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The wife likes Hattie B's, which is a small chain chicken place out of Nashville.  It is quite good, but always crowded.  She also like ChickFilA a lot, and a new one opened just up the street complete with a minipark.  At lunch it is so packed nobody goes there any more.

LOL... 

The one country she DISLIKES is Germany.

Gosh i wonder why,Eins, zwei, drei, vier to the pub and drink some Bier

Gosh i wonder why,Eins, zwei, drei, vier to the pub and drink some Bier

Her father spent some years with the Germans and almost didn't make it back.  Their "chateau" was confiscated by some German colonel back in the day (before she was born) and apparently really did a lot of damage to it.

I wish I could have met her parents, they sound like really interesting people.  The wife moved in different circles than I have.  She's slumming with me, eating fried chicken and okra and BBQ and grits.  The one thing she objects to is fresh fried oysters.

I can definitely understand why Europeans from countries that were occupied by Germany, wouldn't have much love for Germany.  

Personally I love Bavaria, but that's about it.  Berlin is just too modern and rebuilt, which is true of many cities that were bombed to hell in WW2, like Milan.  Personally I go to Europe to see the history, not the modern versions of cities. I get plenty of those right here in the USA.

I'm surprised the wife didn't get us to Annecy.  We spent three days in Evian (naively perhaps).  I drove all over including to Chamonix and back into Switzerland on a big loop, so we were close.  We just spent three weeks mostly in Btrittany because the wife insisted I see it.  Meh, sort of, overall.

And we got sick to boot.

Our neighbor is from Turkey so we're planning a trip with him to Istanbul next year, and then Athens (the other one), Tuscany, and maybe Marseilles.

We liked Barcelona quite a bit, I'd like to see more of Spain and Portugal.  Austria is on my list, as is St. Petersburg.  And Japan.  We're doing an Alaskan cruise in September out of Seattle.

I’d be afraid to go to Turkey. Ditto Russia. Not a big fan of crazy dictators.

I’ve yet to go to Greece. That’s #1 on my to do list. Mediterranean France #2.

Barcelona is amazing. Probably my favorite place I’ve ever been too. Love it. I’ve been to Spain 5 times and I’ve only went to Barcelona. That’s how much I love it. I love Lisbon, Portugal too. Not as much as Barcelona though. I could see myself living Barcelona one day. It’s really is just my absolute favorite place. 

I would not go to Turkey on my own.  The chance to go "with a local" is an incentive.  He's a US citizen and been here for decades, he's the retired Tech physics professor.

Istanbul is of interest for me.  The manager of one of our favorite restaurants is Turkish and we chatted with him about it also.  He said we'd love it, but of course he lives here.  Hmmmm.

The wife tells me Egypt is amazing and wants to go back.  Nyet.

Barcelona might be my favorite city in Europe.  Lyon would be in the running.

I've been to Sicily, I really enjoyed it.  But to get there, you're pretty much not going anywhere else.  And honestly I prefer the Cinque Terre to Sicily, if I were going to hit a place I've already been, that's where I'd go.  Or Firenze, again, which is probably my second favorite city in all of Europe, behind Prague.

I loved the Cinque Terre. Didn't get enough time there (basically about 2.5 days, just barely enough to scratch the surface). I definitely want to go back for a week, do some hiking, visit the wineries, etc. Oddly, there was almost a familiar feeling to some of the California coastal beach towns, which was weird and comforting and yet different...

Same with Firenze as well. Again, we didn't get enough time there (about 2.5 days, including getting married). I'd like to spend two days in the city, and then go farther out to the Tuscan countryside for another 4-5 days. 

Our trip last year was a whirlwind. Rome, Cinque Terre, Firenze, Paris, all in about 11 days on the ground. I feel like I don't need to go back to Rome or Paris at all.