Posted AT 12:23 PM EST on 05/09/08
Europe's bombshell
LONDON — In France, they call it la rentrée, the day in early September when the entire population of Europe coagulates the continent's highways and asphyxiates its airports by returning from four- and six-week vacations all at once. It's considered a sombre and melancholy day, a moment to contemplate your depleted finances and advancing age.
Never more so than this week.
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