The Subway

I have been on the Subway four of five times and I really like it. Besides just taking you from place to place it is like an interesting little world. Here are some of the cool things about the subway.

Today I saw a girl that could not have been 10 years old juggling in the subway cars. She would go from car to car and juggle for change. When I say she juggled she really juggled. Here is how she did it. First she just did something simple. Then she turning it up a little bit. I was not really impressed at this point. Interested but nothing I had not seen before. Then (while the subway car was at full speed and with people standing all around) she started juggling off the wall of the subway car. At any one time she would have a ball in her hand, a ball in the air, and a ball bouncing off the roof of the subway car. Then she started bouncing the balls off of her feet and off the ground. This went on for about two minutes. I was impressed. Everyone gave her a round of applause. Some people gave money.

People will just walk up to you and put little items in your lap. They hand out pens, stickers, hair clips, all kinds of cheep items. They even put them in the lap of people who are sleeping. Then they walk around for a little while and if you look like you are interested they sell you the item. I guess you would exit the train and not pay but they don't seem to worry about that. If you don't want to buy they come back around and collect the item. You also see many poor kids doing the same thing at cafes.

The whole experience of being in one place and then being in another when you get off the train is amazing. When you walk up the stair to street level it is like you were teleported to another world. The whole feel is different. I also like how the whole system is set up. You just find your color and direction then get off at the right stop. 1, 2, 3, easy.