@Bluesky52 No, Central Europe. I can't say we became friends but I liked them. I felt quite insecure at the Uni, and so did they. Very kind and polite young men.
@Bluesky52 One strange thing was that they sometimes giggled without apparent reason. We had coffee together in the foyer (sort of a lobby) and I said I need to go to the toilet, and they started giggling.