The Internet is a strange place. You find yourself conversing with people whose faces you've never seen about the most personal subjects. You discover friends in parts of the world where you have never and will never set your foot. And you often discover that someone from another culture has more in common with you than your next-door neighbor!
The Internet, some say, causes us to be separated from each other, each sitting in our own little spaces in front of our own computers, never interacting with another human being face to face. But used with care, intermixed with personal interaction in the everyday world, this strange cyberworld can give you horizons broader than you'd ever imagined possible.