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Their pound, which is like our dollar, is twice the value. 1 pound = 1.97 us dollars.
A burger king hamburger was $8 us dollars.
They have no "combo" meals. Everything is sold separate on the menu.
Gas is $8 us dollars a gal.
Few drive cars, however, they have an extensive mass transit system.
So to most, gas prices are moot.
They shared one fish n chips dinner in the hotel. Cost for one fish n chips = $36 us dollars.
People are thinner and in better health.
People walk much faster, like everyone is in a hurry.
For the most part people wear drab clothing. Grays and browns. Very few bright colors.
Gangs of young kids enjoy thrill killings using knives to stab to death random victims.
16 random youth gang stabbings so far this year. Its all the news over there. You hear nothing of it over here.
While they were there, a 16 year old girl was found stabbed to death in the hotel elevator.
A 4 star hotel.
No public tours of the Queens place, except when they are away on vacation.
They never heard of Wal-Mart over there.
Free universal health care.
Many museums are so large inside, they have bridges connecting different floors.
Kind of like in Harry Potter movies, except the bridges do not move.
The newly added attraction, "the eye", is like a huge farris wheel.
Each compartment holds 20-30 people.
Takes 30 minutes to make one complete revolution.
People have parties and get married while riding the "eye" (across from Big Ben).
You can get married at the top of the "eye", and divorced before you hit the bottom (joke).
Most attractions/museums are free of charge.
Allow three hours to go thru airport customs. Removing shoes required.
Note: This was some of their experience. Is this typical/factual???
A burger king hamburger was $8 us dollars.
They have no "combo" meals. Everything is sold separate on the menu.
Gas is $8 us dollars a gal.
Few drive cars, however, they have an extensive mass transit system.
So to most, gas prices are moot.
They shared one fish n chips dinner in the hotel. Cost for one fish n chips = $36 us dollars.
People are thinner and in better health.
People walk much faster, like everyone is in a hurry.
For the most part people wear drab clothing. Grays and browns. Very few bright colors.
Gangs of young kids enjoy thrill killings using knives to stab to death random victims.
16 random youth gang stabbings so far this year. Its all the news over there. You hear nothing of it over here.
While they were there, a 16 year old girl was found stabbed to death in the hotel elevator.
A 4 star hotel.
No public tours of the Queens place, except when they are away on vacation.
They never heard of Wal-Mart over there.
Free universal health care.
Many museums are so large inside, they have bridges connecting different floors.
Kind of like in Harry Potter movies, except the bridges do not move.
The newly added attraction, "the eye", is like a huge farris wheel.
Each compartment holds 20-30 people.
Takes 30 minutes to make one complete revolution.
People have parties and get married while riding the "eye" (across from Big Ben).
You can get married at the top of the "eye", and divorced before you hit the bottom (joke).
Most attractions/museums are free of charge.
Allow three hours to go thru airport customs. Removing shoes required.
Note: This was some of their experience. Is this typical/factual???