>When I was in France (80s) I absolutely loved it. However, the streets in the cities were filthy and all of the vehicles had yellow headlights!

They have white headlights now. Mind you, in the US you have yellow side lights don't you.

>The country roads were very nice though

Yeah, like Scalectrix tracks - and dead smooth.

>I drove in around Nederland in the 80s as well - I went to Den Haag a couple of times. It was the closest to being in the states of all the countries I've visited. They actually had round door knobs!

Never been to the 51st State then - UK? Mind you, I say that Holland is the closest European state to the UK - they even have hermetically sealed pubs just like ours, just to keep all the smoke fumes inside. :-)



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>>>Nicholas, that's some bridge. Is it for real?!
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>>It fills one of the last gaps in the French road network.
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>>http://bridgepros.com/projects/Millau_Viaduct/
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>>http://www.viaducdemillaueiffage.com/index.php4?lang=EN
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>>The French do have some v nice roads and being quite a large country some of them are nice and quiet. certainly nicer then driving in the UK.