Italy
How can one disagree?
The Country in Europe With The Best Food an Culture Is Surley
Italy
How can one disagree?
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It would be easy to argue but a large waste of time. I found Holland to be spectacular but that was pre euro, who knows what the hell its like now.Originally Posted by Strike For The South
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Hell I should think. That's certainly the impression our resident dutchman Fragony paints. No wait, it was worse than hell last time.
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England. I love roast beef and their slang.
Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
Ik hou van ferme grieten en dikke pinten
Down with dried flowers!
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I would say France, but its a tough call.
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Que? What is the France?
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Sorry, they're on strike.
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and just imagine how much better it could be if they used some ******* seasoning!!!
most un-impressive country as it comes to food I have ever visited...everything tasted like nothing.
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Woe betide me! There is only one place I fear, and Strike has found it!
Nevertheless, I must pick up the gauntlet. I shall open with just a small village:
The town of Lacoste.
Some of the buildings date back to the ninth century. The building style has changed little since. The bridge over the river predates Christ. The site has been inhabited since paleolithic times (35000 years!), although the current settlement is mesolithic in style, dating from the middle ages...the middle stone ages that is, 9000 years old.
Lacoste has always been special, different. Protestant amidst Catholics. Communist in a conservative region. Rebellious. Lascivious too, the most famous resident of that eleventh century castle on top of the hill was...Marquis de Sade. The birthplace of modern western sexual deviancy. The castle now belongs to fashion designer Pierre Cardin.
Every summer, an opéra festival is held in the city's ancient quarry, from whose stone the timeless city is build. Exquisite wine is served, made from the sun-baked grapes one can see in the bottom of the picture.
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Any further provocations will be met with ruthless pictures showcasing the superiority of French life and culture.
You will learn what it means to have been the centre of Western civilisation for fifteen centuries, ten more than the short-lived Romans.
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No more fries for you, traitor!
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Fries? French fries?
A French invention, which some Belgian nationalists try to claim is theirs.
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I seem to remember that back in 2004 when the whole foolish subject of "Freedom Fries" arose, you and your countrymen wanted no parts of claiming this product. Apparently somebody has taken Msr. Sarkozy's appeal to "reclaim French culture, real or imagined around the globe" to heart.Fries? French fries?
A French invention, which some Belgian nationalists try to claim is theirs.
As for the O.P. I would like to offer a vote for Spain. Their cuisine & cultural contributions, while fantastic, are admittedly close on the heels of France and Italy. However, the 3rd dimension of higher living, the beauty of their beauties... Penelope Cruz alone carries the day for Espana.
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lol, I will agree that Italy has the best food in Europe (followed closely by Greece), but as far as culture goes...sorry. :P
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I would say Belgium but I would hate all you savages overrunning this paragon of culture and cuisine.
But serious, a lot of European countries/regions have there own rich identity which you can love for certain reasons. (can't speak much for other countries).
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Oh. I thought you were a fan of fast food and freedom fries.
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For those who feel the need to make French jokes - I shall smite you with pictures so stunning you will beg for mercy before the end of this thread. This earth has more beauty than your eyes can bear...more than your heart dares to dream about...
No, not Lacoste, the brand founded by the French tennis legend. Pierre Cardin, the great 1960s/70s designer.
Let's leave it at the knowledge that Belgium is but a renegade province of French civilisation.I seem to remember that back in 2004 when the whole foolish subject of "Freedom Fries" arose, you and your countrymen wanted no parts of claiming this product. Apparently somebody has taken Msr. Sarkozy's appeal to "reclaim French culture, real or imagined around the globe" to heart.
As for the O.P. I would like to offer a vote for Spain. Their cuisine & cultural contributions, while fantastic, are admittedly close on the heels of France and Italy. However, the 3rd dimension of higher living, the beauty of their beauties... Penelope Cruz alone carries the day for Espana.
Spain - good one! Spain is hot on the heels of both France and Italy. Indeed, Spain's awakening gives it a certain hip edge over the two established giants.
My hot tip though is Portugal, to me the finest part of Iberia.
Speaking of Spain, did you know that France's Southwest is quite Iberian in culture? That is the big difference with Italy. Italy is just Mediterranean, with a tiny bit Alpine. France, by contrast, is the whole of Europe in one country. Southern and Northern. Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Béarn, near Lescun, in France's southwest, of which Spain's lush northwest is an extention. Complete with donkeys like the ones Don Quichotte would've ridden:
France's southeast south then, of which Spain's northeast is an extention. The town of Collioure, a French Catalan speaking town, the local chateau is seventh century visigothic:
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*insert obligatory French joke here*
For those who feel the need to make French jokes
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