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My only experiences with CCs is Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France...so I hope this helps.
I found out in May when my mother came to visit that the Netherlands is pretty CC unfriendly. However, she didn't have a hard time at all in Belgium. Most of the little shops will take CC, though they prefer cash/pin. Not sure about the public transport system since we bought the train tickets to Antwerp here in the NL.
France, well, I just experienced that last month on holiday. Now, I didn't go to Paris or any of the huge cities in France...I was camping. You can pay for meals at the bigger places with CC, the French toll roads, the bigger grocery stores and shops, and for really expensive items with a CC. Most castles/museums will only take cash and the smaller towns and villages will only take cash. And make sure you have plenty of cash because you can not depend on there being a pin/atm machine in every location...bigger cities may have all their atms in one spot in the center of the city. Oh, and the smaller towns tend to only have one atm and if it's down count on it being down for the whole providence. (we drove to 10 towns before finding one that had 6 atms all within 10 meters of each other...)
OH...and be sure to call your CC company and let them know you're going to Europe so they don't think your CC has been stolen when you start making purchases there. And as a side note, you might want to call your health insurance to see what your international coverage is. My mother called hers for the heck of it and found out everything is covered over here if something were to happen.
Have fun on your trip. ;-)
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