Here in the U.S. they call these Traffic Circles, Roundabouts, or Rotarys, depending on where you live. What to you call them in Belgium? France?
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P.S. I just got off the phone with Amazon. I got an English guy (named Ace) in South Africa. I jabbered with 'em about a bunch of stuff. They speak a lot of German there, which was news to me (like most everything, since I don't know squat). He said it had reached 47ºC (~117ºF) earlier and it's predicted to be more of the same for a while. 40-60% humidity, too. That's f**kin' hot!
Yes, I went to this place! This is the "Altitude 100", the highest point in town! It's a 10 minutes walk from where I live.
"I'm telling you my life" fact: I make a lot of use of the "Mondial Relay" system, which is must cheaper than the regular mail company. The idea is that Mondial Relay ships to the equivalent of the UPS Access Points: you must go to such a point to send the package, and receive it at this point. It's fairly convenient and rather cheap. The nice thing is that it works from France to Belgium, even though the traditional posting fees would be beyond decency.
So, to motivate me to explore the surroundings, I have my packages shipped in all the Mondial Relay access points of the neighborhood. And since I wanted to go to Altitude 100, but always postponed, I had a package sent up there. It was Legacy of Dragonholt.
Wait, I already own this game, and didn't even like it! Actually, during my move, I tried to sell it. One buyer agreed to it, so I prepared the package and waited for the payment. At the last minute, he asked for free shipping, so I replied "forget about me sending you this game", and canceled the transaction. A bit blunt, but the guy already asked me to lower the price several times and I ended up agreeing. The game is truly like new, already much cheaper than retail, and the guy also wanted a "guarantee" that it was in perfect condition. What an annoying person.
Alas, in the meanwhile, I sold a jigsaw puzzle for a meager 5€, because I had too much of them. Of course, I sent Legacy of Dragonholt instead. And to add to the misfortune, the buyer was located in Spain! Since I had moved in between, I had to ask the jigsaw puzzle buyer to send me back Dragonholt now to Belgium. So, the game traveled quite a lot, from France to Spain, and then to Belgium!
Of course, I lost more money than I gained in the process, and I have still Legacy of Dragonholt in my collection. I guess I'm fated to play it again.
The biggest surprise of all is that it actually works really well with rarely any hold ups or accidents. It is funny to see the terrified looks on newbies facing it for the first time though!!!
That's nothing!
This is a proper english roundabout......
Welcome to the Magic Roundabout, which is actually world famous and gets tourists come and try it! I grew up with this thing, it's in my hometown of Swindon in Wiltshire!