German holiday traffic all the way from De Panne, countless lorries, the first traffic jam was before I even made it to the motorway!

The festivities of the last week or so have rather made it all but a distant memory, but the week before Christmas I had time for just one final European trip of the year.

Last night was of course the annual Eurovision Song Contest, and this year’s event was held in Malmö (not the umlaut) after Sweden won last year.

I’ve just been browsing the BBC website. There’s a headline on it today which reads: ‘Dutch boy tries to save the Euro’.