Road Maps

Since we started planning our 2013 summer vacation we’ve been consulting a lot of maps; they’ve been front and centre of my thoughts. Then, on our connecting flight to Zurich I had the window seat, which gave me an excellent vantage point to view the topography below as we flew over southern England, then straddled the Belguim/ France border on our approach to Switzerland. 

Our hosts had brought newspapers home from Manchester upon return from their vacation, and they were strewn on the couch one evening after dinner (the newspapers, not our hosts :-) ). 

One glance was all it took of the Daily Mail’s front cover Glastonbury coverage to make the instant comparison between Mick and Keith’s deeply furrowed mugs to maps of highly populated urban areas, particularly European cities, several of which we were about to visit on this trip.

The Daily Mail's own headline says it best.

Didn't this guy audition for "The Shining"?

How could you not want to see this concert?

How does this differ from your grandfather's typical antics?