France / Nameless Central European Country / Hitch-hiking
Eh-up.

1] Car broke down in the middle of rural France. I was eight. Eventually walked to a supermarket depot. Got a mechanic. Eventually found out it was a fault in the oil pressure switch. All that was needed was to cut the signal cable to the on-board computer. This took three days to work out. I was not happy.

2] Tyre almost fell off on a French motorway. Almost died. Turned out that (almost certainly) some bastard had taken some nuts off the wheel. Cranberry.

3] Went to a museum in central Europe which I had wanted to go to for a long time. I got there fifteen minutes after it had shut. I then went to the neighbouring castle. It was shutting too. Not happy. Still, good beer.

4] Went on a charity hitch-hike. Gf & I were picked up by two scallies, in a car they said was bought for a quid. Had a [minuture] handgun and a rifle rather than furry dice hanging from the rear-view mirror. Said that they were "self employed". Hmmmm.

I love holidays, me.
( Parmesan Quality b4 Quantity, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 21:34, Reply)