h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I must think on this further, Mal, and try very hard not to be

Yep, just set myself up for failure

BTW a good deal of my "guests" come from Torquay Having said that, every major town has it's *cough* problems. We havwe a great University here in Exeter, with a superb Modern Languages section the head of which is a very good friend - I do have some

None-the-less, I'm sure you don't want to do the Uni thing anymore, however it is a fatastically multi-cultural city. I may even be co-erced into showing you around my place of work. Very few people, aside from the naughty Jock's and Scouser's from Torquay get to se behind these walls across the railway from the Rougemount

I'm afraid the UK is too expensive tuition-wise

(And I've *been* to Torquay, Rich! )

I'm all for the Netherlands - easiest to bring the dog for a visit there...

Ah, right. Your convenience is paramount

I'm sure you will make the correct decision, Mala

This is all about the dog's convenience, which is even more important, naturally...

My suggestion is:
http://www.artun.ee/index.php?linker=true&id=351&lang=eng

yes, go to EE, learn to make spotted dog, and buy fur coats learn to speak EEKspeak with 14 cases, not the meagre four that German language has

and furthermore, for the real Estonians there's
1. Kalev chocolate
2. Verivorst
3. You are nationalistic about Skype
4. You are convinced that Estonia is very strategically located, the rest of the world cannot find it on the map (it's located in Northern Europe close to Finland).
5. You can pronounce "veoauto", "täieõiguslik" and "jäääär".
6. You think that wife-carrying is a real sport.
7. You don't think that terviseks is a funny word.
8. You can happily ignore the gender in other languages.
9. You can explain that a civilised language should have at least 14 cases.
10. You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic.

I seem to visit the EE capital a few times per year I can bring brown sugar

winters are cold.. really cold.. some people say mammoths still live in the far depths of EE but I don't believe that

definitely denmark, mala

next question?

seriously though, if you go to copenhagen you will be able to study where people like utzon (sydney opera) and von spreckelsen (grand arche, paris) learned the trade

health care is free (more or less) and - well - we'd love to have you

and we have an airport from where you can fly to düsseldorf. i am living proof of that so you may even be able to fly to yarreau - and vice versa

Eeeek! I live nowhere near Düsseldorf - there isn't a city in this world that I hate more! I finally managed to get away from there... but luckily, there are flights to Hannover as well, and it's not even all that far to get to Denmark by car from here.

you are welcome to stop over for a cup of . i live right on the way (well, almost anyway)

Well, I suppose I should be relieved that you're not all recommending places as far as possible from where you live...

Yes, the only thing stopping me from inviting you to come to U of Chicago is the hassle involved in getting your stuff here.

And a meatball?

Well, I *would* have given a sales pitch, but then I decided to leave that to the tourist board and look at the criteria you actually listed instead.

of course you can have a meatball, yarreau. anyway you like. mustard, , , , etc.

If Mala should ever move to Denmark, I promise I'll take you up on it!

oh unfortunately I don't have ten reasons to be Danish .. like the ten reasons to be Estonian..

.. Maastricht University? in Netherlands?? Netherlands??
1. You can get arrested for growing plants, but not for smoking them.
2. You can make jokes about the Belgians and still drink their beer.
3.
a. You can legally kill yourself
b. You can legally be killed
4. You're exactly like the Germans, except that nobody hates you.
5. You think you are a world power, but everyone else thinks Copenhagen is your capital.....
6. You get to insult people and defend yourself by saying it's a national tradition.
7. You can put your finger in a dyke and it will save your country
8. You live in the most densely populated country in Europe, and still you've never seen your neighbours.
9. If the economy is bad, blame the Germans. If a war is started, blame the Germans. If you lose your keys, blame the Germans.
10. Bikes are public property. Locks are a challenge.