Agree. Doug always writes that he meets these various Europeans but they are always anonymous. Last week he 'was in Dresden' and 'had dinner with a German politician'. Of course unnamed. Why would Doug travel all the way to Dresden and 'have dinner' with a politician when he could just pick up the phone or email? I thought the Globe was going bankrupt? Where's all the budget for an unaccomplished writer to travel to Germany?
I'd like to see the receipts from all of this "traveling " that he's doing because it seems every imaginary. He seems a fantasist.