Slovenia and Finland. Countries, that are part of the European Union, both have common currency, Euro. They both have the same regime as a republic with president and prime minister. They are very close in percentage of the amounts of forests. People are also friendly, only slightly reserved.
They are similar in some ways, but still … Life in Finland is quite different as life in Slovenia. The size of the country is much bigger, the Finnish language is incomprehensible to the vast majority of foreigners, while Slovene can be understood by many people, at least partially and especially by Slavs, as Slovene is one of Slavic languages. They even differ in time zone. Finland belongs to the Eastern European time zone, so the time there is one hour ahead of the time in Slovenia, which belongs to Central European time zone. The country lies much higher, closer to the north and the climate is different. The winter starts earlier, when it cools down and the snow falls. They also have polar night and polar day. In Central Europe where Slovenia lies, day and night are balanced throughout the year.
However, there is nothing wrong with that and I like Finland quite a lot, but it is all new to me and anybody would just need time to get used to a different life. It is nice to be on an exchange, but I am not sure, if I would actually live here.
