(with apologies to the shade of Alastair Cooke)
Well, I'm alive and well. Though a bit tired and soggy. Came in on British Airways yesterday direct from Seattle. 9.5hr flight and then I did the recommended thing and stayed up until by regular bed time (so 34 hours awake). I feel pretty good today except for the bags under my eyes. LOL.
Have a couple of sets of interviews scheduled already for next week. But I have been a bit shocked at the costs here. Basically, most services that we would pay dollars for are paid with pounds. So you're looking at a 75% markup on costs.
Then average in that a good wage in this country is considered 40k pounds/year and living in the London area is almost prohibitively expensive if you want anything near the same level of comfort as in the States.
On the face of it, London is as expensive or more expensive than San Francisco at the height of the Boom. (Where I was paying $3000/month for a two bedroom apartment).
This being said, it's nice being here for a while. I'm enjoying the differing viewpoints on world politics (and the football coverage).
Posted by artandscience at April 29, 2004 11:44 PM