Comments that are off topic, vulgar, profane or include personal attacks will be removed. Full comments policy. Additionally, we now display comments from trusted commenters by default. QUESTION: We are a family of 4, kids 14 12, hiring a car in Paris and flying out of Nice 2 weeks later. We have no firm plans but would like a fairly leisurely paced trip with beautiful European scenery. Originally we were hoping to include Andorra and Barcelona, but I am starting to realize that time is an issue.

I not sure what more troubling: That the economy is slowing or that the Fed actually said, pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated. Top economic minds in the world expected a fast recovery? Or as economist Joel Naroff wrote, Duh, what had they been thinking, a recovery was possible? Shore home prices rise 4.3 percent in the second quarter, the National Association of Realtors said yesterday. Reason for cheer? Not quite.

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