Driving a rental car in Europe is not as difficult or intimidating as I had thought. When we took our trip to France, I knew that I had no idea when we would visit again and I wanted to see as much of Normandy as I could in our seven days there. The only way to do that was for us to have a car at our disposal. And, I am so grateful that we did! It freed us up to take back roads through France, eat in local restaurants that were not within walking distance to our hotel and…