An automated voice says “Mind the gap between the train and the platform.” There is a gap. The voice says it in a very polite English sort of way.
Sometimes the train is really squished, full of people going to work or coming home. It’s usually pretty quiet and awkward. It’s kind of weird to think a group of people is being hurled at 20-30 miles per hour underground.
Taking the Underground was fun for about a month, but then it started to feel exhausting. It’s really not ideal for people to be underneath the earth; it’s hot, sweaty and the air isn’t the best to breathe.
This is totally different from growing up in Ellensburg. My parents had cars so we only got around by cars and walking. I walked to Morgan every day for school and walked home. How do you get around Ellensburg? Do you ever take the Central Transit? I never have, but I heard that the network of bus lines is expanding. We have a bus system here too in London with double-decker buses. My school was hosting a film shoot for the new Disney Movie Cruella, and there was an old-timey bus sitting outside my building!
There are so many people in London, and so many buildings, the Underground is the only way for nine million people to get to work and travel where they need to go. Because the city is so compact, the roads are full of cars and the sidewalks are full of people. Using the Underground is one of the best ways for everyone to get where they need to go.
