Leo should be happy since his beloved White Sox finally made the MLB playoffs after 3 straight years of losing 100+ games.

I thought the Euro countries didn't like American tourists anymore???

Euro countries are suffering from too many tourists - not just American. Some cities are so overrun that locals have trouble getting to work and home again, there's a frenzy to buy holiday homes so locals can't live where they come from and work...... it's the same whether you look at the mediterranean, the west coast of Ireland, the Breton coast, East Scotland, Cornwall in England....the Spanish government was a bit more intelligent and keep most of their tourists on the south coast but Barcelona is desperate....Venice is desperate too, Prague has had to ban wheelie luggage as people can't sleep when people drag their bags over the cobbles at 5 in the morning getting early flights..... it goes on....Some cities are having to bring in new laws about how long people can spend taking photos for instagram. People arrive in a viewing spot with props and take far too long to get the "right" picture. You have to pay now in Rome to visit the Trevi fountain....

Many people may well regret their purchases. With global warming already having a big effect here, parts of Europe are becoming unbearably hot in the summer and because the sea temps have risen, the rain storms along the med coast are truly terrible. A story to follow but the speed of change is very frightening. Watching tourists in Paris this summer on TV was truly awful. I can't imagine dragging round a city in that heat. No fun at all. We're still wearing shorts and t shirts and swimming in the sea. That doesn't happen very often in Brittany in October LOL.

Wow!

Happy to hear Leo is so welcome — intelligent, wise, well spoken, has moral integrity, good energy, positive. Not a grifter.

So many tourists! Every other day I read that some celebrity is buying a place outside the US, in the Cotswolds, say.

Some here in US want to insist we say ”climate change” and not ” global warming” which is more precise.

The heat, the floods.

Interesting about the endless clatter from wheeled luggage. Here we have a constant loudmouth selling away.

I thought global warming was the imprecise one - I prefer the term climate disruption, myself.

And yes, Pope Leo is proving himself to be a true man of the people, isn't he?

Climate disruption! Never heard of that, but it seems appropriate.

Thanks, carolb, you are correct.

I found this (and other links saying pretty much the same thing):

▪️ https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/61276/20260206/global-warming-vs-climate-change-key-differences-explained-why-they-matter.htm

Global warming vs climate change is more than a wording debate—it shapes how people understand what's happening to the planet right now. Global warming focuses on the steady rise in Earth's average temperature, while climate change captures the wider chain reaction affecting oceans, weather, and ecosystems. Knowing the difference helps explain why melting ice, stronger storms, and shifting seasons are all connected to rising heat trapped by greenhouse gases.

The distinction also matters for action. Global warming tells us what's driving the problem, while climate change shows how that heat reshapes daily life across regions. When the terms are used correctly, climate science becomes easier to follow and harder to dismiss.

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▪️https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWQYUVCpZqtN93H8RR44Qw

Petalique don't mention the ones in the Costwolds aarrgghh!!! I still don't understand why they moved back.