More about London

The play went very well in London. The audiences were very much into the concept of the game as part of theatre. People commented on how thought-provoking the questions were. They were also much more into singing "God Save the Queen" than the audience in Cork had been.

Getting around London was a breeze with the wonderfully efficient underground system. Although it frequently involved long underground walks to get from one line to another, there was good signage and trains ran at about 2 or 3 minute intervals. Except at the height of rush hour, we nearly always got seats.

Due to the global recession and other fiscal problems in Europe, travel in Europe is now affordable. Our last time in Europe and Britain, things cost so much that we avoided calculating the price of things in dollars. Since then, the Euro and the Pound have dropped by about 40% against the dollar. In Berlin, prices seemed about the same as Vancouver and while England and Ireland were a bit more expensive, there were bargains to be had.

We have returned to North America, separately. Since the next stop is Mexico, I flew to Houston where I am staying at Gabe's apartment, although he is not here now. Bad timing. Ellen is in Vancouver for a few days before we will meet in Mexico City for the next leg.