Where In The World...?

yesterday in my spanish class i experienced the funniest thing!
i'll write out the conversation as it went.
it was between myself, jenny and um
(i forgot his name, lets call him Freshie, as he's a freshman).

JENNY: Lauren, what do you guys do in Austria?
LAUREN: um i live in Australia...
JENNY: yeah?
LAUREN: thats a completely different country, Austria is in Europe.
JENNY: ohhh i thought they were the same place.
FRESHIE: i thought Austria was a city in Australia..
LAUREN: hmm no.
FRESHIE: oh what can i say, i guess i don't really know my geology.
LAUREN: (laughs really really hard) thats the study of rocks.. you mean geography!

MAN AMERICANS ARE SMART!