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Driving in France
We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is
easy to just rent a car and drive around? Cathy L. |
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Cathy L writes:
We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? I rented a car for 4 days in August. From Avis in Nice, returned to the train station in Orange. I rented in advance, from the US. It was easy. I did _not_ drive around Paris and environs though. |
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"Cathy L" wrote in message
... We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? No, stupid, it's impossible. "Well, that pretty much does it. It looks like this newsgroup has gone the way of the CB radio. It is ruined by a few people that, for some strange reason, choose to belittle anyone that asks for help. I trust you all enjoy each others warped sense of humor. Have a great life." -- Cathy L |
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On 10/31/2011 2:51 PM, Doug Anderson wrote:
Cathy writes: We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? I rented a car for 4 days in August. From Avis in Nice, returned to the train station in Orange. I rented in advance, from the US. It was easy. I did _not_ drive around Paris and environs though. Second that, especially at rush hour. After once renting a car from a Paris agency and bringing it back during the rush hour, I resolved never again. -- James Silverton, Potomac I'm *not* |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:28:23 -0400, Cathy L wrote:
We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? Cathy L. It's not too bad if you bone up on the traffic signs and invest in a little French language lesson. |
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"Cathy L" wrote in message ... We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? Why should it be difficult? -- JohnT |
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No we don't want anglos to drive on our beautiful roads, please stay home.
"Cathy L" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? Cathy L. |
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Oh Irwell can understand french ???
"Irwell" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:28:23 -0400, Cathy L wrote: We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? Cathy L. It's not too bad if you bone up on the traffic signs and invest in a little French language lesson. |
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James Silverton wrote: On 10/31/2011 2:51 PM, Doug Anderson wrote: Cathy writes: We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? I rented a car for 4 days in August. From Avis in Nice, returned to the train station in Orange. I rented in advance, from the US. It was easy. I did _not_ drive around Paris and environs though. Second that, especially at rush hour. After once renting a car from a Paris agency and bringing it back during the rush hour, I resolved never again. But couldn't you say the same for rush hour traffic in ANY large city, ANYWHERE? (Not only Paris, London, Los Angeles or New York, but even Phoenix AZ.) |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes:
James Silverton wrote: On 10/31/2011 2:51 PM, Doug Anderson wrote: Cathy writes: We are thinking of taking another trip to France. Do you think it is easy to just rent a car and drive around? I rented a car for 4 days in August. From Avis in Nice, returned to the train station in Orange. I rented in advance, from the US. It was easy. I did _not_ drive around Paris and environs though. Second that, especially at rush hour. After once renting a car from a Paris agency and bringing it back during the rush hour, I resolved never again. But couldn't you say the same for rush hour traffic in ANY large city, ANYWHERE? (Not only Paris, London, Los Angeles or New York, but even Phoenix AZ.) Certainly driving around big unfamiliar cities at rush hour is no picnic. But not all large cities at rush hour are created equal. To name two I happen to know: Portland and Seattle. It is much easier to recover from a mistake in Portland than in Seattle. I don't know what Paris is like to drive around in first-hand, but if I wanted to compare with another large European capital city: I'd rather be driving around Berlin than Paris or Rome or London at rush hour. Also, for me, my French is adequate for touristic purposes, but it is slow and I'm not especially familiar with traffic patterns and signs. So I don't like to be in situations where I would have to react quickly. |
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