NationStates Jolt Archive

Ok, since I invited all americans to come and live here if they're unsatisfied of the Bushy US, let's have a poll.

Where would you like to live in the EU?

Multichoice poll. Had to be per area (forum rulez won't allow 27 choices).
Oh btw I'm considering the EU-27 because next January Romania and Bulgaria will join the EU.
Sorry, no Turkey, Ukraine, Norway, Switzerland, Croatia or whatever - they're either not likely to join, or still have a lot of time before joining etc.

lets give him one of those crap islands nobody wants, like i dunno, Corsica?

No EU for me, thankyouverymuch.

If I feel compelled to leave, I'm hitting Switzerland.

lets give him one of those crap islands nobody wants, like i dunno, Corsica?

That would be more convenient, send him away and the rest of us stay here and clean up the mess. Elba's available, isn't it?

Ok, since I invited all americans to come and live here if they're unsatisfied of the Bushy US, let's have a poll.

Where would you like to live in the EU?

Preferably not. Mainly because the EU is a sack of crap of the worst order.

lets give him one of those crap islands nobody wants, like i dunno, Corsica?

The UK? Everybody hates us. You just have to watch the Eurovision song contest to know that.

If, in spite of my ancestry, Switzerland doesn't let me in, then I'll try Italy, Japan and Germany, in that order, with Japan obviously not being a member of the EU.

The UK? Everybody hates us. You just have to watch the Eurovision song contest to know that.

Corsica is in france...

That would be more convenient, send him away and the rest of us stay here and clean up the mess. Elba's available, isn't it?

should be, i wouldnt want to trust St Helena though, bit risky that island

To answer the question in the OP, I guess maybe Italy. Somewhere sunny, anyway.

should be, i wouldnt want to trust St Helena though, bit risky that island

Risky? Bonaparte got off Elba, not St Helena. St Helena's in the South Atlantic, though, I wouldn't wish that even on the Shrub.

Corsica is in france...

I was saying they shouldn't have Corsica, they should come to the UK.

I'm more than happy here in The US-I wont be moving.

If I had to- Australia.

If I feel compelled to leave, I'm hitting Switzerland.

bloody Swiss leaving a big hole!

On that NSG Americans can move into my bed anytime ;) (though the U.K isn't the safest place in the world)

lets give him one of those crap islands nobody wants, like i dunno, Corsica?

Well... you'd have to ask the Corses first. Be warned that the French Foreign Legion is having problems there.

He could live with Ny whathisname in Norway - they seem politcally matched

*note to self - check Norway in is EU*

*I should know....I won an award for it*

Preferably not. Mainly because the EU is a sack of crap of the worst order.

So why did you ever reply to this thread? Can't you read? Or do you just have to let us know that we do not want you?

If, in spite of my ancestry, Switzerland doesn't let me in, then I'll try Italy, Japan and Germany, in that order, with Japan obviously not being a member of the EU.

Maybe, after Turkey...:D

I'll try Italy, Japan and Germany, in that order...

The Axis?

I rather enjoyed living near Frankfurt am Main, so that wouldn't be too terrible. However, my current major at university is French, and I've rather enjoyed every visit I've made to France, so perhaps I'd like it there. I haven't really "lived" there yet, so I really couldn't say. I'll be spending my spring semester there (Angers in Pays de la Loire) so I'll be more qualified to judge after that.

He could live with Ny whathisname in Norway - they seem politcally matched

*note to self - check Norway in is EU*

*I should know....I won an award for it*

They're not. Norway refuses to join the EU as it wishes, amongst other things, to continue whaling.

So why did you ever reply to this thread? Can't you read? Or do you just have to let us know that we do not want you?

Eh? All I meant was to go to Switzerland and not the EU.

No need to fly off the handle for that.

Eh? All I meant was to go to Switzerland and not the EU.

No need to fly off the handle for that.

Sorry. I apologise.
I'm feeling quite EU-chauvinistic in the last days...

Sorry. I apologise.
I'm feeling quite EU-chauvinistic in the last days...

How comes? Too many U.S. citizens around on the forums?

oops i thought it was a "where in the eu do u live"... i voted ireland.. but yeh . switzerland always did look like a big hoel in the EU, shame that. besides teh EU is great.. they build our roads.. cus we dont know how to :fluffle:

Sorry. I apologise.
I'm feeling quite EU-chauvinistic in the last days...

Well, I detest the EU with a passion. Very strongly. Although I'm not opposed to the idea, i'm even quite supportive of a European Federation. I just don't like *this* EU.

why move iam not a american
but the EU can have new zealand if they like

Risky? Bonaparte got off Elba, not St Helena. St Helena's in the South Atlantic, though, I wouldn't wish that even on the Shrub.

ah crap, i got the islands the wrong way round, aw well

I was saying they shouldn't have Corsica, they should come to the UK.

i see, but i agree that eurovision is awful, and i liek Hard rock Hallelujah simply because it annoyed so many people

The results of that poll looks very contradictory to me.

If only a very few people are going to move from the USA to Romania and Bulgaria, why the EU want those countries to join it in 2007?

I picked Italy because, you know...it's Italy. Decent weather, good shopping, pizza, coffee, wine, volcanoes. What else do you need?

But it was close, because I really, really like Prague, Czech Rep. It makes me imagine what NYC (my home town) would be like if it was a fairytale kingdom but still with the same NYC attitudes. And the country doesn't seem that hard to adapt to -- kind of a fairytale version of Connecticut.

But point for point, Italy leads.

But it was close, because I really, really like Prague, Czech Rep. It makes me imagine what NYC (my home town) would be like if it was a fairytale kingdom but still with the same NYC attitudes. And the country doesn't seem that hard to adapt to -- kind of a fairytale version of Connecticut.

But point for point, Italy leads.

That's a pity, actually. I saw Prague in 1982, 1994, 2001, and 2006. The changes in the last 5 years have been awful. Prague 1 is now just another Euroshit district, complete with high prices and tourist traps. The worst is that Irish pub in Stare Mesto. The waitstaff all have the accent, but I've tripped up more than one by starting in English and then suddenly switching to Czech. ;)
In my younger days, Prague had its own soul. Not so these days... and it certainly didn't USED to be anything like Manhattan! (I work in Chrysler, I should know.)

The Czech Republic is like Connecticut? How? It has trees and is also closed on Sundays? :D

How comes? Too many U.S. citizens around on the forums?

No. Too many idiots.

Well, I detest the EU with a passion. Very strongly. Although I'm not opposed to the idea, i'm even quite supportive of a European Federation. I just don't like *this* EU.

What do you hate about this EU, and how would you like it to change?

The results of that poll looks very contradictory to me.

If only a very few people are going to move from the USA to Romania and Bulgaria, why the EU want those countries to join it in 2007?

Well, we europeans will need a place to live without being harassed by those pesky new immigrants from the US. (joke)

I'd choose France, followed by Holland and Belgium.

That's a pity, actually. I saw Prague in 1982, 1994, 2001, and 2006. The changes in the last 5 years have been awful. Prague 1 is now just another Euroshit district, complete with high prices and tourist traps. The worst is that Irish pub in Stare Mesto. The waitstaff all have the accent, but I've tripped up more than one by starting in English and then suddenly switching to Czech. ;)

Going to an irish pub in Stare Mesto... like trying to get a decent espresso in Stockholm or spaghetti in London.

Why drink Guinness in Praha (pasteurized Guinness, more's the pity) when you have some of the best beers in the world within 100 km? Choose a typical pivnice and stick to local beers.
Budweiser (the REAL one, from Ceske Budejovice)
Staropramen (the brewery is in Praha 5! less than 3 km from Mala Strana!)
Velkopopovicky Kozel
Starobrno (ok it is more than 100 km between Praha and Brno)
Krusovice

Pivo! Pivo! PIIIIIIIIVOOOOOO!!!

No EU for me, thankyouverymuch.

If I feel compelled to leave, I'm hitting Switzerland.

Switzerland treats not indigenous inhabitants like second class citizens withhould several important rights to them. I wouldnt like that.

Well, we europeans will need a place to live without being harassed by those pesky new immigrants from the US.

Well most Brits want to emigrate to New Zealand and Australia, the problem is that there's no work out there.

Well most Brits want to emigrate to New Zealand and Australia, the problem is that there's no work out there.
Ahem...may I just remind you that Australia is in a splendid economic position, and that there is a mining boom happening right now?

I mean, it can be tough finding something in the cities (believe me...:( ) but if you were willing to either get your hands dirty, or you know something about mining and resources - you'll be raking in the cash big time.

Ahem...may I just remind you that Australia is in a splendid economic position, and that there is a mining boom happening right now?

I mean, it can be tough finding something in the cities (believe me...:( ) but if you were willing to either get your hands dirty, or you know something about mining and resources - you'll be raking in the cash big time.

what perth now second most costly place to buy homes in the world

what perth now second most costly place to buy homes in the world
Hehe, right after Sydney, I'd wager.

About Perth though...an Aboriginal people from the area has recently won a court battle about native title (ie official recognition that the land belonged to them, and various rights that come with it). In a way, they now own fairly significant parts of the city.

Understandably the government has appealed, and for a change I actually agree with them. Native title is all fine and dandy, somewhere out in the desert, where there is a case to be made for preserving the old cultures and traditions, and some sort of connection to the land might exist.

No one is going to convince me that downtown Perth is a particularly spiritual place, I'm sorry. And those guys aren't going to preserve their culture in a park in the middle of rush hour. Native title is meaningless in this case.

The results of that poll looks very contradictory to me.

If only a very few people are going to move from the USA to Romania and Bulgaria, why the EU want those countries to join it in 2007?


Cheap foregin labor for a start. Companies can set up low cost factories in Romania and Bulgaria to try and rival China with the added bonus its in the free trade area. West Europe also needs cheap labor for its own countries to do the jobs that most natives see as beneath them. Plus the fact that they are a net contributor to the Government in the UK at least.

Hehe, right after Sydney, I'd wager.

About Perth though...an Aboriginal people from the area has recently won a court battle about native title (ie official recognition that the land belonged to them, and various rights that come with it). In a way, they now own fairly significant parts of the city.

Understandably the government has appealed, and for a change I actually agree with them. Native title is all fine and dandy, somewhere out in the desert, where there is a case to be made for preserving the old cultures and traditions, and some sort of connection to the land might exist.

No one is going to convince me that downtown Perth is a particularly spiritual place, I'm sorry. And those guys aren't going to preserve their culture in a park in the middle of rush hour. Native title is meaningless in this case.

dont tell me about those sob
if its what they say it is then iam the king of the world

That's a pity, actually. I saw Prague in 1982, 1994, 2001, and 2006. The changes in the last 5 years have been awful. Prague 1 is now just another Euroshit district, complete with high prices and tourist traps. The worst is that Irish pub in Stare Mesto. The waitstaff all have the accent, but I've tripped up more than one by starting in English and then suddenly switching to Czech. ;)
In my younger days, Prague had its own soul. Not so these days... and it certainly didn't USED to be anything like Manhattan! (I work in Chrysler, I should know.)

The Czech Republic is like Connecticut? How? It has trees and is also closed on Sundays? :D

Yes, like waiters in italian restaurants in NY do NOT have an accent when trying to speak italian...
Anyways:
1. Prague still has its soul... You just have to know where to go. I trust u didnt go in pubs in Ziskov or Vysehrad. If u go to an irish pub u just get what you deserve.
2. All those business in Stare Mesto are american or russian owned and it's mainly american tourists that make their revenues. I don't like it but I cannot criticize them for giving tourists what they want.

BTW... I moved from Italy to Czech Rep. 6 years ago and i'm still happy with that choice ;)

Switzerland treats not indigenous inhabitants like second class citizens withhould several important rights to them. I wouldnt like that.

:D Ever tried to get a green card? Or become german citizen?

Well most Brits want to emigrate to New Zealand and Australia, the problem is that there's no work out there.

No, their problem is that they won't be able to spend their vacations in Tuscany as often.

Risottia, your poll options are unconventional. France and Italy has its own options but not Germany? Denmark isnt included with other Nordic countries? etc..
Are you from Southern Europe btw?

Risottia, your poll options are unconventional. France and Italy has its own options but not Germany? Denmark isnt included with other Nordic countries? etc..
Are you from Southern Europe btw?

He is ;)

Spain, because I know the language, and its a nice area, geographically.

I already live in the EU. and I feel Poland should pull out. in fact, the EU should cease. Europe was never meant to be united.

I already live in the EU. and I feel Poland should pull out. in fact, the EU should cease. Europe was never meant to be united.

No, of course not. It was meant to keep up the state of constant warfare, it's a tradition that dates back millenia. Nothing good can ever come of cooperation.

No, of course not. It was meant to keep up the state of constant warfare, it's a tradition that dates back millenia. Nothing good can ever come of cooperation.

Boooo to progress.

Going to an irish pub in Stare Mesto... like trying to get a decent espresso in Stockholm or spaghetti in London.

Why drink Guinness in Praha (pasteurized Guinness, more's the pity) when you have some of the best beers in the world within 100 km? Choose a typical pivnice and stick to local beers.
Budweiser (the REAL one, from Ceske Budejovice)
Staropramen (the brewery is in Praha 5! less than 3 km from Mala Strana!)
Velkopopovicky Kozel
Starobrno (ok it is more than 100 km between Praha and Brno)
Krusovice

Pivo! Pivo! PIIIIIIIIVOOOOOO!!!

You're preaching to the choir... I'm busting on the Irish pub for being Eurozone crap!

Yes, like waiters in italian restaurants in NY do NOT have an accent when trying to speak italian...
Anyways:
1. Prague still has its soul... You just have to know where to go. I trust u didnt go in pubs in Ziskov or Vysehrad. If u go to an irish pub u just get what you deserve.
2. All those business in Stare Mesto are american or russian owned and it's mainly american tourists that make their revenues. I don't like it but I cannot criticize them for giving tourists what they want.

BTW... I moved from Italy to Czech Rep. 6 years ago and i'm still happy with that choice ;)


1. I go everywhere. I'm lamenting Prague 1 turning in to a tourist trap from hell. (Actually, I usually STAY in Zizkov!)

2. Yeah, yeah yeah. But it didn't used to be that way. U Flecku used to be not only authenic, but reasonable, etc. Hey, I'm pining for the old days just a little, okay? ;)

Great topic. I am very interested in Greece and its surrounding countries. The culture has always fascinated me, as well as the architechture(sp?). If I have an oppurtunity, I would like to study there sometime as well.

I already live in the EU. and I feel Poland should pull out. in fact, the EU should cease. Europe was never meant to be united.Oh be quiet. You may have a voice in Poland pulling out, but as for the rest of us, that's none of your business. Unless you would prefer another war between France and Germany.

If I was rich, I would love to live in Paris. I don’t know enough about prices and property value to make any real decision.

I actually lived in Leeds UK for a bit and thought it was alright. Have travelled to most of the mentioned nations. My hands down favorites are Italy and Portugal. Italy for its Roman history and thought Portugal was a perfect quiet small nation that is friendly to outsiders.

That's a pity, actually. I saw Prague in 1982, 1994, 2001, and 2006. The changes in the last 5 years have been awful. Prague 1 is now just another Euroshit district, complete with high prices and tourist traps. The worst is that Irish pub in Stare Mesto. The waitstaff all have the accent, but I've tripped up more than one by starting in English and then suddenly switching to Czech. ;)
In my younger days, Prague had its own soul. Not so these days... and it certainly didn't USED to be anything like Manhattan! (I work in Chrysler, I should know.)
Why the hell did you go into an Irish Pub in Prague? No wonder you didn't like the place. Go into a Czech pub, for crying out loud, dammit! I got oustanding beer and not half bad Mcgoulash.

See the trick to a touristy place like Prague is not to hang out where the tourists are. You wander around the neighborhoods. You pet dogs. You ask postmen for directions and get into conversations with stern old ladies. You go to the observatory on Petrin hill on Thursdays to look through the telescope, and take pictures of the statue of Jan Stepanski in his 1920s aviator clothes standing in front of sundials that track the hours, days, months, seasons, moon phases, and planetary orbits.

You get ticketed for jaywalking and get into a farcical scene with a sarcastic cop who doesn't believe you don't speak Czech because you've been practicing so hard to say "I don't speak Czech" in perfect Czech, until finally he points at the giant sign right over your head telling you, in Czech only, not to cross at that point and says in all the secondary school English he can remember, and dripping with sarcasm, "You don't read, either?"

You hang out in vest-pocket internet teahouses and eavesdrop on stoned Americans telling ghost stories that they really, really believe because it really, really happened to them.

It helps if you're an artist and can pass your card around in all the art galleries and get chummy with incredibly talented Russians who never stop smoking and have their own little clubs in medieval cellars to drink beer in.

And when you feel like doing something touristy, you stand in front of that astronomical clock through the whole performance, and burst out laughing when Death blows its tinny, anti-climactic horn. Then you take a walking tour of sites of Soviet brutality led by a former prisoner and torture victim, who doesn't tell you that, but you suss it as you go along.

Prague does not look or feel like New York at all, obviously. It's the Praguers that are like New Yorkers, in their attitudes, when you get to know them (if you pass their "Are you an asshole?" test, which New Yorkers also use). Prague is also like New York in that they both are saturated with an aura of weirdness, in which weird things become commonplace.

The Czech Republic is like Connecticut? How? It has trees and is also closed on Sundays? :D
Yes, precisely. :D Look at pictures. You can hardly tell the difference.

Which area has the best social services? Im always in the mood for a free lunch after moving my entire life to places Im not used to.

Going to an irish pub in Stare Mesto... like trying to get a decent espresso in Stockholm or spaghetti in London.

Why drink Guinness in Praha (pasteurized Guinness, more's the pity) when you have some of the best beers in the world within 100 km? Choose a typical pivnice and stick to local beers.
Budweiser (the REAL one, from Ceske Budejovice)
Staropramen (the brewery is in Praha 5! less than 3 km from Mala Strana!)
Velkopopovicky Kozel
Starobrno (ok it is more than 100 km between Praha and Brno)
Krusovice

Pivo! Pivo! PIIIIIIIIVOOOOOO!!!
My fave was Musketyr (nice and dry), though I hear the local brew in Kutna Hora is outrageously good.

Mouseketeer beer, yay! Male pivo, prosim!

1. I go everywhere. I'm lamenting Prague 1 turning in to a tourist trap from hell. (Actually, I usually STAY in Zizkov!)

2. Yeah, yeah yeah. But it didn't used to be that way. U Flecku used to be not only authenic, but reasonable, etc. Hey, I'm pining for the old days just a little, okay? ;)

I wouldn't have been caught dead in U Flecku. I can't stand that "authentic" crap, even when it is "authentic" because it never really is.

I stayed in Prague 1, at a B&B in Mala Strana. My fellow guests were assholes -- fresh out of the Annoying Tourist factory, British and German versions -- I hear one more table full of irritating nasal voices going on about jam, I'll :headbang:

"Have they got any marmelade?" "No, they've only got jam." "What? No, marmelade?" "No, only jam." Repeat, five times. And I'm like, "Shut the fuck up, you stupid bitches."

But the staff and I got along great. We watched America's Funniest Videos in the lobby, and the maid loved me because I picked up a fork for her once and said good morning to her in Czech and didn't trash my room. We were sisters.

In all seriousness, there's only one reason to leave one's home country and that's because it doesn't feel like home anymore. I would only go to a place that offered some of what I feel I might lose in the US. For me, that means free speech, free press, religious freedom, and abortion rights.

I wouldn't have been caught dead in U Flecku. I can't stand that "authentic" crap, even when it is "authentic" because it never really is.

Er, it *was*, back in the early 80s. Back then, Prague was a much different city.

I stayed in Prague 1, at a B&B in Mala Strana. My fellow guests were assholes -- fresh out of the Annoying Tourist factory, British and German versions -- I hear one more table full of irritating nasal voices going on about jam, I'll :headbang:

"Have they got any marmelade?" "No, they've only got jam." "What? No, marmelade?" "No, only jam." Repeat, five times. And I'm like, "Shut the fuck up, you stupid bitches."

But the staff and I got along great. We watched America's Funniest Videos in the lobby, and the maid loved me because I picked up a fork for her once and said good morning to her in Czech and didn't trash my room. We were sisters.

Agreed. Only I had to explain why "The Real Budweiser" doesn't have the same label. (ARGH!!)

I'm also appauled by the Indian restaurants (can they cater to the Brits any more?!?) and the proliferation of KFC. :(

Er, it *was*, back in the early 80s. Back then, Prague was a much different city.



Agreed. Only I had to explain why "The Real Budweiser" doesn't have the same label. (ARGH!!)

I'm also appauled by the Indian restaurants (can they cater to the Brits any more?!?) and the proliferation of KFC. :(

American fake food is everywhere, sadly. Rampant corporatism, that's what it is. But I'm still wondering why you don't eat Czech food? First Irish pubs and now Indian restaurants? :confused: There's nothing wrong with Czech food. It's like slightly lighter German. You like soup, don't you? They make very good soups. They're famous for their soups. Everybody likes soup.

I was there in 2004, and I had nothing but good meals, great coffee, excellent beer, good music, and great conversations.* Prague felt like a bizarre version of my old neighborhood in Queens, and I liked it very much.

I just wish that country had a coast.


*Not with those marmelade nuts, of course. They weren't talking to me. They were just near me. grrrr.

I'd live in Amsterdam, not because I'm into drugs, but because I genuinely love it there. It's amazing to see the rich cultural history of the area blending with a stylishly modern urban feeling.

American fake food is everywhere, sadly. Rampant corporatism, that's what it is. But I'm still wondering why you don't eat Czech food? First Irish pubs and now Indian restaurants? :confused: There's nothing wrong with Czech food. It's like slightly lighter German. You like soup, don't you? They make very good soups. They're famous for their soups. Everybody likes soup.

I'm confused at how you take me complaining about junk coming into Prague as meaning that I go/eat/drink there. :headbang:
DUDE: I AM A SLOVAK. I GREW UP IN THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

I was there in 2004, and I had nothing but good meals, great coffee, excellent beer, good music, and great conversations.* Prague felt like a bizarre version of my old neighborhood in Queens, and I liked it very much.

Thank you, Lonely Planet.

I just wish that country had a coast.
Go read your Shakespeare.

1. North-East (Poland, the Baltic republics)
2. Northwestern islands (Britain, Ireland)
3. France
4. Centre-North (Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg)

If I were to move I'd probably go to the UK or Ireland because than I wouldn't have to learn a new language, I totaly suck at languages even English:( , though I do have relatives in Lichenstein so that might be worth a try.

I'd relocate to Romania -- it's a beautiful country.

Risottia, your poll options are unconventional. France and Italy has its own options but not Germany? Denmark isnt included with other Nordic countries? etc..
Are you from Southern Europe btw?

Oh yea, as I explained in the OP, I wanted to give every country its option, but forum rulez won't allow more than 10 choices.

I grouped Germany with Benelux because of similar culture and history (smaller countries, at least until about 150 years ago, and germanic languages; not a millennium of unity like France). Denmark doesn't look SO nordic to me, and Copenhagen looked very similar to the Hansa cities to me. Then again, it is already a close call to put Sweden and Finnland in the same "nordic" category, given that swedes speak an indoeuropean language, and finns speak a uraloaltaic one.
France and Italy are extremely different - the only things they have in common are wine-drinking, the catholic church, and neolatin language.
BTW I'm from Milano, so you might see me as living:
1.In the north of southern Europe
2.In the south of central Europe
3.In the extreme southeast of the Habsburg empire
4.In the southwest of Napoleon's empire
5.In the extreme east of former Spanish territories in Europe
... of course my options are unconventional! I'M UNCONVENTIONAL!

BTW are you from Scandinavia?

My fave was Musketyr (nice and dry), though I hear the local brew in Kutna Hora is outrageously good.

Mouseketeer beer, yay! Male pivo, prosim!

Shit, I was in Kutna Hora with the school, but the teachers won't allow us to go pivoing... I had to use my free time in Praha to go pivoing in Kampa.
Definitely, I have to go back to Kutna Hora.

Dvanacka, prosim! A pivni syr!

Oh yea, as I explained in the OP, I wanted to give every country its option, but forum rulez won't allow more than 10 choices.

I grouped Germany with Benelux because of similar culture and history (smaller countries, at least until about 150 years ago, and germanic languages; not a millennium of unity like France). Denmark doesn't look SO nordic to me, and Copenhagen looked very similar to the Hansa cities to me. Then again, it is already a close call to put Sweden and Finnland in the same "nordic" category, given that swedes speak an indoeuropean language, and finns speak a uraloaltaic one.
France and Italy are extremely different - the only things they have in common are wine-drinking, the catholic church, and neolatin language.
BTW I'm from Milano, so you might see me as living:
1.In the north of southern Europe
2.In the south of central Europe
3.In the extreme southeast of the Habsburg empire
4.In the southwest of Napoleon's empire
5.In the extreme east of former Spanish territories in Europe
... of course my options are unconventional! I'M UNCONVENTIONAL!

BTW are you from Scandinavia?


Yes. And Denmark is not only Scandinavian but it's Nordic, like Finland, because they are in Nordic Council, among other things. I didnt understand why you put Nordic in quotes :confused:

I had to speak english to young people and german to the elderly. One day, I parked my car near the Strahov stadium. I saw a lot of football fans rallying there, and asked the policemen (in english) if there was danger of hooligans rioting after the match, so I would move my car and park it somewhere else. They didn't understand a word. I tried again in german. No way. I tried russian... IT WORKED!
Another day, I entered a beautiful souvenir shop in Hradcany. I managed somehow to say "dobry den", perfectly pronouncing that "r" with hacek thing. Well, the shopkeeper started talking czech at lightspeed, and I had to stop her and told her "Hey, dobry den is the only czech I can speak", but I have a terrible german accent in english (studied german 8 years). So she thought I was german. At the end, she asked me where I was from... and she wouldn't believe I was italian because I had no Invicta backpack.

Btw, if you're in Praha, you might also go visit the Tramway musem if you're a tramway fan. The science museum in Letna is also quite good. And don't you miss the general market in Holesovice (metro Vltavska).

Yes. And Denmark is not only Scandinavian but it's Nordic, like Finland, because they are in Nordic Council, among other things. I didnt understand why you put Nordic in quotes :confused:

Because I was quoting.
And Denmark isn't in Scandinavia! Scandinavia is on the other side of the Baltic Sea. Only Norway and Sweden are in Scandinavia.
I didn't know there was a "Nordic Council". (again, I'm quoting).

Because I was quoting.
And Denmark isn't in Scandinavia! Scandinavia is on the other side of the Baltic Sea. Only Norway and Sweden are in Scandinavia.
I didn't know there was a "Nordic Council". (again, I'm quoting).

Well, not geographically but Denmark is accepted Scandinavian for ethnical, linguistic, cultural, historical, etc... reasons.

Somewhere warm...where the diet consists of wine and olives.

If, in spite of my ancestry, Switzerland doesn't let me in, then I'll try Italy, Japan and Germany, in that order, with Japan obviously not being a member of the EU.

Not yet...

Well, not geographically but Denmark is accepted Scandinavian for ethnical, linguistic, cultural, historical, etc... reasons.

I see. You're putting the accent more on culture, I more on geography. Both acceptable points of view, from my point of view... err...:D

I'm lucky that no Pole has yet complained about being grouped with Lithuania.