Driving in the UK

Driving was a little stressful!

After breakfast this morning we packed our bags and headed to King's Cross Station to ride The Tube back to Heathrow Airport. There we were shuttled to the car rental building where we were scheduled to pick up our car.

A GOOD stretch of road!

There was an unusually large volume of customers that day and our wait in line to get to the counter was about 45 minutes. When we finally got to the counter and were asked about why we were in England, we were of course offered a free upgrade for our honeymoon trip. We were hesitant, but learned that if we took the free upgrade and spent just a little more per day we could upgrade to the Passat that was rated to get about 900 miles per tank of petrol (gas). When the cost of a gallon of petrol was about $9.50 (they sell it by the liter), we decided that would be a wise choice. We soon found ourselves loading our luggage into a brand new Passat and rolling mile 10 on the odometer as we drove out of the parking lot.

It took a while to get the hang of driving on the right side of the car and the left side of the road. This was especially tricky when you had to shift (manual transmission) with your left hand. Jason took the wheel first and Erika was an AMAZING navigator. She also did a great job of warning Jason when branches were about to hit the side of the car. Oh, did we mention that it's road and then trees; evidently they don't believe in shoulders!