An Idiot Abroad

I don't know how many of you have seen the television's newest travel experiment, An Idiot Abroad. According to the Science Channel, many of you, something like 15 million, have. At least that's their claim on the commercial trailers. It's a pretty damn funny take on a Brit who doesn't like to venture outside of his element being thrust into very uncomfortable situations on the premise of seeing many of the world's great attractions. Ricky Gervais funds this "practical joke" experiment and goes out of his way to place Karl Pilkington (the Brit) in many compromising and uncomfortable situations. "It's quite funny. You should check it out."

On a side bar, why is it when we (Americans) watch British television do we feel the need to turn up the volume? Do we think British syntax will morph into a Midwest accent as the volume increases? It puzzles me, too.

Happy Travel,
Al, the Travel Valet