(Not) The European Awards

Best People - the French.. whoever said they were the most horrible people on earth probably didn't bother to learn the language - or is not from New Zealand.. the Germans and Italians aren't far off..

Best Underground - The London Underground. Frequent and quite comprehensive actually; Paris Metro is pretty good too - when they're not on strike..

Most Entertaining Underground - Vienna U-Bahn for their amusing announcement of the next station, e.g. (doorbell) Volkstheater une steigen der linean U eine U fier A B zweiundsechzig ma baden

Best Cuisine - Italy. There's a first plate and a second plate.. and Italian food always taste the best in Italy ; Czechs and Spaniards aren't far off either..

Best Culinary Surprise - Czech food. It's a dream for the poor metrosexual carnivorous man - lots of meat and potatoes with a Pilsner, and still only just 10 euros (shame on u France and Italy)

Worst Cuisine - Great Britain. It's so crap that most people eat Asian, Italian or anything but British.

Best Fast Food - Germany and Austria. Kebabs, wienerschnitzel and rostbratwurst!

Best Beer - Hofbrau's dark and slightly "caramel" beer. Pilsner Urquell deserves some mention too

Best Non-Beer Alcohol (yes that's correct) - Martini

Best Hostel - Any Wombats one, with the Lounge probably the best out of all of them; Mambo Tango Backpackers in Barcelona is not far off..

Best Social Experience - Munich. It's true: Munich is Disneyland for adults.. Halloween night in Venice was pretty crazy too..

Best Royal Palace or Castle - Hofburg in Vienna.. it's huge and grand, fit for an emperor; Neuchwanstein must be mentioned for the ludicrous opulence..

Best Big City - Paris.. is there a more beautiful city in the world.. Prague and Vienna are not far off..

Best Lesser City - Heidelberg.. the best university town in Europe.. and then there's the castle..
Salzburg and Liverpool are not far off..

Most Beautiful Non Religious Building - Basel's Rathaus.. the red-brick building is just splendid.. Paris' Opera and Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II..

Most Beautiful Religious Building - St Vitus' Cathedral in Prague.. St Paul's Cathedral in London and St Stephen's Church in Budapest aren't far off