> > Sure. If a 12-hour flight counts as right next to you. I imagine you could go anywhere in East Asia with a 12-hour flight from NZ. And I'll wager there's a lot more cultural difference between NZ and Malasia than there is between America and Spain.
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> > winter"New Zealand. That'd be fun..."mute
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> Heh. You're right, of course. However, Asia is not a bazillion miles away (and therefore exotic and mysterious), whereas Europe is. So there. :-P

So that would make Britain the most exotic and mysterious place on the planet? That can't be right.

I mean, you inherited so much of your culture from us that there are probably very few real differences, unless you count the weather. And I doubt that "cold and wet" is that exotic.

winter"Deciding where to go next year"mute