That's definitely fair. I just blurped it out that way because, at least in my experience, Russia isn't really considered a European country "colloquially". At least where I'm from, people would usually say it's Asian when asked what continent Russia belongs to (if they had to pick one).

But I agree it doesn't really hold up to more detailed scrutiny.

> At least where I'm from, people would usually say it's Asian when asked what continent Russia belongs to (if they had to pick one).

Heh, that's quite funny, where are you from? :-)

> At least where I'm from, people would usually say it's Asian when asked what continent Russia belongs to (if they had to pick one).

I believe you, but those people would then be wrong :-).

When people speak about Europe, they are rarely including Russia and Turkey.