Another day in the tube
Whenever you are in London, there are many things you can do. Pamper yourself with endless shopping and food, visit historical places and palaces, check out museums and galleries. I came across this poem in the underground tube on one of those days traveling in and out of the city. I read it once, I read it twice then I read it the third time…
I quickly realize the flip side of living in any big city like London can be a cold, lonely and many times hungry =)
In London
every now and then
I get this craving
for my mother’s food
I leave art galleries
in search of plantains
saltfish/sweet potatoes
I need this link
I need this touch of home
swinging my bag
like a beacon against the cold
by Grace Nichols Fat Black Woman’s Poems
[...] The other good part about traveling by train besides reducing your carbon footprint is you get to eat many different kind of food along your way. You can be almost certain that you need not have food served on microwaveable plastic boxes. Every train station in the world have an unqiue food culture of its own that reflects its time, people and sense of place. Many times a year whenever we are in Japan we travel on local trains and on occasions “Shinkansen”, the eye-candies packed in exquisite bento boxes found in every major Japanese train station is always a highlight and a must-try if you can decide from an array of colorful, painstaking wrapped bentos on display. A year ago in Normandy we were on the Eurostar from London to Paris, having a sandwich, chips and with a glass of bordeaux on one hand really make traveling over the French countryside so much more enjoyable. Read my ride on the London tube here. [...]