Personally in over forty years of riding/driving in Europe I've never ever had a GB sticker. I do have a small Flag of St.George sticker though.
As for riding on the 'wrong' side of the road, when I leave Calais Docks (for instance) I simply follow the general traffic for a few miles before my first overtake. It then becomes natural within a few minutes.
Concentration is essential and I've found if I do make a mistake, it'll be first thing in the morning when leaving the hotel, or pulling out from a petrol station. In addition, when you return to the UK, it's also easy to make a mistake here too.
The great thing with riding abroad is that for the most part, it's a lot less congested than here. Last summer we rode down to Austria and that included a spell though Southern Germany. At a steady 80mph, I was the slowest thing on the autobahn and German drivers are fast with precious little patience. A tiny dot in the rear view mirror becomes a 130mph Audi TT with it's headlights blazing within seconds. I was glad to get off the autobahn and onto the minor roads.
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