Fort Lee and River Road

This afternoon I rode in a car along River Road in New Jersey. I haven't been on that stretch of road in years. It's on that road that S.L. taught me to drive a car with manual transmission. I was leaving in a week for France, where I had reserved a rental car to drive to Brittany. The manual cars were much cheaper than the automatics, of which there were few to be had. She drove to the end of the road where she found a large parking lot in which to teach me. After an hour driving around the parking lot, we drove back north up towards the George Washington Bridge. We stopped at the Japanese super market for a few more lessons. Once I was more confident we took a break and walked into the store. We were too late; it was just closing. It's massive.

I can't rememeber if S. let me drive back across the bridge. I think she did but once we returned to Manhattan she took back her car. Later it was stolen, but not before theives broke the windows and she had them replaced. In France, I did o.k. Driving around Paris proved to be a nervewracking experience, but once out in the country, I was fine. Posted by eku at April 4, 2004 11:49 PM