[quote=AlidaMaria]Oh we have tons of exchange students and especially in students cities such as Amsterdam and Groningen (the latter is the better in my opinion ghehe) you won't have any problem fitting in because there are lots of foreign students and almost everyone speaks English. But I can imagine wanting to speak the local language:) And just say the word if you need a place to stay if you one day plan to come down here on a vacation or such. There are more than enough people who'd love to host a Fin if you know where to find them :p[/quote] Great to know! Though I guess I won't be going further than Estonia or maybe Sweden if I'm lucky in about upcoming two years. And I kind of fail to understand why people would love to host a Fin. :D [quote]Concerning our history; during the 17th century, sure we were rich and powerful. These days however, we just like to think that we still are xD But well, it's an interesting fact that the American declaration of independence was based on ours and if the English hadn't beaten us, America would be 'New Holland' and the Americans would all speak Dutch and we wouldn't have to learn 4 different languages lol. "What-if-history" it sure is nice to dream. :) The biggest problem I personally have with The Netherlands is the lack of mountains really ...the landscape is so flat that it's boring and I have fallen in love with the German mountains. Who knows, one day I might move there... Oh and if the sealevel rises high enough to let the dams break, we'll all drown xD[/quote] What if histories are fun to think, though most of the Finland's what-ifs are about "if that had happened, we would have been/would be part of Soviet Union/Sweden/Russia" 'xD It's funny to imagine dutch as lingua franca. :D Maybe I would no be writing in it and couldn't say a word english. And let's all hope that sea level doesn't rise too much. And my sheet... I kind of haven't properly written anything down yet, though I have many ideas inside my mind. Loots of stuff to do in real life (partly self-inflicted). I'll do my best to get it done tomorrow, but it may sadly take longer. :/ Wish me luck! [b]Edit:[/b] Oh, just remembered a couple of questions! What kind of values are teached in the school? In a sense that in North Korea people are taught how amazing their leader is and in Finland we're taught how democracy is a good thing (though we're also told why it doesn't always work), for example. Are they those ideals of Miktiopolis? How old Oblak City is? Sorry if I missed this, but is Gregor Mendel English, Russian or multilanguage school?