Word of the Day: Caravan

This article intrigued me for several reasons.

The Airstream pictured looks almost exactly like the one Kristy and I call home away from home. It must be a 25-foot Classic model. Yet it must also be the European version of our Airstream.

European Airstreams differ slightly from their American counterparts. There are a host of small distinctions; for example, the running lights on this Classic are arranged differently than on ours. But more significantly, European trailers are a few inches (or should I say centimeters, since the English don't actually use "the English system" of measurement?) more narrow so as to better traverse European roads.

Apparently in the UK an Airstream is not called a "travel trailer" at all. Rather, it is called a "caravan." And I suppose one tows it with a "lorry"?

Anyway, it is interesting to see an American icon like the Airstream catching on with our friends across the pond.