I'm glad it goes to London. Perhaps the hotels will now be checked on quality (and lice, fleas,...). And London is better suited as British Museum still has the stolen Elgin marbles from the Parthenon. (Parthenon>Greece>Olympics...get it?) As for Chirac: well, nowhere in the world you get sandwiches of the quality you get in London. Or beer. Or Elephants and Castles (the "Infante of Castilia" was translated by Londoners into "Elephant and castle") Besides: in London people speak a kind of American dialect most USsians will be able to understand. Parents do not obey their children like they do in the States, but generally speaking the situation will be more comfortable than Paris.

I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now I'll be mad. (Rumi)