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Germany and Bruges, Belgium, as well a Prague are other places people keep telling me to go to. Any ideas from my fellow dawgtalkers?

Thanks, in advance

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We show up at CBS every year for a pitiful football team. You want us to tell you where to go? If you were Hack this would be easy.
How about just have a great adventure!
No thanks required.

• TALL people. I've never felt so short at 5'10". Hell I'm shorter than half the women here.
  
• Beautiful people. Wow, lots of eye candy here.
  
• Thin people - they have to be one of the leanest nations in the world.
  
• Grolsch sucks over here too. Heineken isn't any better or worse. Overall, the beer is ok for pilsners. I'm spoiled from living in one of the best beer cities in the US...
  
• Dutch - reminds me of German, but more gutteral - the "G" is more of a "hhkkh", think of hocking up a loogie, that is the sound of their G.
  
• English - nearly everyone speaks it, and speaks it well. And a few other languages too - I kind of wish the US was more like it here from that resepect.
  
• Melting Pot - Obviously there are a lot of Dutch people. There's also a lot of Turks and Moroccans. And others too - I work with a Swedish guy, a few Spanish people, some Brits, 2 Italians, a half dozen Americans, a German...thats all I can think of. I have a couple friends over here - Canadian, Mexican, etc... you get the point.
  
• Food - You name it, it is here. Its nothing like Rome, Florence or Barcelona. Or even London for that matter. Within a couple blocks of me, there is Sushi, Chinese, Greek, Mexican, Dutch, and a ton of bars. There's probably more, I just haven't seen it yet. The pancakes are incredible - there about mid-way thinkness between a crepe and our pancakes, but they are served more like a crepe - either sweet or savory. Awesome. Dutch food isn't too bad either, we all loved the Dutch restaurant we ate at last weekend. Very few fast food places. There's a BK at the train station and I pass one McDonalds on the train ride to work. I know I've seen a KFC sign. Not much though.
  
• Snacks - less crap snack food here. And what they have is less sweet than back home
  
• Grocery Shopping - much, much different. Fewer choices, smaller grocery stores. Produce and meat have been great. Cheese too. I haven't noticed prices are too bad despite my friend complaining about it. Cheese is dirt cheap.
  
• Public Transportation - they do it right. I walk 5 minutes to the tram, 10 minute tram ride, 5 minute walk to my train platform, then ride in, and 10 minute walk to work. The trams and trains are clean and almost always on time. Very efficient process. I wish they had wi-fi, but I can't really complain. I've also taken the Metro (another train), and it is pretty much the same.