[Magdalen] Home again, home again

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 10, 2017 11:43 PM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Home again, home again
>
>The only place I ever drove on the left was in Cyprus.  Back in 1973 I was
>heading down a narrow road (about a lane and a half wide) to the village of
>Kissonerga in a Vauxhall when a Mercedes was coming towards me.
>Unfortunately I went to the left off the road; fortunately, the Mercedes
>saw what I was doing and did the same!   I got better after that.
>
>Kate
>
>"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
>humbly with your God?"
>Micah 6:8
>
>On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:35 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The first time I drove in England,
>> I entered a roundabout outside Oxford
>> driving in the wrong direction.
>>
>> Lots of surprised and anxious faces,
>> but no one was injured
>> TBTG.
>>
>> I remember our landlady, waving good-bye and crying
>> "Think left, gells, think left!"
>> -M
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 10, 2017, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > The first time I drove out of IAH, indeed the first time I drove in the
>> > USA or drove a car with the steering wheel on the left, I got lost on my
>> > way to Lynn's.  I didn't know how to operate the wipers and it was
>> raining
>> > like it would never stop. I couldn't position the GPS where I could see
>> >
>>
I just gave up because I couldn't drive stick. I think I could have managed the other side of the road. I don't know what side of the road they drive on in the Netherlands. That was in the 70's . I just let the other guy drive and took taxis

Joe