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Rennes the capital city of Brittany.
Rennes is also home to the Musée des Beaux-arts, a most impressive gallery with an excellent collection of works by Botticelli, Rubens, and Picasso.
At our B&B we were briefly parked-in by a car somewhat more flash than our rental Fiat. My birthday was approaching and the numberplate seemed appropriate.
But after considering it's utility in Australia, driving from the wrong side, and our lethargic speed limits, I had to forbear.
In February 2023 we joined an organised tour to Sri Lanka.
Beginning in the capital Colombo, on the west coast, our bus travelled anticlockwise, in a loop, initially along the coast; then up into the highlands; then north, as far as Sigiriya; before returning southwest to Colombo.
I have owned well over a dozen cars and driven a lot more, in numerous countries.
It seems to me that there are a limited number of reasons to own a car:
Back in April 2007 I was in Washington DC and wandered into a bookshop for a coffee. On display was Stephen Kinzer's National Best Seller: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq. So I bought it to read, before bed and on the plane.
It is a heavily researched and work; very well described by the New York Times as: "A detailed passionate and convincing book... with the pace and grip of a good thriller." And like a good thriller it was hard to put down. I can recommend it.