If you look at the orginal you might be able to see it better, but I shrank it down a little bit. I stayed on a commuter rail that took us into Shinjuku, but I can see lots of stops we went to, like Shibuya, home of the "shibuya big shoe girls" (we named them).
How fun! It makes me want to visit all the metros of the world. And Tashkent's looks much bigger than I would have expected. Cairo's looks like a disappointment in comparison.
I didn't know you had a connection with the DC area. Spill!!! Is that where your folks are? I know it's (at least theoretically) accessible, and I have seen many a chair user (well, compared to NY, where it's practically impossible) moving along. Elevators!
Funny story. City mouse and country mouse. One Salvadoran guy, obviously having picked up his fresh-from-the-country friend/brother/cousin from the airport/train station. They're on the metro, at Columbia Heights, approaching the first of many escalators. City mouse points to the sticker on the floor that says, stand to the right, walk on the left, and he explains it (in Spanish). Country mouse says, "Por ley?" And the other guy was like, well, not really, but people get angry if you don't abide. And the other guy was like, "de veras?" Mr. T from my friend's list can substantiate. People really do get angry!
No family (my sister is in southern VA), but definitely friends in the area (and a very ex ex), so I try to get down there every once in a while. I stayed there for 3 months during an internship a few summers ago, so I became well-acquainted with the metro.
No, I love the metro. I can get on it like everyone else, at almost any station, and then bitch about it. It's one of the things that sometimes makes me think seriously about moving to the area, instead of making a semi-yearly pilgrimage... which I am missing this year, so I'm kinda bummed.
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How fun! It makes me want to visit all the metros of the world. And Tashkent's looks much bigger than I would have expected. Cairo's looks like a disappointment in comparison.
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Funny story. City mouse and country mouse. One Salvadoran guy, obviously having picked up his fresh-from-the-country friend/brother/cousin from the airport/train station. They're on the metro, at Columbia Heights, approaching the first of many escalators. City mouse points to the sticker on the floor that says, stand to the right, walk on the left, and he explains it (in Spanish). Country mouse says, "Por ley?" And the other guy was like, well, not really, but people get angry if you don't abide. And the other guy was like, "de veras?" Mr. T from my friend's list can substantiate. People really do get angry!
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No, I love the metro. I can get on it like everyone else, at almost any station, and then bitch about it. It's one of the things that sometimes makes me think seriously about moving to the area, instead of making a semi-yearly pilgrimage... which I am missing this year, so I'm kinda bummed.
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