Cross-cultural Road Crossing
How to Cross the Road
In PARIS the Champs Elysees: wait until there is a break in traffic, look left, and run like mad to the centre of the road, between two pylon-esque things, and wait for another break in traffic, look right, and run like hell again. If time, take a photo between the pylons…it is the best shot of the Arc de Triomphe…
In LONDON: Look RIGHT, not left, cross to the centre island thing, walk around the gates, wait, look LEFT, not right, and wait to cross. Verify your left and right every time by extending your index and thumb of each hand, and recalling that left is the one that makes an L shape.
In ROME: Look straight ahead and walk. Pay no attention to traffic from the left or the right. Gesture with hands in animated fashion and keep your pace. Do not slow down or speed up, as this will render you dead.
Tags: France, Italy, London
blueskies
Those gates in London are actually really cool. They make you take a jog in your path so that you have to face in the direction cars are coming from for a few steps before going into the road.