Excerpted from the Newark Sun Times:

A member of Steves‘ inner circle, who wished to remain anonymous, stated that Steves’ trademark enthusiasm seems to be waning.

“I think he’s just really tired of Europe.  He visits there so often its becoming standard fare for him.  I think he equated it once to visiting elder relatives.  It’s nice, but if you do it too frequently it grows tiresome.”

“He’s also been talking about Madagascar incessantly.  Something about how the public transportation and food are refreshingly unreliable.”