Isn't it funny when someone who has never been to a certain country...

I don't pretend to know what I don't know about any place "across the pond". But I have a saving grace. I have a friend in Social Media who is teaching me everything I want to know about his country - the language, the country, etc. I asked him to after I discovered his country is partly what my heritage is, and he graciously agreed. Every so often, I come across a word from that language - I will ask him, and he will translate for me. I enjoy learning, and he likes to teach me.