Being in Japan has made me quite homesick. Actually, I’ve been homesick since I left the US to be stationed out in here and everyday closer to leaving builds my anticipation to one day wake up for work to look out the window and see the California sun. Maybe I am late on this feature, but Google Maps offers a Street View version of your destination, and as the feature explains it, you get a view from the street level and a full 360 degree view of everything around. Not every location has been mapped out, but a good majority of what I searched was able to come up with images of the surrounding location.
Well the first thing I decided to look up was pretty obvious. I searched home and surely enough, I got a picture of the front porch. Now it only shows you what is on the street, and does not take you into your home, because that would be an invasion of privacy. As much as it sucks to know that I have a long time before I can be standing on that porch, it’s good to know that the next time I am home sick, I just have to search for it and places around to feel as if I am there already.
No matter what though, nothing can compare to images than the physical ability to be at any location. At least I have something that helps dealing with not being at home. Maybe other Sailors that are homesick can use this to help them out as well, to view home with out having to be there.
haha Knotts Berry Farm. Buena Park. Home. Or Cali atleast.