On the road .

Once again, I am about to check if the earth is really round. I left Washington last Friday and flew to Frankfurt, Germany. 256km , and a VW Polo later, I was in Thionville, just in time to celebrate my Dad's 84th birthday. The weather was gorgeous, and so was the family gathering.
I am now in the drab Frankfurt airport lounge, on my way to Singapore.
It was interesting to commemorate 9/11 in France. The media and the people, by and large, still subscribe to Le Monde's headline on the real 9/11: "We are all Americans". Many reports, debates and documentaries occupied most of the day on the big event. The French seem just as moved and upset as they were 5 years ago.
As to the war in Iraq and the so called "war on terror", they side with the majority of the American public....