I hear you on the cigarette smoke induced illness. That was one thing I did NOT like about Europe at all, and the kids, bless them, didn't either. It meant we got to have the cigarettes are bad for you conversation pretty early on, lol.

And \o/ for another Yankee win, even in your absence. It does mean that in future you can point to that game and say, "See, they can win without me there!", in case you can't make it to a game and they lose. :D