It's Wednesday, and I'm in the middle of my holiday in London (yeah, I've picked up a few British-isms). My wife and I have been getting around on the London Underground, commonly known as the Tube, presumably for the tubes the trains travel in. And I have to say, I'm blown away by the system! It's every bit as amazing to use as I've heard. There are about 10 or so lines, which can get you just about anywhere in this beautiful city, and we've been mostly using the Victoria, District and Picadilly lines.
It seems as if there's a train about to arrive every 3 minutes, and many times we arrive on a platform to find a train just about to pull in. We're never waiting for a train, and they're fast, too. I don't yet have a good way to estimate how quick they move, but it seems fast while riding. The trains and platforms are clean, too...which is interesting because of two things: 1) It's permitted to eat and drink onboard a train, so long as it's not 'smelly food', and 2) you remove all your litter when you 'alight' (in the words of Transport for London) from the train. The cleanliness of the system is made even more amazing by the fact that there are no trash cans anywhere on station premises. Riders are required to pack out any litter they may have with them, and, amazingly, they do!
That's it for now. I'm working on a terminal in our hotel that costs £1 for each 20 minutes, and I'm about to run out of time. No, I'm not cheap, but I'm running low on coins. (Oh, and there's no £1 note in this country, just a thick little coin, which I like a lot.)
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