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Michael One would be amazed to hear that public transportation has been improved here in Silicon Valley, can you believe it, in the land of car enthusiasts! I've already written about the ancient Caltrain trains in a previous issue. For years, I used to ride them daily for about an hour from San Francisco to Mountain View, which is located 35 miles to the south, and back. For some time now, there have been trains that no longer stop at every small station but only at three major ones. This shortens the travel time to 45 minutes. The service is so good and gas prices are so high that now crowds of people are taking the train to Silicon Valley. The train sometimes runs with new, quieter cars and is called the "Baby Bullet," likely in reference to the Japanese bullet high-speed trains. The comparison is, of course, laughable, because the Silicon Valley Rumble Train only reaches about 80mph, but we are in a developing country, so one can't complain.
On the first day the new Baby Bullet train ran, the conductors handed out coffee mugs with the "Baby Bullet" logo to the loyal passengers, and of course, I secured one for myself. In ten years, it will be worth a fortune on eBay, bahahaha!
Greetings from the land of future environmental angels:
Angelika & Michael
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