These are just a few more odds and ends of photos that we took while we were out and about in the countryside, before we got into Paris.
I think “Happy Eurocar Driver,” seen on this bumper sticker on the back window of our little red Fiat, is code for “Caution! Crazy tourist driving!”
It doesn’t get any greener than this!
We just loved driving our little red Fiat on these country roads.
We really wanted to drive up this little side road.
Another beautiful road!
Glad I’m not their gardener!.
We saw lots of plastic-covered bails of hay(?) like this one in the fields. Some of them were even pink and blue. This one looked a little precarious perched on top of the shovel of this guy’s tractor.
We spotted this baguette dispenser at the train station. A fresh baguette was 1 Euro (About $1.15). We need one of these at work to go with our new soup machine!
The Paris airport and larger train stations have pianos in them like this one. People just come along, sit down, and play. And all of them that we heard were amazingly very good!
We saw many of these holes in the sides on hills in the countryside and they look like some sort of storage facility. Some of them are quite modern looking with gates and electronics, like the one on the left, which almost looks like it could be some sort of garage. But most of them were more rustic like the one on the right, usually with some sort of primitive cover on the front .
It seems like the vehicles are getting wider and wider while the roads aren’t. We were mesmerized as we watched this truck carefully slither past another equally big truck before I realized I should have gotten the photo. Duh!
This mail delivery person was so sweet – she was very happy to pose for me after delivering mail to a business.
This is a wisteria tree, so to speak. The wisteria vine has completely taken over an old pine tree, thereby becoming a full-fledged wisteria tree.
The side roads were interesting looking. I would probably have taken one or two of them and gotten lost. lol
I can’t think what those gated holes in the hills would be for except possibly some sort of storage containers? They store new tires in the Marengo Caves not far from Louisville. A friend of ours did the electrical wiring for the company that stored the tires. The tires need to be kept an even temperature and the caves were perfect he said.
I loved the pine tree that the wisteria had taken over. It was kind of ugly, but interesting at the same time. Loved the mail lady’s mode of transportation also. Unique.
I liked the piano at the airports, etc…I don’t think we as Americans have much of an imagination sometimes (and possibly not much talent – oops, did I say that out loud?) lol
Springtime in France 
The side roads were interesting looking. I would probably have taken one or two of them and gotten lost. lol
I can’t think what those gated holes in the hills would be for except possibly some sort of storage containers? They store new tires in the Marengo Caves not far from Louisville. A friend of ours did the electrical wiring for the company that stored the tires. The tires need to be kept an even temperature and the caves were perfect he said.
I loved the pine tree that the wisteria had taken over. It was kind of ugly, but interesting at the same time. Loved the mail lady’s mode of transportation also. Unique.
I liked the piano at the airports, etc…I don’t think we as Americans have much of an imagination sometimes (and possibly not much talent – oops, did I say that out loud?) lol
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