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08 May 2005

the tube + luggage = ouch

29.april.05: public transportation is wonderful when you don’t have a half-packed house to lug around with you. the london underground is fabulous, and coincidentally my friend james is a software engineer for “the tube” as they call it. (subways, in context, means a footpath that goes underground, from my understanding.)

the tube is great because it goes everywhere you want to be. there’s easy-to-follow maps, guides that tell you which station goes to which landmark, and if a particular line is down or under repair, there’s always a different route that will take you there anyway.

however, since some of the stations are a little older, not all of them are equipped with handicap access. which makes things a little hard when you have 90 pounds of luggage on your back, in your hand, and strapped to the front of you.

let’s just say that i better be BUILT like schwarzenegger when i’m done with this horrible, horrible baggage.

1 Comments:

At 4:41 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think the tube map was the first non-spatial (ie: representing connections, not distances and positions) map in common usage. If you want more geeky facts about London Transport, visit the London Transport museum which is it Baker Street tube (I think). Haven't been there in years, but thinking of going again sometime.

 

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