We've been on this crazy trip for 2 months now and it also happens to be my Dad's brithday today. So, here is a photo update on our trip with a special slant towards dads that are also economists.

While visiting the Louvre this nice lady statue gave me some flowers. Thanks, statue!

But she made me give her a foot massage. Fair enough, we all know "tit for tat" is the best strategy for the prisoner's dilemma.

I've been impersonating a fair number of statues on the wall, just like all our childhood trips.

I even got bug in on the act.

Your patience and love for our fine dogs served me well while shopping in Spain. Dogs and husbands have to stay outside while the women do their shopping.

And of course the many cultural events you took us to taught me the benefits of the occasional ballet move, like this one in San Sebastian.

Sometimes bug and I don't get along so well.

We are of course, still thinking.

And keeping track of the important things in life (economist and fancy hot chocolate in Buenos Aires).

This store in Buenos Aires was offering a "free lunch" - They would exchange Dollars for 3.20 pesos on all goods purchased in the store, a 5% premium over the exchange house next door. Of course, their products were at a 20% premium to the store a block off of the tourst strip. So the improved exchange rate wasn't so valuable.

The menus and signs are all designed for ease of changing prices. The Kirchners swear that inflation is only 10% but the shopkeepers investments show it must be higher.

In Heathrow we got free carts to move our luggage. Quite a bit nicer than in Denver's airport where you have to pay for them. They just ask that you leave them in this location (note - there were no carts at the sign).

Of course, because the carts have no return value, people leave them wherever is most convenient to leave them and nobody collects them. Here they are piled up in a small room in front of the elevator that every visitor has to take.

And yet more carts in front of the elevator. Unintended consequences bites again.