I meant to show you one more picture, and that is of a street in St. Pierre. Cars are driven on the left hand side of the planters and pedestrians walk on the other side. All the streets that we walked on are narrow like this. It reminds me of the old part of Quebec City or even the old city of Montreal. Very quaint if you come from a modern urban centre.
Edited to add: they drive the same way they do in North America, on the right. Once students graduate from high school, they go to university in France. Pretty much everything is paid for by the government - tuition, transportation to and from St. Pierre to France and they get a living allowance. Of particular interest to those of us who live in cold weather climates, after a snow storm, they have special equipment that totally clears the snow right down to the pavement within 24 hours of a storm. Also, all hydro and telephone wires are buried, not just in the city but also in the rural areas. Nary a pole to be seen. Specialists are flown in from France as required to perform surgeries.
