Wizarding Schools (rejected from HPFGU)

[pengolodh_sc <pengolodh_sc@yahoo.no>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter, Kristjan Arnason wrote:
[snip]
> > Remember that all of Europe seems to only have three
> > schools; Hogwarts in Scotland, Beaubatons in France,
> > and Drumstrang in (I think) either North-western
> > Russia or Lapland (remember all the lakes).  

Northern Scandinavia, according to JKR at a 2000 bookreading in 
Glasgow.  It is not a given that those three are the only schools in 
Europe, though - if Britain by itself is large enough to support a 
school of wizardry the size of Hogwarts, then so are Italy and Spain, 
while Durmstrang, if it were to cover both the german-speakers and 
all the slavic-speakers, and the Scandinavians, would be somewhere 
around 5-6 times the size of Hogwarts.  I suspect that the three 
named schools are the three oldest and most prestigious schools of 
wizardry in Europe (Durmstrang possibly being a result of German 
developed wizards and witches missioning to less developed primitive 
magic-borns in Eastern Europe), and that other schools represent 
smaller populations and geographical areas (Spain, Italy, and Germany 
all have a history of being smaller distinct nations, and other 
countries and language-groups in Europe are also smaller than 
English, etc.)

> And BTW, the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins flash video was
> funny, but nearly as funny as the actual Leonardd
> Nimoy video of it.  Yes, it actually exists!  I have
> seen it!

I know it does - I sent the link to it to the list yesterday, as a 
reply to Anna.  I didn't know that Leonard Nimoy used that hairdo in 
real life too - it looks so out of place without pointy ears.

Best regards
Christian Stubø