I recently wrote a post about the British and geography. I have to admit to some past cluelessness about the UK. Many years ago I thought England was the name of what I now know as the United Kingdom. I knew there was something called Scotland and Wales and I knew where they where, but [...]
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Clueless about Geography
Posted in Geography on Jun 1st, 2009
The British once ruled large parts of the world, yet a majority of them don’t have a clue about geography and their nation-state neighbours. They are especially clue-less about Denmark and the Netherlands (Holland). They frequently confuse those two countries and the languages spoken (Danish in Denmark and Dutch in the Netherlands). So I frequently [...]
Culture Shock
Posted in Culture on Jan 6th, 2009
you are not supposed to find it difficult to return to your native country, are you?
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