Originally Posted by
stimpy
What's the US got to do with this? Petrol is cheaper in Saudi Arabia too, but that's not really relevant here in the France forum. And as for castles being a romantic fantasy, yes, indeed they are. What's the problem with that?
Perhaps nothing, however, I assumed that the OP was American. And, assuming I was correct, he/she would have a terrific shock when they tried to refill the fuel tank.
It's not the castles that I see as a romantic fantasy, it is the idea of slowly travelling through the countryside (perhaps from the days of horse-drawn carriages?) and hopping out at anything that seemed interesting to the passengers. For the landed gentry who travelled in those carriages, time was as plentiful as money.