Driving out of Lemans each evening to our Hotel was a surreal experience for these two kiwis, one farm tractor (unlit) and no one else on the road, I mean no one at all. Even the villages where we had been warned there may be speed traps, not a light on or a bar open. We wondered if Trump had pressed a button and we were the only ones not told! Rural France appeared to be empty.
The roads were excellent and we wondered if they had all knocked off for summer and gone to the beach? In rural NZ even miles from anywhere you would see lights and the occasional traffic. And no cops to be seen in France, to contrast the empty country it was pretty crowded in Honfleur on the way back to Dover.
