Loved, loved, loved London. Incredible city. So much to see and do. It's one of those places where I could easily see myself living. It is expensive though.
I have to say, every time I go anywhere, people always say, "It's so expensive there."
I live in Chicago, which is a pretty expensive place to live. So, the price of things never seems as bad. New York, Tokyo, LA, San Francisco, all seemed financially comparable to Chicago. Now, I didn't try to rent an apartment in any of those places, but the price of things all seemed similar to what I'm used to where I live. They definitely where a little pricier than Chicago. But, only by a little.
London, not so much. London was expensive. Paris was worse. The exchange rate for the Pound was $1.67 GBP for every US $1.00 dollar. The Euro was better, but the prices in France were jacked up. A 16 ounce diet coke was $6 Euro's! The whole country of France is selling all their items at movie theater and MLB ballpark prices.
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Here's a photo of a typical London girl.
Notice the patterned tights. Every girl in London wore patterned tights.
Notice too that she was wearing the patterned tights under shorts. Jeannie pointed that out to me. It's a huge trend in Europe now. Even women going to work in business offices were wearing shorts and patterned tights.
The last thing I'll point out about this girl is the cigarette. Ever wonder how the tobacco companies are still in business? I hardly know anyone or see anyone who smokes anymore. Well, Londoners and other Europeans have taken upon themselves to keep the tobacco companies profitable. It seems like every person in London smokes. They can't smoke indoors anymore, so the streets and sidewalks are packed with smokers.
That girl above was not allowed to smoke while standing in line. Notice how she generously stepped 3 steps away from the line to puff on her cigarette.
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One final thought for the day, before I head to work.
We traveled everywhere on the Tube train station. We bought Oyster Travelcards as soon as we got into England. It was one of the best things we purchased. We were able to travel all over the place, worry free with that card. It was invaluable. That was gifted to us by our dear friend Mel Evans. Mel, if you read this blog, please know, I have a special gift for you that you're going to want to collect soon.
1 comments:
In the picture it also looks like you are giving Mel our T.V.!
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