Yes, when a memory is so strong in your mind it can be challenging to see the reality of change. It does bring about many questions. Is it good to revisit these special places, or should we purely maintain them in our minds in the way that we remember them?
It would be hard, if not impossible to diminish much of the memories, but it sure doesn't help. If to do over, I would probably not have gone by. But that pesky hindsight has always been 20/20...