"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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I've had almost the same reaction on telling people I went on the Subway
in New York to Brooklyn. "You did what? Do you know how dangerous that
is?"
"Err, I am standing here and am still alive to tell the tale. It wasn't
that bad."

My fellow pax on the flight to Porto were genuinely concerned at my decision
to travel into the centre by Metro. I suspect that when I get round to
revisiting Berlin, there will be more concerned pax urging that I avoid the
S-Bahn.

Still I don't believe in "doing a city" by going round in an air
conditioned tourist coach. I think it adds to the experience to travel
about how the residents do - the Tokyo rail system is certainly an
experience ;-)

The Rough Guides concluded some time ago that the top of their 10 sights for
Lisbon was to ride the 28 tram. The description started "Avoid guided
tours".

--
Tim

"The manners of capitalism improve. The morals may not" - J K Galbraith