Posts tagged metro
Mind the Gap

Here in Madrid, the metro plays a recording over and over on a loop, reminding you that some stations are on a curve, so be careful of the gap between the metro car and the platform as you step out. I've heard it thousands of times; I think I could recite that sentence in Spanish in my sleep!


Recently I read something that began, "Is there a gap between where you are and where you want to be?"

It stood out to me for two reasons: one, because I hear that line about the gap repeatedly and two, because, let's face it... who doesn't have a gap right now between what we're actually doing and what we want to be doing? Of course there's a gap between where things are right now and where I want them to be!

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The Violent Take it by Force

Spend even one day in Madrid, and you’re likely to take public transportation at least once.  Madrid has a world-class system of buses, metrorail, and light-rail suburban trains. The metro system is celebrating 100 years in 2019, and the city has museums and exhibitions of original and historic metro cars throughout the city.  The public transport system is both a blessing and a vital necessity in a large city like Madrid. But for all its modernity and constant improvements, the metro has at least one great problem: rush hour.  The Sol metro station in the center of the city sees at least 100,000 people go through PER HOUR.  But one thing I’ve learned in five years is how to push myself into the solid throng of bodies, so that I get a few inches of space.

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