America's First Surprise

When I came to the U.S.A., I was nicely surprised about many things but, first of all was the streets with the busy traffic. It was a scary thought; just thinking about driving in big cities put high my blood pressure.

First, I saw the streets from the airplane. It was night and they were lighted up. I saw these streets and a lot of cars running. Being night, the view was gorgeous. The streets looked like giant, curvy snakes. I realized those have to be highways. It was a great image that I saw from the sky.

Days later, I had the chance to see the highway during the day. It was a different view. The straight surfaces, the long, tall bridges, all the exits, some from a highway to another highway, and the high speed made me dizzy and my mouth got a bitter taste all the way. I felt that I would never feel comfortable behind the wheel. However,after a while, when I had to drive, I felt that was easy.

Now, after a long time I am still impressed about the magnificence of these streets however,the traffic and driving don’t scare me anymore.