There are different concepts in the world on how many continents exist.
Some of these concepts have a rather geographical or geological
background, others go back to views that are based on politics. Whether
we speak of Europe and Asia, or only of one super-continent depends
highly on what we were taught in school.
When the Travelling Monkeys visited Ekaterinburg they wanted to check
out if they could really tell the border between Europe and Asia. What
they found was nothing else than a big joke.
Where are the Mountains?
When Bimbino and Bambina were on the night train
from Kazan to Ekaterinburg they got up early in the morning to see the
Ural moutains, the natural border between Europe and Asia. After hours
of waiting the monkeys arrived in Ekaterinburg. Surprisingly they had
not seen any mountains on the way.
Something seemed to be wrong again. According to
their guide book Ekaterinburg is located only some 40 kilometers East of
the European-Asian border. That border is defined by the Ural
mountains. How could it be that they had not even seen a single hill?
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