Essential Directional Terms in French

Now what to do?

Today I started my "Ma France", lesson 2 and 3. (from the BBC). The subject matter is giving directions and  finding one's way on the road. A number of these terms would have been very useful to us if we'd known them while driving around France. When my husband and I bicycle together, we still use "à droit" and "à gauche" and "tout droite" instead of left and right and straight ahead because the use of "right" in English is so confusing (are you right? or do you turn right?) and tout droite is easier to say in a hurry.

In one of the videos, a man who works for the traffic information bureau in Lyon says he takes a tram or bus when he travels to the center of town because then he never has a problem parking. From my experience, not only is Lyon short of parking places, it also has very narrow one way streets which confounded conquerors and now confound visitors. It is much easier to walk if you can. Lyon is one of the most interesting cities to visit, especially the oldest areas where it is easy to believe you are in the Middle Ages.