First Scooter Trip!
I had my first real drive on the new scooter today. I took it down to the lake and back a couple of times. On the way back from the second trip I got a bit adventurous and drove it all the way to La Colonia! It was pretty exciting. It basically is like riding a bicycle except there’s no peddling, it’s much faster, and weighs a lot more…which are all pretty important factors making it, although as “easy”, quite a different animal to deal with in traffic. There are a few Granada-specific elements to traffic that will take some getting used to before it’s second nature for me. Because the city is so old and not built with automobiles in mind, the streets are very narrow, which means many of them are only one way. Figuring out which street moves in what direction isn’t always an easy thing, especially when you’re streaking around at mind-blowing scooter speeds. There are also no traffic lights in Granada, or none that...
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