Jay,

The glamor of international travel is all but gone.

Oh, please! What glamor? Flying economy class hasn't changed a bit in
the last 30 years except for one thing: It has become enormously
cheaper.

Mary and I have
talked extensively about flying to Europe, but each time we consider
the agony of flying across the Atlantic with the kids in a cattle car
we decide to fly our own plane somewhere.

Just like back in the 50s: If you want glamor, you'll have to pay for
it. In First Class, international travel is plenty glamorous. And the
price of the ticket is comparable to any airline ticket in the 50s.

Between the discomfort of
commercial flying, and the famously less-than-welcoming attitude of
many Europeans,

And where exactly did you get that idea? What media in the US, for
example, would even report on the European attitude, no matter if it is
positive or negative? Fox "News"?

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)