”The good old days”
or after World War II
Few people had taken a
travel abroad. Someone had visitid Sweden. They look back to the
lovely Bore. You could travel round Finland by Mosse or
Kuplavolkkari, you and your spouse and five children in the car. The
family slept in a Sopu tent. Life was great.
My geography teacher had
made a bus trip round Europe just after the war. She was an only
person in our village, who could tell us about Europe.
A way to neighbouring town
or village took time. Trains and busses were slow and they maybe run once a day. But people had bicycles and motorbikes – with a
sidecar.
My sister took a travel to
China in the 60s. Our mother told later that she had thought ”she
won't come back”.
Only a few had a TV, and
the Internet and email were starting.
Nowadays
All this means that you
had to stay home. Not our trips for weekend to London or Paris. No
holidays in Trinidad. You could go to university in US if you were
wealthy (very wealthy). Have you wanted an inter rail pass? Not a
hope. About all people have got trip or a lot of trips to China. The
world was small, and we didn't know people around the world.
Kerttuli
PS. A possible text at the end is unintentional!
PS. A possible text at the end is unintentional!
That's a great post, Kerttuli, it makes the past seem very real. Things are definitely very different now. And when you were young, did you have the opportunity to travel abroad?
ReplyDeleteI worked In Stockholm in one summer when I was a student. And in another summer in Kiruna. It's all. But some years later I made trips to Denmark (a bicykle trip), Norway (the same) and a holiday trip to Jalta. England, Italia and others came a little bit later.
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You are very well travelled!
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