tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post8454073792055567765..comments2024-02-12T04:41:54.703-06:00Comments on Susan <strike>in France</strike> back in Houston: Baby StepsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post-91958352279764217972008-07-26T03:02:00.000-05:002008-07-26T03:02:00.000-05:00Well done! Driving in France is my greatest fear s...Well done! Driving in France is my greatest fear so I officially consider you fearless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post-69114657797637284052008-07-25T14:19:00.000-05:002008-07-25T14:19:00.000-05:00Samantha - Thanks! I feel so French now...Cyr - d...Samantha - Thanks! I feel so French now...<BR/><BR/>Cyr - darling...you have had this car for YEARS and never named it. As J said, we can call it "Monsier P", that sounds a little better. Right!? Oh, I love you! I get to name the kids too you know, watch out...<BR/><BR/>Susan - you are so right...I need a rolly thingy. I will have to look around for a cool one. ;-)<BR/><BR/>J - yeah, you are right about that, I actually have driven to Belgium twice and don't worry about it. It's just in in town driving where it's all a-holes and elbows out there.<BR/><BR/>Andromeda - You can do it girl! Just go on a sunny day during the week. I so know how you feel though, the big freeway is not a problem, it's the darn three lane, two way with some kind of turning area that is so scary. Not to mention all the damn pedestrians. Give it a try then let me know how it goes!Susan in Lillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799279686617932919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post-6993970623058453902008-07-25T13:50:00.000-05:002008-07-25T13:50:00.000-05:00Wow good job! The most I have driven solo is up an...Wow good job! The most I have driven solo is up and down the street! And here I am at home navigating 5 lanes no problem. Sigh.BlondeInFrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931640652874076974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post-48304761959447826612008-07-25T11:02:00.000-05:002008-07-25T11:02:00.000-05:00OK, you're enough like me that I can't picture you...OK, you're enough like me that I can't picture you not off in the car going somewhere. I would probably wither away if I wasn't driving. But, I have seen the French driving method and it is more like bumper cars than actual driving.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and since since Mr. P is a Peugeot, wouldn't that make him "Monsieur P"?Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751973709424406934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post-6795175588422662432008-07-25T02:36:00.000-05:002008-07-25T02:36:00.000-05:00Huge congratulatory hug !! I know exactly what yo...Huge congratulatory hug !! <BR/>I know exactly what you mean about the way people approach driving in Lille - on some of the pedestrianised streets in the centre I am sure the direction of travel reverses every so often in response to some unexplained rule. <BR/>I dislike driving and have always been too frightened to drive in the UK, but I am slowly getting back into it in rural France, after over 10 years of not driving, so I can relate to your sense of achievement.<BR/>And why do people waste their Saturdays at the supermarket when they are open on weekday evenings?<BR/>Get an old lady style 'canvas' shopping trolley for the market and local shops - I've done it this way for years. Simon won't be seen in public with it though, but you can get some pretty funky ones these days that are definitely not old lady material.<BR/>SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post-86105122418179037592008-07-24T21:05:00.000-05:002008-07-24T21:05:00.000-05:00Mr P... Seriously, could you ever find a worse nam...Mr P... Seriously, could you ever find a worse name for the car? :p<BR/>Good job Baby!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445475528508590559.post-82357362341844425512008-07-24T17:30:00.000-05:002008-07-24T17:30:00.000-05:00Oh my dear, I remember that day well - my first so...Oh my dear, I remember that day well - my first solo driving trip to the grocery store. Congratulations, it is indeed the baby steps that count!Ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.com