Ok, slightly odd topic I know and probably won't last long. But in February I got back from my 7 month solo trip around Europe and found that my favorite country was Belgium. I stayed with one Flemish family in Genk for a few nights and a Wallon family in the countryside around Ciney for 1 month in August and then for another few weeks in November and again for Christmas.
Highlights included going for a 60km charity cycling event through the Belgian country side, mushroom picking in the Ardennes (my friend's father is a ranger in the Ardennes so he knows the forest inside out) practicing shooting bb guns and going to the shooting range with my Flemish friend and his dad, marching through the snow in Bastogne, going with my Wallon friend's dad who was Saint Nicolas and went around on their donkey in costume visiting the families with children in all the surrounding villages then, because at almost every house we went to they offered us a drink, I ended up rather drunk by the end much to the amusement of everyone.
And let's not forget there's the BEER! Chimay Bleu, Leffe, Belle-Vue Kriek, Brugge, etc.
Also the chips (or fries as the rest of the world seems to call them). I particularly liked how there was always a Friterie nearby in Belgium, since I knew I could go in there and get something good without trouble unlike in Paris where I wouldn't really know what to ask for and the employees would get angry waiting for me to decide then be rude to me.
And, although this maybe extreme generalising, I found one trait that Belgians seem to usually have in common with each other is an easy going attitude and quite a good sense of humour. They're quite happy to laugh at themselves.
My first beer in Belgium:
The barmaid looked at me really strangely when I asked in my bizzare French for a good Belgian beer that she would recommend. Probably because it was in Ciney and they don't get many tourists.
And, for those other Europeans I just want to make it clear that I really enjoyed my time in the other countries too, even England despite it's greyness. 
It's just that Belgium really seemed to be the place I enjoyed most and where I felt most at home. Maybe it was also because I was in the country and away from huge cities.
So am I alone in thinking Belgium is a great country to visit?
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