Europe is changing. That is the understatement of the decade. Not in terms of glacial melts or altered bird species. Something much more dramatic. The people are going broke. Their governments already are.
Now in this new decade they view the spectre of large scale joblessness and high debt coupled with rage and unrest in the masses vis a vis larger debtor nations like the US dictating belt tightening for the unruly members.
This creates dilemmas for those that are full of economic theory like Mario Monti (hence the title) who dreads his country facing the challenge faced by those in the Full Monty. He might be too full to tighten the belt so he looks to the Spaniards and the Portuguese to see what else to do.
While lazing on the beaches of the Med they all look aghast at the prospect of someone called Dragy to tell them the rules of the game. Perhaps letting the clothes go might be easy? Hey we at least got ourselves the largest combined coastline!
Our first foray into Central America. That elongated isthmus that forms the geographic boundary between two vast continents of North and South America. Specifically landing for NYE 2026 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Capital city for this region that does not have its own army, instead relying on its big bro the Estados Unidos to the north is a metropolis of approx. 500K people. Largely wilderness and with both a Pacific and Carribean/Atlantic coast the country is rich in bio diversity. In Spanish it means the rich coast so named by Columbus landing in early 16th century and being mesmerized by the local tribes sporting gold jewelry. Our stay included visiting the foothills of a large strato volcano called Arenal and enjoying the naturally heated thermal baths for a while. Lunching amidst lush forest and watching indigenous species of avian noise makers fly overhead. Toucans, some sort of pea hens, multiple song bird species completed the spectacle. Iguanas and a lonel...
I love the title...also rhymes with one Carlo Ponti..don't remember who he was though..
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