The London Water Taxi is another way to get around the city-it may not be the fastest but today it was certainly the coolest- seeing the landmarks and place names that I have only known from the London Underground, was a connect the dots experience giving it more shape.
I also took a few buses- and that combined with the water taxi, added to my relational memory of "Where am I" spatially. I get London now a lot better.
Walking from street to street untethered to my phone, helped alleviate the "text neck" of looking down at Google Maps, blindly following them all the time.
Here is a video of the Water taxi cruising down The Thames:
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Oye Como Va The Underground...
With
its circle logo, distinctive trains and user friendly map, few landmarks of England are as iconic as The London Underground.
Below Mother Nature is Mother London herself-the electrified spaghetti of the cities entire multi-layered infrastructure. Until I can navigate the highs and lows,quirks and anomalies of this system , I couldn’t possibly call myself a Londoner.
Below Mother Nature is Mother London herself-the electrified spaghetti of the cities entire multi-layered infrastructure. Until I can navigate the highs and lows,quirks and anomalies of this system , I couldn’t possibly call myself a Londoner.
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have my favorite already: The Victoria Line. It is used by
Today I was at Baker Street and it seemed so much smaller- because the growth of the subway was just piecemeal and sprawling.The major tube upgrades, face lifts and new stations are simply spliced on to the old existing system.
This week there was a strike- there was some overcrowding, delays and cancellations on Tuesday.
I was really impressed with the quality and variety of Subway Musicians or Buskers-who have to audition for the right to freely play in The Tube Stations-I shot a quick video of this dude playing Carlos Santana's Black Magic Woman.
