. I’d love to visit the city now, while still under it’s own government control. And I can’t help but wonder what will happen in 2047 when it’s time for China to take over.
Like I said, my kids think I’m crazy for being so interested in cities and countries that they read about in school. Maybe I wasn’t all that interested at their ages, either. I don’t know when those things change or what happens as we grow older to make us want to explore more, but I hope that someday I’ll be able to satisfy most of my curiosity about this great big world.
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I realized how little I know about world news, and information abroad when i heard a country, i’d never even heard before! Turns out it changed it’s name years ago, and I had no clue, since I’d only ever thought about it for some geography test when i was about 12!