I would go on summer vacations visiting family all over the world.
August for the people and their favourite islands. Daily the steamers sidle up to meet The effusive welcome of the pier.
Almost every summer, my wife and I, now with two kids in tow, spend a couple of weeks in Italy.
August is a wicked month.
The Ultimate Day really begins the night before, when you sit up until one o'clock trying to get things into trunk and bags. This is when you discover the well-known fact that summer air swells articles to twice or three times their original size.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.
France in August when you can travel through the entire country without encountering a single pesky Frenchman or being bothered with anything that's open for business.
I started competing internationally when I was still in school. Every summer I would travel abroad to England because England was the place to be for ballroom dancing.
