I didn't leave enough time to go to the castle when I went :( the caves were awesome though

Yes, three times for the summer Olympics and two times for the winter Olympics, all due to war

That is some Terry Pratchett worthy simile work @mialinay

Put the benches in place, then the bricks then the car. Don't try starting from the car down.

I always thought so, explains New South Wales in Australia as well

And then not so much for a minute or two but then oop there they go floating about again.

Skreeee!

We are all queens in the eyes of Aragorn

It sounds like her dream job for this moment in her life

It's not illegal to visit them, they charge an entry fee for a certain section and only let a few people in at a time so the queue is very long, I think I waited an hour and a half. Was one of the best places I visited in Paris, highly recommend.

I think this is a screenshot from Jeeves and Wooster but yeah Blackadder with the Prince Regent did spring to mind.

Babies' weights are still announced in pounds and ozs, people still weigh themselves in stones and pounds and give their height in feet and inches, but fabric is sold by the metre.
Milk is sold in pints as well as litres, beer is sold in pubs in pints or half pints but wine and spirits are measured in millilitres.
Road signs are in miles and yards, and as previously stated we talk about miles per gallon but petrol is sold by the litre.
We use °c for weather reports unless it is going to be very hot then the papers report in °f because it sounds more sensationalist.
Hope that makes everything clear :)

She had Hepatitis C not AIDS, at least that's what it was in the sequel to the first book.