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Driving Mad

If you're experiencing a deja vu right now, NO, this is the first time these pictures appear in the blog. Well, Piha beach has been featured from all angles and directions, all light conditions, even almost all seasons by now!!! Just that the place is so amazing and it is so easy to go there... This weekend we had quite big surf (2.3-3 meters high), so I stayed out of the water this time (pretending to nurse my chicken pox condition... :). Kaj on the other hand ventured into water both days and today, I heard, he had some really nice rides (and I was kindly asked to report that here, in the blog.. so yes... Kaj caught some really good big waves (his height and all)... :)

Chicken pox was good enough for me to soak up some sun, weather permiting. After initial scare, it seems that we'll enjoy some more summery weather this year! Great! Just that the sun goes down way too early (especially since we switched to winter time!). This weekend I also gathered enough courage to drive out into the city alone! It was a great success as long as I was driving alone to 2 different shops, 2 times!!! When Kaj sat down next to me on the 3rd evening trip, he was screaming and pointing at cars. And, I think our unwritten (and unspoken!) agreement that our driving lessons are over took power when I ALMOST drove into a ditch on the road from Piha. Well, notice the ALMOST part, we're all alive and well!!! Maybe we are just not very compatible as a teacher & learner. I guess, I'll just use oportunities to drive in low traffic (alone) and then go for a real driving class at some point.

Auckland driving style is really appalling and the roads are full of people that are too young, too drunk, too drugged up, just not capable to drive. So I don't think that I add too much to the regular mayhem on the streets. It is not rocket science (or as the dictionary in my phone helpfully suggests, "pocket science") after all!!!