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That McDs has to be an anomaly. I would have sworn that all of them served breakfast. Glad you had provisions though. What a gloomy looking day you had, too.
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That McDs has to be an anomaly. I would have sworn that all of them served breakfast. Glad you had provisions though. What a gloomy looking day you had, too.
We did actually see others as the trip wore on that weren't open for breakfast either. I guess maybe in some parts of Europe, there isn't the demand at that time of the day.
Saturday 31 August part two: seeing the changing scenery of France
Soon we were heading towards the toll booth
and then literally two miles down the road, we were on to another toll road. I guess they must be operated by different companies, but its just a weird way of doing things.
We were soon on a new bit of the toll road, which obviously confused our in car GPS
Have I mentioned I love the zoom on my camera recently? Just in case I havent, heres some more evidence
The sun was starting to poke through at points by now, casting some beautiful light, although it was still raining from time to time as well.
Now you know that its a long drive, and youre getting bored, when you start to count how many different countries the cars on the road are from By the time we get to Switzerland, well be counting the cars from all the different cantons there. The last time, I think we got all bar two
Fortunately, to help keep the boredom at bay, on this section of motorway, they had all sorts of art alongside the road, which was interesting.
As we drove along, the scenery started to change, as we moved away from green valley pastures, and started to move into a more forested area.
We started to see a lot more cows as well, although these obviously arent keen on having their photos taken, as they seemed to do a good job of hiding from the camera.
Soon we were coming into a valley, and look at the haze here.
Collecting the hay in for the winter.
Soon the scenery changed, as first we approached Metz
Mark thought this was very neat and asked me to photograph the GPS screen
I have to say that the most painful part of the journey had to be about the last half hour before we made it to Nancy. I dont think it was just that we were tired, although Im sure that had something to do with it. It was also the fact that the traffic just got really painful, with lots of caravans, and lots of lorries, then people pulling out to overtake them, and generally slowing everyone down.
At least we saw this to keep our mind off the slow journey
I am loving this part of your trip report as those roads and that scenery are so familiar to me. That drive to Nancy is exactly the one we used to do when Gemma and Peter were very little to go visit my mum and dad. Before florida that used to be our holiday. That is a long drive in a day and I'm guessing you are not finished yet. hope you had a nice refreshing break in Nancy there are some lovely creperies if my memory serves me.
The world is not so different wherever we may go. Some of the scenery reminds me of things we see here in the States. The Art on the side of the highway is really different I must say!
I'm loving all the scenery, especially once the haze lifted. All of the cows and hay reminds me of the county I grew up in, I used to love watching the farmers when I was little.
I am loving this part of your trip report as those roads and that scenery are so familiar to me. That drive to Nancy is exactly the one we used to do when Gemma and Peter were very little to go visit my mum and dad. Before florida that used to be our holiday. That is a long drive in a day and I'm guessing you are not finished yet. hope you had a nice refreshing break in Nancy there are some lovely creperies if my memory serves me.
You are so right - it is a long way to drive in a day! And no, this wasn't the end of the driving for the day. We had a great break in Nancy - just what we needed and did someone say creperie?
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The world is not so different wherever we may go. Some of the scenery reminds me of things we see here in the States. The Art on the side of the highway is really different I must say!
That is so true. The amount of times we say that the scenery in the States (not the deserts etc. obviously ) is very similar to here...
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What a gloomy looking day you had, too.
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I guess maybe in some parts of Europe, there isn't the demand at that time of the day. 
Just in case I havent, heres some more evidence
And no, this wasn't the end of the driving for the day. We had a great break in Nancy - just what we needed and did someone say creperie? 
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