Driving

The car has arrived. It came while Mom and I were in Spain. Since we have returned Dad has been in Phoenix but we decided to get out and go for a drive to get a feel for it. Mom drove, I navigated, and even so we missed the entrance to the motorway. Good thing for GPS, it will simply guide you to the next entrance rather than trying to turn around and get back where you came from. Overall, driving is not too difficult, just a little confusing as any new city is, and lanes tend to turn into turning only lanes with no warning so you really have to pay attention. The other funny difference is that most intersections have two lights side by side, one for each lane. Again, you just have to pay a little extra attention. We actually went out two days in a row. The car is an X3, which is not incredibly large, but for all the narrow streets around here it feels huge. Our parking space is so narrow and drops off on one side, and Mom had to climb over to get out on the passenger side because there was no room on the driver side.

We had two days of amazing weather. It was the warmest it has been since we arrived. Actually it was in the 50's, about the same as it was in Spain, and very sunny. We were able to go out without coats on one day, which was quite a treat. It's cooled down a bit today and gotten cloudy, by the end of the week there is snow on the forecast again. fortunately, we will be in Ireland. Not that the weather will be great there, but about 10 degrees warmer, which will still be nice. I added photos of our drive in the "Around Lausanne" section. We drove up near Vevey, amongst the vineyards (just don't drink the wine it sucks!) on tiny and steep roads but it was very beautiful with a wonderful view of the Alps and Lac Leman.