Hello from the other side of the ocean!

We were playing some games with some other Americans and got to talking about the fact that there aren't really any places to get games over here. Gaming doesn't seem to be a big past time here, but we don't know if that's because people generally would rather sit down and talk instead of playing games or if it's just a lack of exposure to games. Or maybe there are groups playing games that we just haven't run into yet. We wanted to try out the idea of introducing some board games to some college-age guys we know, and are looking for some recommendations.

English is not a major language here, so we're trying to avoid games with too much written on cards like dominion, netrunner, etc. I've only owned a small handful of euro-style board games, which tend to be language-neutral, so anything in that genre might be good. Likely games that have a smaller footprint (something that could be played on a small dining room table) would be good. We didn't bring a ton of games with us, but have some family coming over in a few months that could bring us some new games if people recommend some.

Right now the only games we have with us are Carcassone, dominion, smash-up, king of tokyo, dixit and netrunner.

Thanks guys!