Pleasure of Driving..

I am glad that I am getting drive the good cars on the good roads of this country! It has always been a pleasure for me to drive long distances on these freeways, better known as Motorways here in Switzerland. Though the legal speed limits are 100kmph, most people drive at around 120kmph with occasional spurts of speeds upto 140kmph. The impeccable quality of roads allow such speeds without any problems.

Even at these speeds, I sometimes felt left out at times when a biker went past at speeds higher than what I was driving at. While I carefully negotiated the curves at 120kmph, it was odd to find the biker zip past us and disappear ahead of us in a few seconds.

Car Rental is a great facility to have. And I am glad that we get good cars out for rent. For the first time here, I was forced to rent a car with manual transmission, as the automatic ones were all taken. As I wasn't comfortable with the gears in a left-hand-drive car, I was skeptical. But I enjoyed the experience when I actually drove it. I was even surprised to see the cruise-control feature working well with a manual-transmission car!

Well, the country is so small that we can drive from the north tip (Basel) to south tip (Lugano-Chiasso) in less than 4 hours...