Friday 1 June 2007

Pony up on the tollroad, si vou plait...

You stay on the A4 for most of the trip from Heidelberg to Paris. On the way, you'll pay several tolls, all on the French side. I didn't count them up, but I estimate it was about 30 Euros.

You can pay the tolls with a credit card, which I strongly recommend as there is virtually no delay at the toll plaza with the automated machines. Although I'm no fan of paying tolls, the roads were in excellent condition. There are also emergency phones every kilometer or so and plenty of places to stop and rest, use the restroom or fuel up. The bathrooms don't exactly set the bar in terms of cleanliness but could be worse.

By the way, at one of the toll plazas, you'll take a card which you'll stick in the machine at the next toll plaza to see how much you owe. For us, this stretch cost about 13 Euros.

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