I guess and hope I already expressed in this forum a couple of time my respect from this small country with a hughe inferiou compley (what helps them to excel in a lot of things)
So I spent this week traveling the Baltic States.
Usually you come along with Russian. People understand, except in Estonia.
In Riga, Latvia one guy told me, that even during Sovjettimes Estonias where famous for NOT speaking russian.
Next day I went to the Estonias countryside. Somewhere in the middle I stopped to pick up a coffee.
Entering the place the propably not to high eduacated waitress welcomed me in fluent english.
And actually in 5 years I never meet anybody in estonia not speaking decent english.
So I wonder, how could Estonias refuse 50 years to learn any Russian but in 5 year they kick started themself to a truly multilanguage society ;)
The answer reveals the real power of an democratic and free EU and US versus controled regimes.
Funny comment your last one, especially considering the foreign language knowledge in some of the largest EU countries. I guess it means they are "controlled regimes" as well.
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