[Leica] Nathan's PAD 7/3/2021: a Sunday drive with my daughter

[Jim Nichols]

That's interesting, Nathan.  I still recall my driving test, when I was 
16, in a Dodge pickup with a manual transmission. The final test event, 
given by a state highway patrolman, was to get halfway up the steepest 
hill in town, then kill and restart the engine, without rolling back 
down the hill.  It made for some interesting footwork!

On 3/7/21 11:19 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Thanks, Jim. I do not believe you can pass a driving test in Spain with an automatic transmission. You are not considered as someone who has learned to drive if you cannot manage a manual transmission.
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> Cheers,
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> Alicante, Spain
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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>> On 7 Mar 2021, at 21:07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> You got some nice images, including two nice ones of Monica, but is that a manual shift knob I see in the first one?  That's a tough way to learn to drive!
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>> On 3/7/21 1:07 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> My daughter Monica passed her driving test 10 days ago, on her third attempt, not at all uncommon here—they are strict. So the last two weekends we have been driving around to let her have some more practice. Today was a rainy day so I could not go for my usual Sunday bike ride. Instead, Monica and I took a long Sunday drive, which gave her the opportunity to drive on the motorway and also curvy mountain roads, in the rain—good experience.
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>>> Here she is, behind the wheel and enjoying it:
>>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fsKj5M8/A
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>>> We drove to Tibi, a village about 40 km from Alicante, nestled in the mountains at about 600 m altitude:
>>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-BKP79DB/A
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>>> There, we visited La Quesería del Valle de Tibi, the cheese shop run by Lili and her husband Julio. He takes care of the goats, she makes the cheese and runs the shop. They sell retail and also to many restaurants in Alicante, a business that has obviously suffered during the past year. So I was pleased to see the shop well stocked and doing well apparently, and so was Monica:
>>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9PPNVDG/A
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>>> In the adjacent room is the cheese production facility. I noticed that Julio was working there, a rare sight. Perhaps they had to lay off the woman who was helping Lili with the cheese, so he needs to pitch in. I stuck the lens through the window separating the shop from the cheese workshop and started snapping:
>>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vqKhv7C/A
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>>> When Julio noticed, he greeted me nicely:
>>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tcdBdgw/A
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>>> A nice outing, and we came home with some nice cheese.
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
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>>> Nathan Wajsman
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>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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Jim Nichols
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