But on this highway, we drove on the left. My second fabulous trip of late summer/early fall was to Ireland!! Helpful sign on the front of my rental car, no?
So yeah, I drove on the left. Like the sign said. I ended up driving for my little group the entire week because renting an automatic was WAY more expensive in Ireland than it was in France. And since I'm the only one who can drive a standard (Thanks Mom and Dad!), I was the driver.
Emily took this pic of me driving, right before she took this selfie in the back seat...
Whatever, she was fine!! It actually wasn't as hard as I'd thought. I mean, the first five minutes out of the Avis parking lot was terrifying. And driving on a two-lane road with a bus coming towards me and only stone walls on either side - that was terrifying too. But aside from that, it was fine!
The only time I ended up on the right side (and by right, I mean right but incorrect) was in a parking lot. There was a tiny incident where I hit a parked bus with the side mirror on the passenger side. But we were moving slow and those mirrors pop in and out! Even the shifting with my left hand was ok, as long as I remember to USE my left hand and didn't try to shift with my right. Yeah, I hit the door with my right hand a few times reaching for the gears. But that all settled away in a couple of hours and most of the week looked like this...
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