You'd think that after driving for 30+ years, driving school would be a piece of cake. Not quite. They do things a little differently here and undoing 30 years of habits is not always easy. Not to mention learning to drive someone else's car. And learning that they will fail you if you shift into the wrong gear, if you don't make sure you can see clearly before you enter an intersection, and a myriad of other little details makes me more than a little insecure. Not to mention parallel parking. I've never liked it and I'm not very good at it and I think we've spent more time practicing that particular skill than anything else. And there's no avoiding it here, like I can in the States, where parking lots are abundant. I thought I could do this after 4 or 5 lessons, but today will be my 10th lesson! I'm hoping I will be ready to take the driving test either next week or the week after. Then I will be very glad to tell you that I have my Spanish driver's license and this part of my Spanish education is over.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Driving School
You'd think that after driving for 30+ years, driving school would be a piece of cake. Not quite. They do things a little differently here and undoing 30 years of habits is not always easy. Not to mention learning to drive someone else's car. And learning that they will fail you if you shift into the wrong gear, if you don't make sure you can see clearly before you enter an intersection, and a myriad of other little details makes me more than a little insecure. Not to mention parallel parking. I've never liked it and I'm not very good at it and I think we've spent more time practicing that particular skill than anything else. And there's no avoiding it here, like I can in the States, where parking lots are abundant. I thought I could do this after 4 or 5 lessons, but today will be my 10th lesson! I'm hoping I will be ready to take the driving test either next week or the week after. Then I will be very glad to tell you that I have my Spanish driver's license and this part of my Spanish education is over.
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2 comments:
Great blog Pat! I had no clue it was this difficult! You must take a picture of you in your car and post it for us!
Hey Lady! I am praying and pulling for you! You will do fine! Just take it easy and don't be so hard on yourself! Americans are weird drivers! That is one snazzy car in the picture! :)
4 days and a wake up call for me!
Alice
PS- Check out my new webpage: www.aliceinpoland.com
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