come to france...just don't expect to go anywhere...

this past week has been full of grèves (strikes)...last thursday sncf drivers were on strike so only 50% of the trains were running (no big deal excpet we had a training session in douai for which we were really late)...saturday the local buses in gondecourt were on strike, so the three assistants had to walk to seclin (about 40 minutes) and wait for a transpole bus...yesterday there was a student strike against some proposed changes to the educational system...11,000 students in toulouse and another 9,000 in paris...tomorrow sncf is going on strike again and it's rumored that so are the buses...thank god the metro is automatic and doesn't need a driver or i'm sure they'd be on strike too...

speaking of lille's automatic metro...i have a question...if there's no driver, why do they need a windshield wiper on the front car???