My in-laws lived in England for a couple of years while my MIL taught school there. They were very amused that the English would look very shocked and amazed when they said they were going to drive to this place or that on the weekend. The replies were things like, "Oh, but that's an HOUR's drive, at least!" or things of that sort. :-) When told about how the family spent seven MONTHS driving around and seeing Australia (in a caravan, pulled by a Holden station wagon, no less), the English were utterly incapable of really grasping the distances involved... ;-) bonni

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