Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Tim.........I was in the UK last July. I recommend that you take a VERY > fat wallet, a credit card with a VERY large spending limit, and be > prepared to accept outrageously high prices for absolutely everything > except milk in the supermarket and beer in every corner pub! Gasoline is > 250% of the cost of that in mainland Canada. And don't ask for hand > inspections of film at the airport ....... you might be asked by MI6 to > accompany them to the back office for a shake down. > > jh Yep - it's been a while since I have been back - but I have a friend who recently went back and she found many prices were on a par with here in Yellowknife! So maybe it won't be so bad :-) The Canadian Peso goes a lot further in Edmonton than it does here... Tim A