>>>>I aplogogise for calling S. a Russian. I guess it's a cold war thing in that one tended to think of the whole of the USSR as Russia (just like we think of all of the Netherlands as Holland, and, indeed, a lot of Americans refer to my country as England, rather than Britain) :-)
>>>
>>>What else in The Netherlands except Holland? Netherlands Antills?
>>
>>12 provinces (provincies, singular - provincie); Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland (Fryslan), Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland
>>
>>Dependent areas:
>>Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
>>
>>A+
>>
>>jml
>
>D-
>
>Thanks a lot :)

I was just going to say that Jean or Peter are the best people to ask that question. :-)