Fancy Roundabouts in France
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
Rockingham, Australia
June 23, 2017 12:07pm CST
We've been in France two days now and have already managed a visit to the National Horse Stud which is situated at St Lo. We also visited an impressive cathedral in Coutance.
Now we're camped on the beach with dozens of other motor-homes. This is an almost free site provided by the region. There are toilets and you can empty toilet canisters here and get water. We hope to use camp-sites of this type every second day or so as we are pretty much self-sufficient.
I'd forgotten that many of the roundabouts here have the centres decorated in some way and I hope to perhaps make a slideshow of all the different ones we've seen. As we go round the roundabouts I'm in the ideal position to take photos as we are driving an Irish vehicle but driving on the right hand side of the road.
I liked this display of various musical insturments.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
23 Jun 17
In the south they call them roundabouts, but where we are from up north they are called 'circles'. They are the worst places for accidents.
Those sound much nicer than the ones in NJ.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
24 Jun 17
@JudyEv People here have a hard time driving on the right side of the road.
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@just4him (306386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jun 17
@AbbyGreenhill We call them roundabouts in Wisconsin. I hate them.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
25 Jun 17
Well done, you have chosen the only area where there is no sun
. The abuse of roundabouts is a true scandal in France. We are the country of useless roundabouts and useless bridges. A roundabout costs an average 1 million Euros to the taxpayer, and there is a new one build every 3 days. This money is not lost for everybody, but it would be too long to explain. Each new one is a pretext to put some "piece of art" which are sometimes really ugly : a radio/tv channel organized a competition last year, the idea was to find and vote for the ugliest roundabout. I post the picture of the winner, located in Villeurbanne, near Lyon.
. The abuse of roundabouts is a true scandal in France. We are the country of useless roundabouts and useless bridges. A roundabout costs an average 1 million Euros to the taxpayer, and there is a new one build every 3 days. This money is not lost for everybody, but it would be too long to explain. Each new one is a pretext to put some "piece of art" which are sometimes really ugly : a radio/tv channel organized a competition last year, the idea was to find and vote for the ugliest roundabout. I post the picture of the winner, located in Villeurbanne, near Lyon.4 people like this
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 17
Some towns have gone to a lot of trouble with their roundabouts.
@allknowing (130064)
• India
23 Jun 17
Never heard of this expression 'Roundabouts' I did visit Paris but do not remember seeing this.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 17
They are somewhat 'modern' I guess although they've been around a long time now. I think they help the traffic flow as long as everyone obeys the rules.
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I thought it was not the most appropriate treee.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Jun 17
Love this photo!
I am glad you found a place to get the business done!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
25 Jun 17
I like the first one,
but the second one does seem a bit dodgy in the sense of I have got the impression that its going to topple over.
Oh well its okay I suppose.
Sometimes they do things like that here but only in metalwork mainly and put on the side of the Motorways.
but the second one does seem a bit dodgy in the sense of I have got the impression that its going to topple over.
Oh well its okay I suppose.
Sometimes they do things like that here but only in metalwork mainly and put on the side of the Motorways.1 person likes this
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
26 Jun 17
@JudyEv
There are mainly flowers and things here and they do keep them well tended also.
Nice to look and wonder what they are.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jun 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 I've found them very intriguing and now keep my camera on my knee ready for the next one.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Jun 17
my favorites would be the horse inside the horseshoe and the bicycle with flags. i think we call them rotonda/rotunda here.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
25 Jun 17
@JudyEv oh, it's so pretty! that's my favorite now! hahaha!
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jun 17
@hereandthere Many are just beautiful gardens without any particular focus but many relate to the activities/landmarks in that region.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
23 Jun 17
I love the harp!!! But I would, wouldn't I? hahah
So nice Judy you are in a nice camp site.
Lovely photo.
So nice Judy you are in a nice camp site.
Lovely photo.1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
24 Jun 17
@JudyEv He looks like Alfred Hitchcock with a trumpet lol
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 17
@TiarasOceanView He is a rotund little trumpet player isn't he?
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
24 Jun 17
they do that in spain too.... there are some really nice ones... I'm glad you are enjoying your travels... and I'm lookingvhorwsrd to some more slidecshows..
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
24 Jun 17
So, now you are in France! How nice. I have always enjoyed my travels, but I just don't do much traveling anymore. To many aches and pains.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
25 Jun 17
@JudyEv I can only imagine. I have had a couple LONG trips myself. From the East Coast of the USA to Okinawa was the longest. I was almost 7 months pregnant too. Ended up in the hospital for a week after landing. It's a long story.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jun 17
@IreneVincent I remember your post about this time. It must have been horrendous.
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Jun 17
You took that from a moving car? Good photo!
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 17
Thanks. I'm on the side nearest because of the RH drive car in a LH drive country and if there is no traffic Vince drives quite slowly for me. I had a beauty lined up yesterday but then hit the 'off' button instead of taking a photo! 
Here's one I took for you.
Here's one I took for you. 2 people like this
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 I have another bike one. I'll try to get it up soon. I'm now trying to comment on others' posts rather than just putting up my own but I have so many things to tell everyone, I can't keep up.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Jun 17
@JudyEv - Yay, I wholeheartedly approve.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jun 17
Mostly we don't have any trouble with roundabouts. They do drive them a bit differently here to in Australia but our son put us wise to it.
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 17
I don't mind them but the ones with several lanes can be scary.
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jun 17
There are some really lovely ones. We just keep seeing more and more.
@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
23 Jun 17
@judyev I detest French roundabouts. When I lived there different rules applied to different do I dabouts and you never knew which set of rules were in force. Much horn tooting ensued whenever I tried to use one. It's all standardised now and one to its anyway.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 17
We haven't had much trouble at roundabouts. Left turns are worse. We have to cross over to the left then remember to drive on the right. We have a mantra 'keep right, keep right' which helps. We've become very good at three-, four- and six-point turns when searching for a particular shop for parts for the van.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
24 Jun 17
That is quite well decorated. It must be nice to be right on the beach like that. Is electricity provided?
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 17
There are only four sites with power but we don't need power every night. There are three huge campsites within about 2kms along this beach. It is very popular with the French too and there are dozens of motor-homes on the road.
