This weekend we look at the slowdown of weddings in Vegas, jousting in Sulmona in the Abruzzo in Italy and, finally, the amount of vacation that Europeans take each year.

For years, I have used the price of a Big Mac at McDonald's as my benchmark for well-adjusted currency rates. I have always thought that if the price of a Big Mac was the same in the U.S. and in a foreign country that the exchange rates were more or less OK. If It cost more, there was probably a bad exchange and if it cost less, I'd be planning another trip.