after two years of watching the traffic i decided to get a license. one cannot go about just walking (it's too darn hot) and i cannot take the liking to motores, somehow.:tired:
so i joined the school. cost - 6300 pesos with all taxes and so on (ecuela de choferes ricardo, POP). for three days i cruised the malecon - well, maybe "cruise" is a bit of an overstatement with one lap a day. then on thursday i had to take a written test and my instructor judged me capable of taking examen teorico.
now - my spanish is bad. test is, obviously, in spanish. i did not argue thou having been warned that saturday may bring some changes (new version of the old administration). i politely accepted my fate and showed up friday's morning (today) in rather shabby office close to the stadium.
papers needed: a cedula with a copy and receipt from banco reserva stating taxes were paid. medical followed - a nice nurse spared me from getting a huge post blood-test bruise (i bruise easily) by simply asking my blood group and then pointed at a table about 3 meters away asking me to read line eight. thanks god it did not include letter "g" as i am not capable of remembering how to pronounce it! :cheeky:
exam itself: one gets to sit in a tiny room in front of the computer screen displaying videos with questions. touch the screen for SI, and NO, touch yellow arrow to see the question again. 20 questions and 20 minutes.
i knew straight away it was a bad idea, reading questions is one thing but LISTENING is another thing altogether! but to my own surprise i passed! i either speak more spanish i think i do or i am oh-so-lucky.
those who always complain about me complain will be surprised, i think that the service was excellent, seeing i cannot speak spanish too well everyone kindly repeated and re-phrased things so i could understand better. i was in and out withing 15 minutes and that included the exam and waiting for a printed version of my provisional driving license.
now, for all of you in POP - beware. if you see a white girl behind the wheel of white mitsubishi montero sport with sweating pale dude with glasses and scared look in his eyes on the passenger seat - that's me driving miesposo's car. :cheeky:
i will keep everyone posted with the rest of the story, my classes will last for about a month before i take examen practico - wish me good luck!
so i joined the school. cost - 6300 pesos with all taxes and so on (ecuela de choferes ricardo, POP). for three days i cruised the malecon - well, maybe "cruise" is a bit of an overstatement with one lap a day. then on thursday i had to take a written test and my instructor judged me capable of taking examen teorico.
now - my spanish is bad. test is, obviously, in spanish. i did not argue thou having been warned that saturday may bring some changes (new version of the old administration). i politely accepted my fate and showed up friday's morning (today) in rather shabby office close to the stadium.
papers needed: a cedula with a copy and receipt from banco reserva stating taxes were paid. medical followed - a nice nurse spared me from getting a huge post blood-test bruise (i bruise easily) by simply asking my blood group and then pointed at a table about 3 meters away asking me to read line eight. thanks god it did not include letter "g" as i am not capable of remembering how to pronounce it! :cheeky:
exam itself: one gets to sit in a tiny room in front of the computer screen displaying videos with questions. touch the screen for SI, and NO, touch yellow arrow to see the question again. 20 questions and 20 minutes.
i knew straight away it was a bad idea, reading questions is one thing but LISTENING is another thing altogether! but to my own surprise i passed! i either speak more spanish i think i do or i am oh-so-lucky.
those who always complain about me complain will be surprised, i think that the service was excellent, seeing i cannot speak spanish too well everyone kindly repeated and re-phrased things so i could understand better. i was in and out withing 15 minutes and that included the exam and waiting for a printed version of my provisional driving license.
now, for all of you in POP - beware. if you see a white girl behind the wheel of white mitsubishi montero sport with sweating pale dude with glasses and scared look in his eyes on the passenger seat - that's me driving miesposo's car. :cheeky:
i will keep everyone posted with the rest of the story, my classes will last for about a month before i take examen practico - wish me good luck!