tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819583803044106367.post2538932782329896694..comments2023-06-13T11:02:42.697+02:00Comments on Nordljus: FernwehNordljushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12338266771808023458noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819583803044106367.post-89861369217824459342011-03-13T09:34:38.279+01:002011-03-13T09:34:38.279+01:00Ah yes, I'm not much of an intellectual so I c...Ah yes, I'm not much of an intellectual so I can't think of an English word that captures that feeling, but I am definitely happy to use "Fernweh" from now on. When I was younger I could always imagine myself living in France, but I think that was just because we started to go on holiday as a family to France when I was just at an impressionable age. Later I spent 10 years living with a French person but in England, but if anything, it made me notice all the things about England that I actually liked quite a lot.<br /><br />A little over 2 years ago I moved to where I live right now and had an immediate feeling that I had come home, even though I had never even visited before in my life.<br /><br />We all know that we carry physical characteristics in our DNA which get passed down through generations, though they might sometimes skip a generation. I do often wonder whether we carry also memories of places too, which would explain these feelings, and a sense of "deja vu" sometimes - another specific phrase that we use in English, but strangely it is not one that they use in France in the same way!<br /><br />The mysteries of the mind and language...Nigelhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/moonlitmist/noreply@blogger.com