Sometimes I think about buying a car. Two weekends ago when we all drove to Velingrad and then on to Yagodina. I thought: This is great fun. Maybe I should buy a car.

I mean, think about how much more of the country I could see.

These moments are fleeting however.

Driving in Bulgaria requires a fortitude I do not have. It also seems to demand nerves a steal and cat like reflexes.

Sure, I know how to drive. I got my license at 16 but I haven't driven regularly since high school. I spent four years in Ohio for college. Then I drove for a couple of months each summer. After college I moved to Washington DC and got to know public transportation up close and personally. I lived in Washington for five years and didn't spend more than a week at home for Christmas and maybe 10 or so days at home each summer. Then two and half years ago I moved to Bulgaria.

So what does this all mean?

Basically, as an adult, I never became reliant on a car so I don't feel limited by not having a car. I don't miss driving. Nor do I feel driven to buy a car.

Think about it, I've been able to drive for nearly half of my life. Still, I've never owned a car.  I drove regularly in high school for, um, two years but to put that in perspective, I graduated from high school in 1999.  (Man, I am getting old.)

Thus it's only appropriate that my daydreaming about a car is only fleeting.

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Practically, it means that I am not going to be buying a car in Bulgaria any time soon. I see no reason to start here and now.