com·mute
[kuh-myoot] Show IPA verb, com·mut·ed, com·mut·ing, noun
1. to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back: He commutes to work by train.
I moved to London a year ago. It took me months to get my head around it's vast 150 year old underground rail system. At first, in 30 degrees of heat I found it stifling and claustrophobic. I have never been so intimate with strangers. Rush hour is an ordeal which you need to leave plenty of time for. The weekly "person on track" announcements remind you how lonely this metropolis can be. Then there's the buskers, the openly intimate couples, the drunks, the fashionistas, the Wimbledon fanatics, and of course the indecisive tourists. London's underground is a platform for everyone; regardless of wealth, status, race, profession, age or sexuality. It is actually the best place to view a comprehensive cross section of the millions of people who live, work and visit London.
You just need to learn to go with the flow, swim with the tide and you will soon find your way in this labyrinth of colourful faces.
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