The country's Roman conquerors left their language, roads, and monuments, while many of the Roman Empire's greatest rulers were Spanish, among them Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius.
The language has been undergoing a revival in its native lands, with dual-language road signs an increasingly common sight.
French-language road signs note estimated distances in kilometers.
Patrick thought she recognized the international sign language of road rage.
It marks the border where valleys meet, and often is where provinces divide, where one nation becomes another, with a corresponding change in language and road signs.
Aside from the Slavic language on road signs and the fact that Tito's old villa is there on the shores of Lake Bled, there's very little that identifies Slovenia as a former eastern bloc country.
In the language of road markings, the dotted white lines on the outside say, "Come On In," but the solid white line on the inside says, "Do Not Cross".
Why? Belgium is a bilingual country; public notices are posted in both languages, but road signs are only in French or Flemish.
It was clear from the start that the project required someone unusual on the ground in Bhutan, a land with an obscure language, limited roads, almost no hotels and monasteries at remote altitudes.
However, argued Monderman, because signs are the universal language of roads everywhere, on a deeper level the effect of their presence is simply to reassure drivers that they were on a road – a road like any other road, where cars rule.
