"Wales? That's in England right?"

No. No it isn't.

Just one teeny-tiny rant about life here in Santiago, is the apparent lack of understanding about what countries make up the UK. So far I've had:

"Welsh? Oh so you're from England!"

"Wales? Isn't that a part of London?"

"What is Wales? That's just another city in England, right?"

And my personal favourite ..

"Wales? Isn't that an animal?!"

I guess I thought that now it'd be easier to explain where Wales is, thanks to Gareth Bale - alas, my cries of "Gareth Bale, you know, plays for Real Madrid?" seem to be falling on deaf ears.

I think if I had a euro for every time I've had to explain to people that surprisingly, being from Wales DOES NOT MAKE ME ENGLISH, I'd solve Spain's economic crisis in an instant.

P.S - To all my English friends out there, I don't mean to offend when I say I don't want to be English - we are all equal of course! (Except at rugby *cough* 30-3 *cough*)