CARS...SMALL CARS AND SMALLER ROADS...AND THE PARKING SPACES...DON'T GET ME STARTED@#$#@%$^%$#

IT'S FUNNY...I SEE ALL SORTS OF AMERICAN CARS HERE...LIKE THIS FORD...MODELS YOU WOULD NEVER SEE AT HOME.


BUT HERE'S MY BABY...A BRAND NEW TOYOTA YARIS I CALLED SYLVIE...A TOTAL BABE...8,000 KILOMETERS
(5,000 MILES) IN 30 DAYS. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (UNUSUAL FOR EUROPE), GASOLINE POWERED (ALSO UNUSUAL), A/C, AM/FM RADIO WITH A CD PLAYER, KEYLESS ENTRY, AND PUSH BUTTON STARTER (KEYLESS IGNITION). WHEN I TURNED SYLVIE IN TO EUROPCAR IN ALCENON,FRANCE (AN HOUR SOUTH OF FALAISE) AND PREPARED TO BOARD THE TRAIN FOR PARIS, I MUST ADMIT IT WAS A TEARFUL GOOD-BYE. I PARKED IN FRONT OF THE RENTAL AGENCY AND WE KISSED AND SAID OUR GOOD-BYES...MY MISTAKE WAS LOOKING BACK...I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT...WAS IT HER 25 KILOMETERS TO THE LITER OR HER GOOD NATURED RELIABILITY...I THINK OF HER STILL...