Hi Mel,
I think I need to get a new monitor :D lol
I like the color adjustments you've done to the city [1,2,3] textures, please feel free to commit it to CVS. As for the Default Shrub texture, well it's not really appropriate for my region either...but a slight concession had to be made for arid regions.
Anyway, I've just update the European Texture pack. It now includes a Northern European-ish City (city 4,5), a new European Shrub (shrub 5,6,7), a new European Sand (Sand 7) texture, and color and texture corrections to the previous textures by Mark Akermann.
-Rob