When going to another country, driving is always a fun experience.  Every country is different when it comes to driving.  In Venezuela, driving was absolutely crazy.  You really had to be a defensive driver there.  You never knew what the other person was going to do.  From what the Venezuelans told me while I was there, pretty much after 6pm, all rules were off.  Red lights and stop signs meant nothing.

Here in Spain, the driving is not that crazy.  In fact, it is much like what we are use to in the States.  However, there are differences.  When we first came, one of the main differences were all the round abouts.  Instead of stop signs, they use round abouts.  Basically, you yield to the traffic in the round abouts and you make your move when there is an opening.  Most of the time, there is no problem, however, if there is a lot of traffic, it can get a little crazy.

Something else that we have had to get use to is double parking.  Double parking is allowed and a normal habit here in Spain.  It is so common, that even on major roads, you will see cars parked, with their hazard lights on, taking up the right lane of a major road.  It is something that you always have to watch for.  If you aren't paying attention, you could rear end someone.

Parallel parking is something that we have had to learn how to do (and still learng how to do).  I rememeber when I took my driving test, they had removed parallel parking from the exam.  But here, it is something you do just about everyday.

There are very few automatic transmission cars here.  You can find them, but they are far and few between.  So everyone that comes will have to learn how to drive a stick shift.  In the States, it is flip flopped.  Stick shift cars are hard to find in the States anymore.  Thankfully I learned on a stick shift, however, Deanna had to learn how to drive one when we first came here.  She is doing very well with it now.

Other then that, there may be a few more little differences, but most things are just as we know them from the States.  At least we aren't like the missionaries in England and Ireland who have to learn how to drive on the left side of the road with the stearing wheel on the right side of the car.  :)