I can drive stick, but it took me a while to get comfortable stopping and starting on hills. The last manual transmission anything I drove was a 135 cc Honda Tiger dirtbike in Thailand last year. Not a speed demon, but great for negotiating ruts, dirt pits and other clearings that are meant to be used as "roads."
Nonetheless, this conversation will soon be moot. Better get used to riding bikes and horses, and trains for the big yearly vacation.