On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:01:40 -0500, Morris Dovey wrote:
Dave Hinz (in ) said:

| Maybe one more trip...

My suggestion would be to first visit the places you haven't already
been. Every place adds to understanding the places that follow.

That's the plan. Haven't spent enough time in Finland yet, would really
like to see St. Petersburg as well. Maybe do the loop around the Baltic
as my next trip.

The bit about the taxis aiming for the expensive cars made me grin. I
worked in New Jersey for a time just after I'd bought a brand new
Volvo P1800E. It wasn't terribly expensive, but it /was/ pretty. I
found myself nearly unable to navigate any of the traffic circles
during rush hour until one trip home I left the P1800 and returned to
NJ in a nasty old beater C20 (large pickup truck with lots of rust).
Traffic circles became non-problems and the other drivers couldn't
seem to give me enough room. It happens in the USA, too.

This was, in fact, in traffic circles in/near Calais as well. It was a
jarring contrast to the exceptionally well-behaved drivers in English
roundabouts.

I've got a 650-year family reunion to go to in Norway in 2008, maybe
that'd be a good starting place for a baltic trip.

Dave Hinz