Yes, just be nice to people… and I appreciate you keeping an eye on the thread content, but as long as we are discussing not religion per se, but rather the matter of a code for travellers and those who host them, I hope we can persist a little...
English as my mother tongue
French good enough to be thought a Belgian
Enough Spanish to hold a simple conversation, and to find a field for my donkey.
German enough to explain the mechanical problem that my car suffering is.
Enough Italian to...
A friend of mine visited Wells cathedral in the south-west of England today. He reminded me of my own visit there a few years ago when I looked down the central aisle for the first time and was stunned and frozen by the sight of the scissor...
Apropos of nearly nothing but I refer m’learned friends to the sage words of Phil Gaston reflecting on this modern age and not the cruelties of the past:
The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,
They blasted and dug with their sweat...
Several people tried to help me. Unfortunately it seems the deadline to pay by bank had passed before I even got notification of the citation. It actually says so right on the ticket which no one noticed until @MariaSP pointed it out.
A big...
I pay my French speeding tickets by credit card, and there is quite a short window to do so before the fine magically doubles in size. Though I was lucky with the last one, which was done in a garage loaner. My lovely garage said they didn't know...
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