I'm in love with the London Underground. Linc and I have been walking as far as he can stand it and then riding the tube back to the hotel. Today we went out to Notting Hill and wandered Portabello Road and surroundings. We took one line out, and a different line back. We make connections, we are efficient, we mind the gap, we haven't gotten lost once.  We are old hands at the public transit here. We have a pass and so we go whevever we want, when we want.  It is quite liberating. Tonight we took the tube and met Roger after work and then walked to our friend Lars' place for take away dinner at his place. Within 15 minutes I had left the hotel, walked to the station, caught a train, met Roger, and then we were on our way to Lars' place.  How amazing is that?  FAST.  A cab would have taken longer and the concierge estimated it would cost 20 pounds. WTF?  I keep thinking about how awesome Seattle would be if we had such an amazing transit system. We'd never have to drive, ever.  We could get downtown in minutes.  We wouldn't have to plan the City around parking lots or parking structures.  I'm covetous and jealous and sad all at the same time.  Damn, transit in America sucks wanger (ok, I"m excluding NY but only b/c I've never been there).  Let me rephrase--transit on the west coast sucks.  Even SF is a pale comparison and the transit there is pretty decent. If only...