> Certainly in Europe where countries are tiny the vast distances we have here are incomprehensible to them. Don't you just see Europe as one groupcomprised of

> Certainly in Europe where countries are tiny the vast distances we have here are incomprehensible to them. Don't you just see Europe as one groupcomprised of many small countries, the same way you see the US comprised of smaller states ? Even from your comment, stating you're from Europe is basically that. I've been to both, I'm not sure that makes such a difference except the EU doesn't have huge deserts, but I'm not sure that's a big point if we're focusing on human culture.