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- Best Restaurants Overall: Prague, Czech Republic
- Best Italian Restaurant: Ciao Roma, in Edinburgh (none in Italy were even close)
- Best Chinese Restaurant: Dynasty, in Prien, Germany
- Best Cappuccino: Anywhere in Italy
- Best Waffles: Brussels, Belgium
- Best Beer: Prague, Czech Republic
- Best Natural Scenery: Lake District, England
- Best Cathedral: Cologne, Germany
- Best Palace: Windsor Castle (sensory overload in 13 acres)
- Best Art Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Best Pickpockets: Prague, Czech Republic
- Worst Public Servants: Prague police
- Second-worst Public Servants: Spanish customs agents at Gibraltar
- Most Livable City: London
- City We Most Want To Return To: Venice, Italy
- Best Theater Show: Cinderella: The Remix (Cinderella with attitude, flame throwers, and motorbikes)
- Best Live Music: String ensemble at St. Martin's In The Fields, London, playing Vivaldi's Four Seasons
- Most Orderly Country: the Netherlands
- Most Drugs: Amsterdam ... and a lot of it is legal
- Most Expensive City: Monaco (if you have to ask ... )
- Most Picturesque Coastline: Monaco
- Worst Toilet Paper: Train station in Prague (they dole out one small sheet of waxy sandpaper at a time)
- Prettiest Plaza: Brussels, Belgium
- Easiest City To Get Lost In: Venice, Italy (streets are literally a maze)
- Most Ubiquitous Tourists: Japanese tour groups
- Most Annoying Tourists: Americans ("Don't nobody 'round here speak English?")
- Worst Architect: the guy who designed the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Best Accommodations: Hotel Luitpold Am See, Prien, Germany
- Worst Accommodations: Camp Darby, Pisa, Italy
- Second-Worst Accommodations: Camp Darby, Pisa, Italy
- Third-Worst Accommodations: Camp Darby, Pisa, Italy
- Best Military Base Support to Retirees: Bad Aibling, Germany
- Best Air Trip: Dulles to Heathrow, business class
- Best Rail System: the Netherlands (clean, fast, inexpensive, and on time)
- Best Boat Trip: Cruise boat on the Rhine River
- Worst Driving Experience: Brenner Pass (over the Alps in a blizzard)
- Most Confusing Road Signs: Italy ... they always manage to leave out that one little bit of vital information
- Oddest Television Shows: Britain (just turn on the telly and prepare to be baffled)
- Most Rust in the Water: Camp Darby, Pisa, Italy
- Best Department Store: Harrod's, London
- Best City for Shopping: London (like New York: if you want it, you can find it somewhere)
- Best Antiques: Brussels, Belgium
- Best Jewelry: Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
- Best Silver: all over London
- Best Art Gallery: a little place in Oss, the Netherlands
- Best Flea Market: Greenwich, England, every Sunday
- Best Small Boutiques: Venice, Italy (lots of neat stuff in unique and tiny little shops)
- Rudest Postcards: Amsterdam (some would make Hugh Hefner blush)
- Best Christmas Decorations: Germany (lots of unique hand-made items)
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