USC Clueless Families?

[Shad and Dani 3]

OK, clarification. Never in history Vlad the Impaler -whom is te inspiration for count Dracula-lived in Bran castle. Dracula is a novel character invented by Bram Stoker. Dracula comes from the romanian Drăculea, which means the son of Dracu, who was in fact his father and got this nickname because he was decorated by hungarian king with the Dragon decoration.

the castle was built during the hungarian domination, was used by Sigismund of Luxemburg, was then in the posesion of Valahia and donated to Queen Maria Habsburg for her contribution in the romanian principates union. comunists took it afterwardsand let it rot, and in present days is the property of romanian royal family,who r not sure if to make it a museum or sell it.

there is no romanian to refer at the castle as Dracula castle, unless they give a tour to a foreigner who's here to see that. Transilvania is full of Dracula castles, houses, dungeons, etc, and that only because it seemsit sounds good for the foreign tourists. we don't even celebrate halloween here, but is full of americans searching for vampires in these "hot spots". Bran castle is asociated with Dracula since the movie "Interview with a vampire " was filmed there.

but of course, for those who like bloody stories, they can anytime come and pretend they walk where Dracula was killing virgins.

enjoy life,

Andreea

Anyone want a Dracula tour? Cha Ching! Business idea!

[Bulgarican 0]

we didnt have the problem for finding where the beautiful BULGARIA is

[Lyuba 0]

People get surprised when I tell hem that we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Russia. Hullo, pilgrims came from Europe to America, not the other way around.

My mother-in-law thought I would have no clothes when I first got here. Where did she take this idea that Russian people are so poor that they wear the same clothes every day? Was she surprised when I showed up in my mink coat.

Russian women do love their fur!

We most certainly do!!!!

[Chocolot 0]

The world map, from aussies perspective

[Dr. Obvious 49]

Yes, thats the deep country side. Some country side people still use wells because water tastes way better, and horses. Soviet times just stayed with them. You painted the picture very darkly here.

Not every country is as beautiful as Germany. And i mean it. Would love to go back to Germany myself.

Yeah, I remember stopping at a farmer's house with my little group of tourists and locals and the farmer just had to let us try the water from his well. My Lithuanian was poor, so I didn't get all of what was being said, but yeah, the water was a must try. It was cold and it was fairly warm out, so I was happy to have it for that alone.

The countryfolk I met seemed pleased enough and though poor, not impoverished. I don't recall forming any negative impressions, at any rate. The thing that was most impressive was the lack of obvious pollution where I was running around. It was a really good experience for me. Like I said, I would go back, no problem.

Most all countries have their selling points. I must admit, I have never been to the one that sells Germany in the minds of most foreigners, Munich, and I lived there for 3 years. I remembered how upset all the other Americans were at my exchange course that Oldenburg was aboslutely nothing like Munich or Barvaria.

[Kevin&Leilei 1]

I just tested myself. I was able to identify 107 countries on an unmarked world map.

[Teacher Mark 53]

I just tested myself. I was able to identify 107 countries on an unmarked world map.

That's impressive. Where's the test?

[panamania79 2]

My family was not as clueless as was everyone else. Let me tell you no one in Western WI had any idea where Morocco was - many thought it was Monaco and asked how rich he was. But as soon as I said it was in North Africa they said "oooooh AFRICA?? have you been there? Did you see any elephants or giraffes??" Yes because in Africa everything is the same....

[Kevin&Leilei 1]

I just tested myself. I was able to identify 107 countries on an unmarked world map.

That's impressive. Where's the test?

I did it myself. I found an image file of an unmarked map, and opened it in an image editor, and drew a line over each country I could identify as I counted it.

[panamania79 2]

Hey guys,

I am from Lithuania. I had someone ask me if we had cars in our country... ...HELLO...in what century are we living?

That's funny.In my old neighborhood everybody thought Lithuanians were Polish.Needless to say,they were not amused with this at all.

everyone knows where brazil is.

How can you miss it ?

[Dr. Obvious 49]

My family was not as clueless as was everyone else. Let me tell you no one in Western WI had any idea where Morocco was - many thought it was Monaco and asked how rich he was. But as soon as I said it was in North Africa they said "oooooh AFRICA?? have you been there? Did you see any elephants or giraffes??" Yes because in Africa everything is the same....

I like it when people talk about Africa like it is a single country.

[Soancika+Brian 0]

I just tested myself. I was able to identify 107 countries on an unmarked world map.

I just tested myself. I was able to identify 107 countries on an unmarked world map.

That's impressive. Where's the test?

http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/worldmap/worldmap.html

I really like this test. Test yourselfs. Its fun.

[alienlovechild 75]

http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/worldmap/worldmap.html

I really like this test. Test yourselfs. Its fun.

I got a 77 but some of the countries were too small to click on. Bahrain? C'mon.

[Soancika+Brian 0]

http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/worldmap/worldmap.html

I really like this test. Test yourselfs. Its fun.

I got a 77 but some of the countries were too small to click on. Bahrain? C'mon.

Yeah I know.

[panamania79 2]

After having a stranger in public ask us if we were speaking "Mexican" and later pointing directly at my husband and asking "Well, is HE Mexican?" she was totally blown away when we said that he was actually from Chile. She pondered our claim for a while before responding "Is that like CHinese-Mexican?". How is one suppose to respond to that?

I would have responded like this

What the hell do they teach in schools here.. lol Oh I forgot, no time to learn about the rest of the world in a system skewed to how awesome the country is.

Then again, prior to this recent passport requirement for traveling to bordering countries, only 23% or so Americans had passports.