A local sailor in Venice is upset by the irreverence exhibited by tourists—and it gets him into immense danger.

As the entirety of the United Kingdom begins to shift and float towards the United States, a man has to contend with the changes to his daily routine and the possibility of his town of Brighton being forced next to New York.

A teenage girl is swept into the wealthy side of her coastal town by her new boyfriend, but soon finds that she longs for adventure and freedom outside of his superficial social scene.

In the 1930s, a young American girl and an Englishwoman board a bus to Biarritz, France. On the trip, the woman attempts to indoctrinate the young girl about living a life of luxury.

On a vacation in France with his wife and family, Reynolds reminisces about the trip he and his wife took to Mont-Saint Michel decades ago, despairing at the bigger and faster pace of the town and the beauty and culture that seems to have been lost since then.

A woman's husband dies, and she leaves their hometown in Michigan to drift between countries, finally landing in Venice, completely broke — until a mysterious man approaches her, offering to help.

An American continues to run into another American on their trips around Europe and the Mediterranean.