Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Off to Wales


As we begin another day of driving we have to remind ourselves to watch for parked cars on the right, look out for sheep in the road, and to try not to get too lost. There's a few odd things about right hand drive - you shift on the left and the thing I cannot get used to is having your rear view on your left - I'm so used to glancing to the right! These things are just so automatic so we have to constantly refocus.
Last night, as we tried to get to our hotel, I found myself on a road that became so narrow I looked at Suzanne and said "are we on a road or a sidewalk?" It was so narrow that the tires were rubbing on the curbs and this is a small car. I became particularly concerned when I saw some scaffolding that was set up between the two buildings on each side of the "road". I had to drive under and through the scaffolding. Of course, this episode through me into hysterical laughter. Fortunately, we made it through and found our hotel! I've only had a few people honk their horns so I think we are doing pretty good.