Jerry - I guess I haven't been all over Europe, but Russian culture is very similar to US culture - and they make up a big portion of Europe <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.
Ohh those crazy ruskies.
In all seriousness though. While there are some similarities between european countries (we are ancestors afterall) and the United States there are also a lot of differences.
