I shouldn't be writing this here...
... it was meant to be posted from a more original location than my home - in fact I planned to write it from the train coming back home. I read about it yesterday, the ad promised free wi-fi in the London-Brighton route, and as I do a small part of the travel now with this line (Clapham Junction-Victoria) I thought I would try... but nothing, no networks available, "nada" ;)
So yes I'm now going to my new job by train, instead of commuting by Tube. Which I must admit has relieved me a lot, since I don't have to go through Victoria's supermegacrowded platforms in the morning or change at King's Cross with other hundreds of mind-absent conmmuters which don't know what's the meaning of KEEP LEFT and continue going randomly wherever they feel is better. Ahhh the tube!
And I discovered yesterday that one can change between different train lines, even if they are operated by different companies, and that's supergreat, since it enables me to not to have to travel to Waterloo and then take the train. I can take it directly at Victoria and change in Clapham. Which is much better than doing a marathon in Waterloooo (can't stop remembering ABBA's song and that scene in Muriel's Wedding
My confusion originates mainly because in Spain trains are basicly ran by one company (Renfe) excepting some cases like Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat, on certain areas near the big towns. So I am kind of used to believe that if you want to change between train lines you have to pay twice, as we do for example in Valencia - one ticket for Renfe routes, another ticket for Ferrocarrils... But here in London there is a different company for each different area where you head: Southern Rail, SouthWest trains, etc... And also seems like there's some kind of agreement between companies so you can change between their lines as I discovered luckily. So I start on a Southern's train and change to a SouthWest's one. The most ironic point is that Clapham Junction's motto is Britain's busiest station. Even though, it feels better to change there than at King's Cross. May it be because it's open air. I don't know...
And if that wasn't enough, finally seems like the cool guys at untergrund.net have managed to solve some weird issues we had with the account they nicely provided us to continue escena.org there. So there's still hope in the spanish scene!! Stay tuned, since there's something in the oven...