People abroad (was: Food again (was Re: Festivals))

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Ebony AKA AngieJ" <ebonyink at h...> wrote:
> Hi, everyone!
> (Snip)

> I'm more worried about practical things:  what shall I eat?  Where 
> can I get my hair done?  (Only women with hair like mine can 
> appreciate that... for us, the salon's not a luxury, it is a bitter 
> necessity.)  How much will it cost to call home?  What's the 
> nightlife like?  Are there church services? 

Is it time to do braids, Ebony?  Seriously, I think in London there 
will be hairdressers who do hair like yours--London has quite a large 
Caribbean population, I believe.  Good luck (I think you can call the 
BTA--British Tourist Authority & find stuff like that out--e-mail me 
off list & I'll give you their telephone number, I believe it's toll-
free)
> 
> Most importantly, how much will it cost to subsist from day to day 
as 
> a student?
> 
> You see, I'm spoiled when it comes to exchange rates.  I'm used to 
> going over to Ontario every weekend and getting a hugely favorable 
> exchange rate... the American dollar is worth a bit more than the 
> Canadian... and in most Ontario touristy spots (everywhere in our 
> sister city of Windsor) American money is accepted and you get 
> American change back.  OTOH, just try giving someone in SE Michigan 
> Canadian funds... we'd laugh at you.  
> 
> I doubt that our Benjamins are similarly panted after on the other 
> side of the pond.  I've already been warned that I will wince when 
my 
> dollars are magically transformed into pounds.  And to think that 
you 
> guys don't have many monolith discount stores... :::cringes:::
> 
> --Ebony AKA AngieJ (a little disappointed that no one's jumping up 
> and down with her about her trip, but will get over it)

I'm excited for you, Eb.  I've wanted to go to England since I was 4--
I've always thought I was born in the wrong country!


Parker (who's damn jealous Ebony gets to go to England & she doesn't 
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