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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread makes me sad.  I get that you adults can't speak another language (but obviously try).  But why would you want that for your kids?  They aren't studying another language in school?  You are ensuring that they are just like you.[/quote]
[b]I'm a European who speaks 2 languages fluently + 2 more less than fluently, but this idea that one should learn the language before travelling to another country something I've only encountered in the US, not in Europe.[/b] Which is amusing, considering Americans are much less likely than an average European to speak another language.
Travelling to a foreign country is such a commonplace thing, that it's just not realistic (nor necessary) to take a language course every time.

To answer OP's question, you'll be fine getting by with English pretty much anywhere in Europe, but Scandinavia and Netherlands stand out as places where pretty much everyone speaks English on an impressive level.

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This…Whereas to many Americans traveling to a different European country is a rare occurrence to save and prepare for, to 100s millions of others its a random long weekend. The average Brit,Spaniard or German wouldn’t dream of wasting time studying Polish or Hungarian for a one off weekend in Budapest or Gdańsk. Instead they will default to English as the international of travel and get around just fine.[/quote]

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