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icepixieSo we had (yet another) Exeter meeting today. There were cute little sandwiches and cookies. Aww. Got some interesting web sites to go to, too.
It looks like I can get round trip airfare from New York to London for about $300 with taxes at Student Universe, plus another $130 for the round trip between Nashville and NYC on Southwest. I'd rather fly out of Atlanta, since it means less time on an airplane, but that would add another $200 to the cost. But hey, international travel for under $500? So not complaining.
Also had some fun with this Tesco price-checker. Even with the exchange rate, it looks like at least some groceries are much, much cheaper in Britain. 15p/thirty cents for a loaf of bread? Eight pounds of rice for roughly three bucks? Enough pasta and sauce to feed myself three meals for about $1.50? Excellent. That's certainly cheaper than at the market here (although as the only food store in town, they do tend to inflate the prices), and it seems like bread/milk/etc., especially, is cheaper than at, say, Kroger.
Speaking of food, what are single-serve frozen dinner type things called in the UK? I tried "frozen dinner," "tv dinner," and probably other things, but couldn't come up with anything. (And I have a feeling that may be rather a lot of what I'll be eating when I have to cook for myself. ;))
And now off to pretend to study for history and then watch an Alias marathon. Why? 'Cause I finished aaaaaall my essays, in case I didn't make that clear last night. ;)
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dacrazyo!
It looks like I can get round trip airfare from New York to London for about $300 with taxes at Student Universe, plus another $130 for the round trip between Nashville and NYC on Southwest. I'd rather fly out of Atlanta, since it means less time on an airplane, but that would add another $200 to the cost. But hey, international travel for under $500? So not complaining.
Also had some fun with this Tesco price-checker. Even with the exchange rate, it looks like at least some groceries are much, much cheaper in Britain. 15p/thirty cents for a loaf of bread? Eight pounds of rice for roughly three bucks? Enough pasta and sauce to feed myself three meals for about $1.50? Excellent. That's certainly cheaper than at the market here (although as the only food store in town, they do tend to inflate the prices), and it seems like bread/milk/etc., especially, is cheaper than at, say, Kroger.
Speaking of food, what are single-serve frozen dinner type things called in the UK? I tried "frozen dinner," "tv dinner," and probably other things, but couldn't come up with anything. (And I have a feeling that may be rather a lot of what I'll be eating when I have to cook for myself. ;))
And now off to pretend to study for history and then watch an Alias marathon. Why? 'Cause I finished aaaaaall my essays, in case I didn't make that clear last night. ;)
ETA: and Happy birthday,
dacrazyo!
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Date: 2004-05-12 04:14 pm (UTC)I'll be back in Nashville around May 14/15.
We have to go see Harry Potter when it comes out. ;)