The trouble with Europe is that you arrive in France, and all the road signs are in French. Then jsut as you get used to that, you enter Belgium, and all the signs alternate between Flemish and French. Which becomes problematic when it comes to mapping, because you have to know that Luik is Flemish for Liege, or else you get lost and miss the turn-off and wind up heading into Brussels itself, which is not what you wanted to do.
Having your friend with the satnav leading and talking to you in English also does not help, because the satnav isn't used to EU speed limits yet and is about 200 yards (not used to metric yet either) behind the times and having English in your ear is not assisting your nascent language skills either. Especially when you can see the turn off, but your friend is already heading off in the wrong lane, and you, being a good friend, can't just abandon her to her fate.
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