Julia (German), Katrin (German), Julia (Swiss) and myself signed our lives away to hire a car for the weekend. We picked up the car (was silver no idea what sort... but was brand new had only done 450ks so far) early sat morn and headed off in the Provence region direction, map in hand and GPS ready to guide us. Both Julias were not keen to drive so me and Katrin shared it, may sound easy but trust me leaving Montpellier in a new car, on the right side of the road for the first time, in a manual, in ridiculous tiny roads with mad French drivers and cars parked in the most crazy spots, with the GPS speaking english direction, the girls speaking German and the radio talking French (Left, right, links, rechs, gauche, droit.....)
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