Hi everybody,

I´m an American who´s been living and working in Madrid for the past year and a half. I´m just now getting around to the driver´s license deal. I´m studying the book, etc. and have signed up for classes at my neighborhood auto escuela...but I just wanted to make sure that there were no shortcuts to this. Do I have any other options to get my license??? Does anybody have any tips on this?
I just sucks to have to go through this. I´ve been driving for 16 years and starting from scratch isn´t much fun. Getting home after a long day a work and busting open the driving manual isn´t one of my favorite activities.

Thanks in advance if anyone has any encouraging words on this.