Quote Originally Posted by ThistleDown View Post
Yes, but you are American and you directed your questions to those who were not. I don't know anybody in Europe who has some sort of burning desire to "see" Washington (DC), but almost all on my list would receive a nod from most of those same folk (I think). I doubt there is a single city west of the Mississippi that would be on a European's list, and probably Boston and Williamsburg wouldn't be there, either. Florida is widely promoted and popular in the UK, but less so on the continent.

Works for me - that is why I asked the original question.

When I was first stationed in the Washington, DC area I vowed I would never return. Three years later I was back and haven't left (but not that I haven't constantly thought about doing so).

My initial thoughts were that most Europeans would want to visit cities or other places that they'd heard about through films and television. So far, based on the answers I've seen, that seems to be holding fairly constant. I once met someone who wanted to see Dallas for no other reason then they had seen the TV show. Probably why most Americans want to see Paris, Rome and London - those are the cities they have heard about. Ask them what they want to see in those cities and most don't seem to have a clue.