Exactly ten years ago: while passing that border nobody told me that I was actually leaving Europe!!
My original blog here below:
UKRAINE ... exactly ten years ago
Re: UKRAINE ... exactly ten years ago
The continent of Europe ends at the Urals.
Re: UKRAINE ... exactly ten years ago
... that's the institutional definition, but when you arrive at certain borders the perception might be quite different
Re: UKRAINE ... exactly ten years ago
Possibly you are conflating Europe and the EU, by that reasoning, when you enter Switzerland you are leaving Europe.
I shall have a read of your Blog though.
Re: UKRAINE ... exactly ten years ago
... well, when I enter Switzerland ... as well as UK, Norway, but also the Vatican, San Marino, Andorra and many Balkan countries I'm just leaving EU and not Europe.
ps: my statement at the beginning of this thread was just a matter of feeling ... even Ukraine of course is Europe!!!!
Re: UKRAINE ... exactly ten years ago
No, that's the geographical definition, the political one referencing the European Union is not the same.that's the institutional definition, but when you arrive at certain borders the perception might be quite different
Re: UKRAINE ... exactly ten years ago
I can imagine that Russia doesn't feel like Europe to many Western Europeans. In the same way Iceland probably doesn't.ConRAD wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 10:23am... well, when I enter Switzerland ... as well as UK, Norway, but also the Vatican, San Marino, Andorra and many Balkan countries I'm just leaving EU and not Europe.
ps: my statement at the beginning of this thread was just a matter of feeling ... even Ukraine of course is Europe!!!!
(nor Israel/Australia, for Eurovision fans!)