When D lived in France at various times, I really appreciated the smaller cities and countryside. They are more relaxed; food is wonderful and less pricy than Paris and they hold their agricultural traditions in high esteem. Nantes, Pau and Nime were some that we really enjoyed. Many small train stations rent cars, and I had no trouble driving with her direction in rural France. A GPS would do the same thing. The cities were far more intimidating as signal lights were placed lower and were less obvious, plus traffic when I was bewildered in the first place. We drove up the peninsulas in Brittany, around the Pyrenees, and in Provence where there are lovely small towns and villages to explore.
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