From Our Own Correspondent - 01/01/2011

A special edition which includes: eating off plates the size of satellite dishes, discovering the warmth of the American spirit on a freezing night in the midwest, wondering if it's futile using the French language in rock music, drinking in the atmosphere in an iconic Irish pub, travelling on a curiously-named Indian express, crashing on the night train to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and a number of harrowing experiences faced by our foreign correspondents at the dinner table.