George's European Vacation

Here's an interesting "diary" of President Bush's trip to Europe, from the BBC. To understand its maximum import, scroll down to the bottom of the article and read Day 1 first then continue through Day 3.

http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4290241.stm

Slowly, the writer comes under the spell of Europe . . . rather miraculous from someone who is clearly a British Europhobe . . . calling Brussels dreary! Pooh!

The overweight American reporters are starting to get on his nerves . . .complaining about the great European cuisine, wishing they had hamburgers . . . some national stereotypes just won't go away.