Here is the raisin bread I got from the bakery this morning during one of my walks. Yes, Casey, we went to La Mie Caline without you and we don't feel guilty at all.
We went to the supermarket this afternoon and got some Oasis drink along with some other good stuff for dinner this evening. We got the tropical flavor and we thought about Casey while we were drinking it.So speaking of going to the supermarket... Kellie wanted to go swimming again at AquaPark so I decided to take her instead of having Bernadette drive us around. Now, driving in France is a real experience. The first thing you have to do is to cram yourself into a little teeny tiny car with an engine about the size of a lawn mower engine.
Narrow streets. You have to be fearless to drive down the streets here. People think nothing of passing each other when there is barely enough room for one car to navigate the street. Of course, you see a lot of cars around here with the sides all scraped up. Notice the tape on the side rear-view mirror on the car above.
Next are the round-abouts. Normally a car entering has priority over a car in the roundabout unless there is a sign that says otherwise so you have to watch for the priority sign as well as all the signs that tell you which road to take once you are in the round about. We aren't talking about an intersection of two streets but usually there is a conjunction of five or more streets. Fortunately, if you miss your exit, you can just keep going around until you come back to it. Below is a roundabout where you give the right of way to those in it already and beyond you can see a sign telling which directions a certain road will take you.
Now, because many of those streets are pretty narrow, a lot of them are one-way streets so don't count on returning back to where you started the way you got to where you were going. Bergerac is pretty tricky in some places to get back to the house. But not to worry, if all else fails, just follow the signs. Especially the ones that say "All Directions". You're bound to end up somewhere and hopefully it is somewhere that you recognize.
Of course there is always this little dilema that Jeff pointed out one time....
Here is a sign that says "All directions" to the right but then there is that curious one pointing the other way that says "Other directions". So what others are not considered to be part of all? Anyway, also remember that there isn't a straight street in all of France so the other directions will probably get you back to the all directions in a circular manner one way or another.
Central Bergerac
Narrow streets. You have to be fearless to drive down the streets here. People think nothing of passing each other when there is barely enough room for one car to navigate the street. Of course, you see a lot of cars around here with the sides all scraped up. Notice the tape on the side rear-view mirror on the car above.
Next are the round-abouts. Normally a car entering has priority over a car in the roundabout unless there is a sign that says otherwise so you have to watch for the priority sign as well as all the signs that tell you which road to take once you are in the round about. We aren't talking about an intersection of two streets but usually there is a conjunction of five or more streets. Fortunately, if you miss your exit, you can just keep going around until you come back to it. Below is a roundabout where you give the right of way to those in it already and beyond you can see a sign telling which directions a certain road will take you.
Now, because many of those streets are pretty narrow, a lot of them are one-way streets so don't count on returning back to where you started the way you got to where you were going. Bergerac is pretty tricky in some places to get back to the house. But not to worry, if all else fails, just follow the signs. Especially the ones that say "All Directions". You're bound to end up somewhere and hopefully it is somewhere that you recognize.
Of course there is always this little dilema that Jeff pointed out one time....
Here is a sign that says "All directions" to the right but then there is that curious one pointing the other way that says "Other directions". So what others are not considered to be part of all? Anyway, also remember that there isn't a straight street in all of France so the other directions will probably get you back to the all directions in a circular manner one way or another.
Central Bergerac
4 comments:
ya ya ya ya ya ya goooooo dad!!!
notice i didn't post on this so , that nick you will bother dad instead of ME!!!!
gREAT postes my favorite was the one with Oasis because lots of it is in my tummy so ..
GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB! G-doubleO-D J-O-B! GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB!
Kellie-
That was the best comment ever! More comments, please! Come back soon!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Nick
what happens if you just keep following the signs for "toutes directions?" where do you end up? that might be a fun experiment if you get bored.
love it!
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