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I was getting a bit excited about going, and started looking around for some information on the place I will call home for a few months… So here are some facts about Denver!

Denver is the most educated city in the U.S.

Only 48 percent of Coloradoans are overweight or obese; every other state had more than 50 percent of their population in this category.

The city receives only 20.3 – 38 cm of rain a year (about the same as Los Angeles), and records 300 days of sunshine a year – more annual hours of sun than San Diego or Miami Beach.

The Colorado State Capitol stands a mile above sea level with a plaque on the 15th step to mark the spot that is 5,280 feet high. The dome is covered with 200 ounces of pure gold.

The Colorado State Capitol (with the Ban the Bomb symbol in the snow)

The Coors Brewery offers free tours of the largest single brewery in the world, and the Golden brewery brews more beer than any other place on the planet.

Within an hour and a half drive from Denver, there are opportunities for skiing, river running, hiking, fishing, camping, horseback riding, sailing or mountain biking.

The mountainous area of Colorado is six times the size of Switzerland and contains 9,600 miles of fishing streams, 2,850 lakes and over 1,000 peaks two miles high.

In Denver’s wild days, famous gunfighter Bat Masterson was employed as a guard at several of the city’s saloons, but today, downtown Denver is one of the safest cities in America. There are 5,200 first class hotel rooms in downtown Denver and 24,000 beautiful rooms throughout the city.

At 11,112 feet above sea level, the Eisenhower Tunnel, Denver is the highest in the world.

In 1935, Louis Ballast melted a slice of cheese on a hamburger at his Denver Humpty Dumpty drive-in restaurant, and patented the invention as the world’s first “cheeseburger”.

Anyway, that’s enough interesting facts I think… don’t forget to check back any time after 11th Jan 05 to see what I’ve got myself into :o)