Today we got our first brush with the sting of privatised rail. Mark had warned us long ago to buy tickets online, but we had done so well the last few days just rolling up and buying tickets, that we thought going to London would be the same.
At the ticket counter, the price was a shock - THREE times the fare that we paid to get up to Leicester. But we were in a weak bargaining position, so had to cop it. Lesson learned.
Otherwise all went well today. Back to London, checked into our apartment, went looking for lunch, did some shopping, had a rest (getting old). Then caught a train to Chinatown where we found a lovely Vietnamese restaurant and walked back to our apartment. But our Aus pho is much cheaper, although this was a more subtle flavour.
Sorry, no pics today. Still reeling from the privatisation monster.
At the ticket counter, the price was a shock - THREE times the fare that we paid to get up to Leicester. But we were in a weak bargaining position, so had to cop it. Lesson learned.
Otherwise all went well today. Back to London, checked into our apartment, went looking for lunch, did some shopping, had a rest (getting old). Then caught a train to Chinatown where we found a lovely Vietnamese restaurant and walked back to our apartment. But our Aus pho is much cheaper, although this was a more subtle flavour.
Sorry, no pics today. Still reeling from the privatisation monster.
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