re: My left wing brother in law was hit in the face with reality during his trip to Europe

I would be interested in knowing if all of this is affecting European tourism numbers.

It changed my plans. I went to Italy a few years ago and could already see the issues developing.

We had planned to go to Spain this year(late summer in fact) and changed our plans due to the influx there too.

It was very strange to see what happened in Spain and realize, "frick, my wife and I planned to be there around this time before we changed our minds". And by "there", I mean, in fricking Barcelona!