Driving in Ireland 🇮🇪

I knew the driving in Europe would be challenging but I guess I didn’t fully set myself up for success. Instead of making it easy, we opted for a manual car (I haven’t driven a manual car for years), wheel on the right and stick shift on the left. You all know I’m right handed so all of this messes with my brain in a big way. On top of that I’ve got to consistently remember to look to right for on-coming traffic and turn into the left lane closest to me which my brain has for years taught me in where on-coming traffic should be coming from.

I’m looking forward to the uphill starts and stalls in the middle of the busy roundabout. Hope we make it out alive.

Our car for Ireland is a Peugeot 208, which is a teeny little car which should be a lot easier to navigate the narrow streets, tight turns and park.

Watch for more ”driving” posts where we share some of our driving adventures, crazy road signs and road conditions. Let’s all hope none of them involve a tow truck or an ambulance.

P.S. Cathy has been a great navigator.