The things you learn from looking at a REALLY big map

So here I am, sitting talking to my mom on the phone, having a serious conversation when I find myself staring at a world map. But this isn't just a small map... It's like the size you had in your high school's classrooms. Yeah, one of those.

But have you ever just taken the time to stare at a map of that size? To let yourself get lost in it? Probably not. It's something that someone probably wouldn't usually do... I know I certainly wouldn't unless I'm literally just sitting somewhere with a map... which I am right now.

So I'll be completely honest, you can learn a lot of things from a map of this size. Boring things, like which way currents flow all over the world. Or that there's a major airport in the country of Sao Tome (which is an Island I'd never even heard of before). But you can easily learn a lot of really cool things too... 

Also... I stared at Africa most... So let's learn weird things about Africa!

Like;

1) There is an area of the Indian Ocean called Seychelles. 

Which is also a shoe brand. 

Pretty Shoe

VS. a pretty Island.

2) Theres' a country called Gabon, and in Gabon theres a city called "Franceville"

Franceville

VS. France... There's a difference

3) In Namibia, there's a place called Warmbad. I can't think of the last time being warm was "bad..." But clearly someone didn't like it... Also this place is apparently not very big...

4) There's an area of the Atlantic Ocean called the "Romanche Gap" which makes me thing of someone with a gap in their teeth, and therefore when they say "romance," it comes out "romanche" like they have a lisp... 

Romanche Gap

Model with a lisp who says "romanche"   

5) Also in the Pacific Ocean is the "South Sandwich Islands" which makes me wonder several things:

      a) Are there North Sandwich Islands?

      b) What exactly is a "south sandwich"? 

      c) What do they put on a south sandwich? 

      d) Do I have to go to the South Sandwich Islands to get one?

Wait... they have penguins?

And the penguins live on a sandwich...?

Don't you feel enlightened now with these strange fun facts!? Me too... Okay, now back to real life and not staring at maps. 

-Katelynn Rene