I am from Austria (Central Europe). I am speaking German and English. I also lernt French (but didnt practice speaking it for a long time) and the last 2 years i have been learning Spanish.
The first time i heard from PR was in school from my german teacher but i really started PRing in january (2004) after i attended a workshop.
Here in austria i got the feeling that PR is widely unknown. Mind Maps are spoken of in most schools but if you compare the Mind Maps they speak of to the Mind Maps Buzan has in mind then there is huge difference (thats probably why i didnt like mind maps until i got the mind map book 
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