Bi!! wrote:
> On Jan 6, 1:55�pm, Mike Tommasi > wrote:
>> Bi!! wrote:
>>> Thanks for the info Mike. �We will be there in late June... I'll be in
>>> touch as plans firm up. �I'm sure we'll visit the Bandol area....and I
>>> always drive just like the French and never exceed the posted
>>> limits. ;-)
>> Not sure when your last visit was, you would not recognize french
>> drivers, we now have so many hidden cameras, and if you speed you lose
>> so many points, now almost everyone follows the speed limit. For old
>> school driving, you need to cross the border into Italy, which is not
>> far from Nice...
>>
>> --
>> Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
>> email linkhttp://www.tommasi.org/mymail
>
> I go to France every year and have done so for the past ten years. I
> have noticed slower speeds on the "N" routes and the back country
> roads but my last foray onto A4 between Paris and Champagne was as
> speedy as ever! We try to get to Italy every other year or so and you
> are correct....there are two types of drivers in Italy...very slow or
> very fast. While I have traveled extensively in France, this is my
> first trip to the Nice area.

Most of us here have had to buy GPS that usually tell us where the
radars are. But not infallible, and of course does nothing for the
frequent manned speed traps.

Any chance of your getting into the Normandie or Loire areas Bill?
I'd love to meet for a lunch and maybe some tasting somewhere.

-E