You may have noticed I include prices in almost every post I write for this blog. There’s a good reason–London is considered to be one of the top three most expensive cities in the world. While tuition remains the same, the actual living expenses here are significantly more than they would be at Syracuse University. [...]
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Buyer Beware: London Is Not A Cheap Place To Study
Posted in Travel Advice, tagged abroad, alcohol, battle, bus, clubs, coffee, costa coffee, cutting back, dollars, exchange rate, expenses, expensive, faraday house, food, fortnum and mason, london, oystercard, pounds, pubs, starbucks, stud, syracuse university, taxi, tesco, travel on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Day Two’s Never-Ending Errands
Posted in London Life, tagged day two, errands, faraday house, friends, landlord, london, mobile phones, orange, princess louise, pub, rain, shakespeare's head, syracuse, talk mobile, v's place on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I thought my flat-mates and I would be able to coast along after we moved in on the first day we arrived in London. We already had the hardest part of our study abroad experience worked out, which for most students, is just finding a place to live. I was wrong. I woke up Tuesday [...]
Dozing Through Day One In London
Posted in London Life, tagged airport, day one, exhaustion, faraday house, flat, flight, food, heathrow, london, luggage, mcglashans, moving, pub, suitcases, travel, virgin atlantic, walk up on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THE TRIP Two flights, one hour of sleep and zero patience–group flights are not for the weak of heart. When nearly 100 people are involved with moving from one place to one another, everything goes slower. Passport control seems to go on for hours, when in reality, it’s a 15 minute wait. Waiting for coach [...]