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The metropolitan world

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

The metropolitan world, New York ,Tokyo ,Subway ,Moscow, Chicago

The metropolitan are an integral part of life of millions of citizens worldwide, and especially for tourists, even a real piece of the city to remember with pleasure. For those who use them every day, are sometimes a pleasure, sometimes a strazio (especially at peak!)

Here are some of the metropolitan most famous in the world, and most impressive (good sense), according to Wired… It starts from the most used of all Tokyo, with its 8 million visitors per day, is not exactly relaxing…! Yet the Japanese are used to exploit even the few minutes between a station and another for providential pennichelle.

It then quoted the Moscow subway, with its stations built in Stalinist a, candlesticks, marbles, and luxurious decor! And yet London subway oldest in the world (the oldest line came into operation in 1863!), Which still serves 3 million people a day. And how can we not mention New York, with its lines in operation 24 hours on 24?

Finally we can certainly cite the “L” in Chicago, on the left in photo Metro is the second oldest in the world, as well as the first electrified, and elevated, which still goes literally over the heads of millions of people…

By train on the glacier: Walser Express

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

The project is moving only its first steps, but it seems to be a pretty important the idea is to connect through a tunnel of almost 9 km carved into the mountain, Macugnaga in Zermatt (Monte Rosa).

An underground ice that after sbancamenti and drilling in the heart of the mountains, tourists should lead (with a ticket already assumed to 66 euros) to admire 27 peaks that exceed the 4 thousand metres.

The Monterrey’s Walter Express Monterosa - Matterhorn - Mischa’s Super Ski & Mountain (a name quite challenging!) Will rise from the center of Macugnan until Monte Moro (2,868 meters), here another train to bring Schwartzberghorn (3,500 meters), Macugnaga connect the area of Zermatt, Cervinia, Champoluc, Alagna.

The future should then built another stretch to put in communication with Macugnaga Alagna passing under the Turlo an hour ahead only on foot by good walkers and that is part of the route of the Great Walser Trail, which links all the valleys of that ethnicity, the Valais until Voralberg.