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Originally Posted by Locke
One of my favourite cities is Paris. Go to the Arc de Triomphe.
Its a beautiful monument. That is surrounded by the most insane Traffic Circle on Earth.
Its like goddamned bumper cars out there. They swear, they shake their fists at each other and then they get on with their day and get a glass of wine and a baguette.
If your car is pristine? That defines you as a lame wussy. What? You dont have any 'battle wounds?' No scars to commemorate vehicular combat?
You do no deserve that Croissant!
And thats PARIS!
Go to Rome! Those people are genuinely nuts! They see a pedestrian or cyclist and they hit the gas!
And that is the social convention. The cyclist or pedestrian will just their hand up and wave..."mea culpa..." and everyone goes on with their day.
Its insane.
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Eating a baguette whilst driving is just civilized, and enhances the experience. Haha yeah cars vs. pedestrians is a whole other thing...I swear the Canadian prairies are the only place I've ever been where cars will stop for someone visibly waiting to jaywalk. Anywhere else and it's Frogger.
I believe it about some people losing it, I can even envision the fist shaking lol. But overall I was amazed at the calm driving I saw in Paris despite the old winding roads and crawling traffic. I (and your average North American driver) would be losing it, no thank you... Funny what opposite experiences we had in that city (there was something else a couple weeks ago I'm forgetting). La Ville de L'amour is a unique ride for everybody.
Never been to Italy, think it's next on the Europe list...minus the driving part. I'd rather keep what's left of my sanity, thank you.