> These ferries were bottlenecks and would put a lot of people in the same place at the same time. It's easy to sound like a luddite when talking about these t

> These ferries were bottlenecks and would put a lot of people in the same place at the same time. It's easy to sound like a luddite when talking about these things, but something has obviously been unintentionally lost when the ferry was replaced with a tunnel. I've noticed that travelling with my noise cancelling headphones on precludes serendipity. What I mean is, 99% of the time I don't speak to someone when sitting on the train but every once in a while I get into a conversation and something comes of it. If I always have headphones on, I'm guaranteeing that will never happen.