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 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: I want to go to London. |
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| RobotRocker wrote: |
Very screwed. You would be paying for a £35 return into London itself on the Stanstead Express into Liverpool Street and probably have to pay for a Travel card to get to where you are staying so it could end up paying up to £50-70 for travel costs inside London. Its usually worth the extra to fly into Heathrow as the Piccadilly Line runs under it and you can get into central London for about £4 max. And if you are staying for long. Get an Oyster card, otherwise you will be screwed on underground/bus fares. |
He wont need a return, will he, because he wont be returning to the airport for a few days.
15 quid to get into Liverpool St.
4 quid to get to the hotel.
Easy.
Where are you staying?
Might be worth seeing if they have an airport shuttle?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:24 pm |
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| les meat wrote: |
The center is mostly a tourist-fest |
By virtue of there being lots to see, of course.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:59 pm |
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| skonrad wrote: |
| Food prices kind of killed me, and the level of service at restaurants / bars is pretty terrible from the North American perspective. |
Yeah - going back of Christmas kind of brought this home to me.
It's fucking terrible.
But then, they get paid fuck all, with fuck all tips, in a huge, fucking busy city.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:30 pm |
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| Takashi wrote: |
That said, if you pulled an all-nigher, where would it be? Because I would provably try and make the most of my time instead of sleeping. I can do sleeping at work. |
All nighters are fairly easy to pull in London, simply because of the amount of people, and the abundance of 24 hour Cafe's that resign in the alleys for when the clubs close.
Where would I go?
Pascha...
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:24 pm |
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| sam wrote: |
| i've pulled loads of all-nighters in london to avoid getting early trains or waking people up, the trick is to keep going from chinese restaurant to chinese restaurant getting different rice in each one. |
Or spend three hours in a cafe drinking one cup of tea!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:46 pm |
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| skonrad wrote: |
| google wrote: |
| skonrad wrote: |
| Food prices kind of killed me, and the level of service at restaurants / bars is pretty terrible from the North American perspective. |
Yeah - going back of Christmas kind of brought this home to me.
It's fucking terrible.
But then, they get paid fuck all, with fuck all tips, in a huge, fucking busy city. |
Bars are usually better (especially in contrast to Vancouver) and not outlandishly expensive. Kind of a tradeoff. |
I fucking hate the Vancouver bar scene.
FUCKING HATE IT.
Skonrad, why does a Vodka and Cranberry cost me $7 in Crush?
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:38 pm |
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| falsedan wrote: |
The only good food that England has over continental Europe is soggy chips. Mmm soggy chips… bring some tins and a fork, you will save loads |
Roast Dinners.
Scones.
Yorkshire Puddings.
Stews.
Soups.
All for relatively cheap prices.
Also, we do good Italian food.
EVERYWHERE.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:25 pm |
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| falsedan wrote: |
I cannot comment on the quality of English Italian restaurants until I have had some porcini fettuccine here
also hell I forgot about the tea |
It's spelled Porchini Fettuchini.
LOL.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:06 am |
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| skonrad wrote: |
All of the places I drink are mostly restaurants (Cafe Barney, etc.) -- the exceptions are Score (because I live next to it and know the staff) and The Morrissey, because it's actually a good bar. As far as clubs, Honey and Lick aren't awful, but the people who go to Honey are, and Lick is lesbians, so you know, it's good for that if you know lesbians. The Biltmore is getting good, I hear...
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I dont know any of these places.
Take me out.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:28 pm |
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| digi wrote: |
| google the Vancouver bar scene sounds worryingly like the Kelowna bar scene the way you put it |
I've never been out in Kelowna.
:-(
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:48 am |
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| falsedan wrote: |
I'm not yet totally used to buying things in pounds, so I eat at some incredibly shitty places as long as they're cheap
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Explain this statement.
It's totally fucking easier buying things in pounds.
Not tax to think about.
No obligitory tip to give.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:10 pm |
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| falsedan wrote: |
Imaging I have a pile of Australian money, and I am using my credit card to buy things in the UK with this monies.
£3 cup of coffee => AU $6.50 cappuchino => bloody rip-off
I am getting paid in pounds now so hopefully I'll stop thinking that £220/week for a studio is ridiculously expensive, what the hell, I could rent a three-bedroom terrace in newtown for that (in AU$) |
Ah, I see what you're saying.
I still do that.
Three years after moving.
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