12 things that can happen when you are NOT in Finland

1. Guys are openly adjusting their crotches

2. Taxi drivers are spitting several times from the window while they have client sitting in a car

3. Drivers are honking just to let you know that they are behind, on the left side, passing by, driving in the road...

4. People wear colourful clothes

5. People wear sport socks (tennis socks) with dark jeans

6. People complain that there is something wrong in their portion they just got from the waiter

7. Food has chili on it

8. People answer with your question "How are you?" with a question "How are you?"

9. You meet people less than 35 yo who can't speak English

10. You enter night club without queueing

11. You ordered your coffee from the table in a café

12. Your collegue do ot have week numbers in their calendar

Extract from a column telling the life of expat family in Siberia in Russia in a "Kodin kuvalehti"

Do not ask from a Russian what is s/he going to do on a becoming weekend you'll only get an odd eye look. S/he'll answer to you that s/he is going to rest, of course. Resting means some home chores, walking in the park, drinking tea with family and shopping.

Spending spare time here is lacking the neurotic organizing and time perspective is way shorter than we (i.e. Finnish) are used to. For example using week numbers when agreeing meetings make Russians laugh out loud...

Doesn't it sound somewhat familiar to you?