Working in the UK/France/Sweden/Denmark and driving in all those places, you gain a 'European' driving brain. I've driven from Copenhagen all the way to Goteburg by myself. I've ridden in a snow storm from Heathrow to Bath in the UK in the middle of the night. France was easy since they kinda drive like us. Fun stuff. I love driving their little cars with their little engines! My favorite pass time is "Castle Whacking" in the UK. What is that you say? It involves Castles off the beaten path. Basically, to get to some castles without using the M's or A's, you have to go across country - through the hedgerows via the secondary roads. The secondary roads are so tight in rural England/Wales/Scotland, that as you are zipping along, you know you're getting close to the hedgerow when the mirror on the passenger's side begins to go "Whack whack whack" as it brushes by the bushes. This last time out, I took out a Fiat mirror because of a branch. Most of the time I turn the mirror in so it doesn't hit hard. When you go to the Castles I go to, off the beaten path, you've got to be comfortable in the tiny roads.
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