This next song is about the rise of fascism: or what I learned on my summer vacation.→[More:]it can be 85deg outside and foggy, it's called 100% humidity; a 7 hour chartered van ride through the english countryside is better than a 1 hour flight; Indian and Italian food are better overseas than in the States; well-prepared lamb is too good to be morally ok; a 5 km hike up Mont Royal is more rewarding and easier on the feet than a 5 km hike from the river to a hotel; bitter is better than lager; getting drunk at lunch makes afternoon shopping less enjoyable, not more; it is possible to pay a man with a van under the table to drive from New York to northern Massachusettes - he will make the trip in under 4 hours if you ask him to. What did you learn this summer?