With all that's been going on — my family, hurricane Katrina, gas prices going up and so on, I think it's time for us to take a break and have a little laugh.

Here you go, as posted on Yahoo! News. Now you know where I'm going to go if and when I visit Europe. Enjoy!

Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name

LONDON, (AFP) – British tourists have left the residents of one charming Austrian village effing and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly-named village.

While British visitors are finding it hilarious, the residents of F—ing are failing to see the funny side, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

Only one kind of crimimal ever stalks the sleepy 32-house village near Salzburg on the German border — cheeky British tourists armed with a sense of humour and a screwdriver.

But the local authorities are hitting back and with the signs now set in concrete, police chief Kommandant Schmidtberger is on the lookout.

“We will not stand for the F—ing signs being removed,” the officer told the broadsheet.

“It may be very amusing for you British, but F—ing is simply F—ing to us. What is this big F—ing joke? It is puerile.”

Local guide Andreas Behmueller said it was only the British that had a fixation with F—ing.

“The Germans all want to see the Mozart house in Salzburg,” he explained.

“Every American seems to care only about 'The Sound of Music' (the 1965 film shot around Salzburg). The occasional Japanese wants to see Hitler's birthplace in Braunau.

“But for the British, it's all about F—ing.”

Guesthouse boss Augustina Lindlbauer described the village's breathtaking lakes, forests and vistas.

“Yet still there is this obsession with F—ing,” she said.

“Just this morning I had to tell an English lady who stopped by that there were no F—ing postcards.”

Source: Yahoo! news

Mum and Andreas are leaving today. Actually, my mum's still packing and Andreas is hanging out with his big bro at Mulligan's (it's a mini-golf/go-cart-racing/arcades center). They have to be ready soon, though. I'm taking them to the airport at 5:30PM.

Oh yah, I posted more photos! Visit this link to take a look. I gave my mum about 10 photos that she'll be framing in Italy. Most of them are close-up pictures of flowers. You'll see what they look like in the album, and if you'd like a copy, just send me an email.

As promised, I posted photos from my (short) Las Vegas holiday and a couple of photos from our wine tasting tour around Los Olivos, California.

I'll post the rest tomorrow, or sometime this weekend. Enjoy!