London: Large Losses... weekend, march 2-5, 2007

London sure is a bewildering city, full of hustle and bustle. There are masses of people everywhere and the tube maps are awfully complicated to simple old me. Although I bet I could decipher them if the guys did not always want to flaunt their "superior" map-reading skills. They block the map from my view... humph

Besides being confusing (some lines were closed for maintenence and repair), they were extremely costly. A single one-way adult fare costs 4 pounds, that's like S$12 for an mrt ride back at home!!! Luckily, there is such a thing as an oyster card, similar to ezlink but with lower prices at 1.50 pounds. BUT, a horrible information guy mislead us and we bought a painful single one-way adult fare on the evening of arrival and a lousy daypass for 5.10 pounds the next day... effectively squandering... shan't calculate anymore or my cash register heart will be wrecked with grief!

Another money down the drain was yet another meal of fish & chips on saturday night... costing 8 pounds! The portion was smaller than the one back in Loughborough but tasted considerably more palatable. Maybe it was because it was eaten in the eatery and not lugged back home. In any case, I HATE fish & chips! AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!