Driving on the right side of the road again.

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The only thing that's taking me a bit to adjust to is shifting with the right hand again. Everything else is switching over okay. I find myself reaching around with my left hand, particularly when looking for first gear when starting off from a light.

It's odd, but I don't remember ever having to break that habit before.

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[lillibet.livejournal.com]

It took me several months after we got back to have confidence in parking lots.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, that wasn't much of a problem; literally the first thing I had to do once I got into a car in Germany was to drive it out of the airport parking lot. Then, after driving half an hour down the autobahn, I had to back the car into a little parking space in my friend's apartment building's underground garage with a pillar on one side, another car on the other, and his motorcycle behind me.

Somehow I managed not to hit anything, which is more than I can say for last night, when I actually backed into the pannier of his bike. Fortunately, it simply made a loud noise, without knocking over the bike. Oops.

I still think it's strange that so far my only odd reaction is reaching down and to the left for the gear shift.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

It took me several months after we got back to have confidence in parking lots.

It's taken me over a year... but LA parking lots are a pretty screwed up breed. (-: