Driving – My introduction to the Spanish roads in 1999

jorobinson176:

HA HA HAAAAA! Finally – somewhere to drive that rivals Africa in terror! I can just picture our lovely Sally with her hair all on end. Check out her delightfully funny article on driving in Spain for The Daily Telegraph. :D :D


Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:


Firstly, to my Spanish friends and followers, I love living here and in the last 16 years as with many countries on the continent driving has become a great deal safer and I appreciate that there are wallies in every country on the roads.



However, I made a trip to the airport the other day to pick up my husband and I swear that on the way home in the rush hour we witnessed a number of the following manoeuvres. Including a couple of well executed slingshots.. This prompted me to dig out this article that I wrote for the Daily Telegraph online in 2003 and have updated.. It actually resulted in a flurry of complaints from Spanish drivers at the time about this Irish woman casting aspersions on their motoring skills..



DRIVING IN SPAIN – UNCUT!



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Published on May 28, 2015 06:35
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