Quote Originally Posted by Tim Walker
I suspect that to know a nation you have to do what Colin has done-travel about the country and meet the people. Otherwise what else do you have to go on except stereotypes?
But sadly, most people will only ever meet tourists and judge a nation based on those they meet, instead of being one themselves.

I have only done the western (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada) and Florida, but the people were great in all those areas. I haven't even made it all the way across my own country, only as far as Quebec, but I hopefully have time to do that one of these days. Back to Europe first though.