Crazy energetic, but crazy expensive too! It cost me 4 quid for a zone 1 tube ticket! That’s nearly $10!! When I moved away from London it was only 2.30 pounds which was stupid expensive as it is… but this is crazy. I found out afterwards, that they have this thing called an Oyster card which you can sign up for (for a country so scared about Big Brother and adamant against National ID cards, they strangely have no problem signing up for a card that can monitor their movements).. the Oyster card apparently cuts fares by more than half – but it is still a pain in the butt for a tourist or person just in a town for a couple of days. I’m sure that is what they are counting on – hoping to gouge the tourists or business people who go through the city.
In general, everything seems to be way expensive now and so staying here for an extra day is going to basically eat away at my wallet. Maybe I’m just used to Canadian dollars now, but 6 bucks for a coffee is just dumb… London is an awesome place but unless I need to, I won’t be making my stop overs in London anymore – it is just getting way too expensive for me…