Didn't have the impression that it's untouched or uninterested by foreign culture. It seemed to me that they are, but at the same time managed to maintain an i

Didn't have the impression that it's untouched or uninterested by foreign culture. It seemed to me that they are, but at the same time managed to maintain an independent "personality" and adapt the imported things. I'd argue that most of Europe has been westernized and English is widely spoken. This doesn't seem to be the case there, or at least it's not so visible.