Day 6: Everyone Walks So Fast Here And I Love It

For real.  At first I though it was my imagination, but no, this is the only place I've ever walked where I don't walk faster than everyone with my inhumanly long alien-legs. 

Automatic doors are calibrated for this faster speed and open sooner and faster than in the US.  It's an surprisingly nice to be able to walk full speed at a door and not stop or slow down for it to open like I normally need to at home.  I'd never realized I was missing out on this.  Even three days after realizing it I still smile every time.

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