Dutch ignorance

Ignorance of Dutch people to things happening beyong Holland borders never stops surprising me. Some of my recent occurences of this type:

One Dutch person saw me browsing www.Delfi.lt. He looked at it to make sure that writings were "from left to right".

Another citation from a Dutch girl: "Those countries, like Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary...they are a bit backward...eh, right? Is Latvia (i.e. Lithuania) also like that?"

And: "So, Tadas, how much did you pay for your dyploma?"

...strangely, somehow I start loving Soviet Union for acknowledging that Baltic States were known, significant, even important countries, which were so desparately needed in the Union. Ech...