Whats with all the Phil Collins?

Ok, so I have been travelling through Eastern Europe for a few weeks now, and I gotta say, theres things you expect, and things you dont. I expected some bleek nasty buildings, some amazing scenery and lots of history.

What I did not expect was history in the music. It appears that music takes a little while to travel here, with Phil Collins apparantly being the most popular singer in the region. I dont think I have been to a city yet where I havent heard at least one Phil Collins number. What makes it funnier is when its sandwiched between a traditional polka type song, and Shakira's latest number...

Another thing have felt while travelling is...well...stupid. Most people here speak at least two languages, (at least in the main cities) and I have lost count of the amount of people I have met who speak three or four (or more) languages. I think Australia needs to do something a bit more about this, coz frankly we're not given that much encouragement and it does make you feel kinda dumb.

However, to quote Paul Kelly...."I can order sandwiches, in seven different languages...."