When I was a kid, my family used to play a French card game called Milles Bornes. On some of the cards, they used to have the distinctive kilometer distance markers.
Those were a bit old-fashioned. Most of them were eventually replaced for newer styles.
However, not all of them.
For some time now, I wanted to simply pull over and just take a picture of one of these signs, or markers, or whatever they would be called. And I finally gave in and took a picture of one of these signs when we encountered them after the family gathering in Leffond. They thought I was crazy, but that's okay.
I know, I know. This is hardly something beautiful that most people would even give a second thought to, let alone make a point of stopping to take a picture. I am not kidding by saying that my family thought me crazy for stopping to take q picture of one.
And yet, this is just one of those small things that are different about France, and which holds a certqin charm (at least to me).
Fact of the matter is; you just do not see tend to see these things around very much anymore. My guess is that they belong to another era. Thus; they serve more now as relics to the past.
We do not see these signs at all in the United States, or in North America more generally. So I took advantage of the opportunity to take the picture while the opportunity presented itself.
Funny thing. While seeing the image of these signs on the card game used to remind me of France, seeing the actual ones reminds me now of playing Milles Bornes and reminiscing about France.
Anyway, it seemed worth both taking some pictures and sharing them here, as well.
Enjoy.
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