What's a European dream?...
 

English humour, French cuisine, and German engineering.

And a European nightmare?

English cuisine, French engineering, and German humour.

And speaking of German humour, here's another fine example of the unique German comedic style. Follow the link to view:<ul><li><a href="http://www.tt-cupholder.de/">German TT Humor</a></li></ul>

ha... they actually got a URL just for that!

Re: ha... they actually got a URL just for that!
 

That's what I thought. It was a lot of effort for that gag, AND they even secured a url, http://www.tt-cupholder.de/

Okay, here's 2 more jokes, no offence intended toward our Deutsche fruende.

Q. Why do Germans make fast automobiles?

A. Because anything that doesn't move fast enough in Germany is in danger of getting ground up into sausage.

Q. Why do Germans build such high-quality products?

A. So they won't have to go around being nice while they fix them.

Should be:
 

Dream:
English/Dutch humour
Italian Cuisine
German engineering

Nightmare:
German humour
American cusine (mid west)
Belgian engineering (exactly)

Brad add: Greek nude beaches, Italian design, Belgium chocolate, Scotch Whisky, Spanish parties,
 

Dutch women (don't ask why),Norwegian salmon, Swiss air - The rest is right on. JIM

Finally realising that we are a bigger economic market than N. America

Someone's gotta ask why?

Good call Jim; don't forget Irish Guinness; Swedish Vodka; Danish pickled herring; UK Hi Fi;
 

...something for Finland errr Sauna, Portugal can't think..

What about Wales?

Turkish Delight?