The idea to write this post came to me while driving back to Pécs on a Sunday evening. The thing is, I live about 150 kilometres from Pécs, in Kiskunhalas, known to some people as the city of lace. I am one of those fortunate students at university, who own a car. I drive quite a lot, considering I go home for almost every weekends, this means about two to two and a half hours of driving each Friday and Sunday.
This 150 kilometre trip takes me through the south and southwestern part of Hungary, and it offers me some beautiful sights. It takes me uphills on steep roads, downhill to vallies, over the river Danube, along forests and beautiful churches. Some of the settlements I go through during my weekly journey are Baja, Bátaszék, Dunaszekcső and Szederkény.
Usually, I drive alone, but sometimes I take passengers. Some people might think that driving alone must be boring. Well, I can assure you, they are wrong! I enjoy driving to Pécs and back home very much, I enjoy the view, I always notice something new along the way. Rabbits, deer, foxes or maybe a hill or a church on a hilltop I didn't notice during the preivious journey. It is never boring! (I would add photos about landscapes I see, but it would be dangerous to take photos while driving :) )
Of course, while driving such a distance ( and while driving in general) you have to be very careful. You forget to look in the rearview mirror when you overtake someone and there is someone already overtaking you, or an animal suddenly decides to cross the road and you notice it too late, and there's trouble.
I also know the saying "everyone, who goes faster than you is a maniac and those that go slower are idiots" all too well, but I try to keep a cool head at all times.
All in all, driving is a dangerous, but enjoyable activity, I recommend it to everyone with a driving license to go ahead and drive whenever you can, just keep it safe!
