Yeah, I'm late posting. But when am I ever on time? You all know me better than that.

This trip started badly -- our flight out of Seattle got cancelled, which screwed up everything and means we are now staying in Europe until Aug. 11. Oh, and British Airways owes me $1,300 for making us miss our flights to Paris (requiring a change fee for each ticket of $290 and one $400 night in our Paris hotel. We'll see how rockin' BA's customer service is. I've heard good things, which I will put to the test.