I’ve only been abroad one time, and there were little gecko/lizard things everywhere, climbing up walls and scurrying across roads, and nobody cared. I was constantly fascinated but to the locals they’re just kinda there.
Bonus question to anyone who visited the UK - was there anything that fascinated you but I’d be taking for granted?
Pic unrelated.
In Sydney most trains…
(a) Are double decker
(b) Have seats which flip to face the opposite direction.
Australian pedestrian crossing lights cater for the blind and the deaf-and-blind. Billie Eilish’s brother/producer sampled the sound, when he visited, for her smash hit.
sadly the newest trains (the first ones to have any bike storage too) have given up on the flipping seats and I’m worried going forward we’ll lose one of the best things about an otherwise deteriorating rail network.
Damn. I haven’t caught one of those new Intercity trains yet. These trains were the cause of many strikes before they even started operating. They should have been striking about the flip flop!
And why is there trackwork one or two weekends per month? Are the contractors maybe corruptly milking the government? And yet breakdowns seem to be more frequent than ever.