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London - I've lived here all my life and still haven't seen half of it. Interesting, plenty to do.. if you can afford it.
Amsterdam - I've had a great times there. Found it to be easy and pleasant to walk around, good record shops, good food, I like all the canals and little bridges and the bicycles (I am scared of the trams, though). The nightlife was fun. I love arriving there by train at the Centraal station at sunset. It's gorgeous when you step out of the station. Gotta admit I quite like the openness of all the drugs, whores and porn too.
Berlin - Very cool. Very interesting, great nightlife, lots of weird people (a good thing.) Arty but not in a pretentious way. I'd like to go back and stay for a while. Surprizingly modern and people were nice, generally. Just don't say the N word.
Paris - Have been there numerous times and never much liked it. Says a lot that my favourite place in Paris a great big ornate cemetary (the Pere Lachaise). I found the people mostly rude and unfriendly. Not like Amelie at all.. except there seem to be lots of brown-eyed pretty women around. Don't much like the wide boulevards and ostentatious architecture. Seemed to me to be all show.
Edinburgh - Lovely. Really like it up there. I've been there in the summer for the Festival and in winter for Hogmanay. Great both times of year. Love Avalanche Records, love the buildings, it's great for gigs and cinema and comedy (particularly, of course, during the festival). The people are nice too.
Brighton - Probably my favouruite place in the UK. Love the people, love the nightlife, love the buildings, love the beach and the piers. LOVE the fact that I can get there cheaply from London and stay with people there for free. I always have fun there.
Brussells - Strange. Wasn't there for very long and it didn't make much of an impression on me. Seemed like a nice enough place. Honestly can't say much beyond "Brussell's MIDI train station was very clean and the baguettes were quite nice". Very similar experience with Cologne.
St Petersburg - Gorgeous beyond gorgeous. All the bridges and buildings and the sky during the "white nights". Some of the people were a bit odd, though and the food was not great. But I'd like to go back. I remember thinking "fuck Paris" a lot.
other places I quite like: Hay-On-Wye, Taunton, Cambridge, Eastbourne...
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