Went to Aurelie's French friend Stephanie and German friend Natalie's Halloween shindig tonight.  Chatted with two young men from Prague.  Talked to a German who studies geography.  Met another guy from the Czech Republic who's girlfriend is up visiting.  He questioned me knowing where Budapest is, as if I were what he called "a typical American who didn't know where anything was"-- that gets old.  I grew angry and replied, "Hungary- what do you take me as?"  Honestly- it makes me mad.  Everyone seems to question me all the time about world geography and politics.  All testing me- seeing how smart the American is.  It's both annoying and a lot of pressure.  "Do you know WHEN the Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia?  10 years ago- duh."  "You know where Berlin is but not Heidelberg?? Why?"  "You don't know North Rhine-Westphalia but you know Bavaria?? Why?"  and so on and so on.  I ask why they assume things so stupid like I didn't know that Czech had no seaside or that I didn't know how large Poland is.  They just figure that Americans don't know such things.  Blah.  I'm tired and probably just rambling-- I better stop now and put a sock in it.   

Good night Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India.  Good night Nepal- snuggled in the Himalayas.  Good night islands of Indonesia.  Good night Azerbaijan.  Good night Turkey, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Estonia.  Good night Andorra and cute little Malta.  Good night Tunisia, Chad, Ghana, and beautiful Kenya.  Good night North America forever connected by the Rocky Mountains.  Good night Belize, Costa Rica, and important Panama.  Good night Ecuador, Peru, and Paraguay.  Good night amazing Brazil.  Good night World- see you in my dreams.