John in happier pre-driving days!
Our fearless leader, John, is learning to drive our six speed standard Mazda. Learning to drive a standard anywhere is tough, learning in France is very near impossible. There are driving circles in almost every town because they don't have stop light. They have massive speed bumps, that you need to go down to second and sometime first gear to go over, and of course I mentioned the tunnels. In Albi cars are parked on both sides of the already narrow road, plus bikers and walkers all over the place. It is like an obstacle course wherever you drive. But John is doing okay. Except for a few times forgeting to down shift or put the car in neutral when we are stopped. So far no one has had serious whiplash, which we all see as a major plus! Of course when he went to the store earlier with Deb, Gabe and Kerstin (good for her) he had a very exciting adventure. But I heard this second hand, so it will be up to them to tell the story.
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