Before leaving for London, I had no clue how much money I would need
to survive here. I was planning on making £5 an hour working at a pub
and living in £55/week accommodation. Little did I realise that the
accommodation would be several tube stops away and transportation
would cost around £6/day. Additionally, there are several additional
bills for housing that I thought were included, totalling around
£20/month. If anyone comes here, make sure to add these costs, or your
budget will be screwed up.
I also didn't realise that it would cost about $1000 CDN in just
accommodation for the first month. This really screwed me over, since
I didn't get paid until the end of the month.
Food costs were also high. It can be gotten at decent prices here
considering the wage, but when buying from my Canadian savings, food
takes a heavy toll.
Now that I have a well paying job, I can start to think about taking a
few trips. Before coming, I planned on going to Prague and Northern
Italy, but now I'm thinking of Budapest (considered the next Prague)
because it's cheaper and still very beautiful.
Apparently, you can get a return air ticket and 2 nights accommodation
for £106, but I doubt it would be that cost on the weekends when I'm
free. In any case, I make that much in surplus a week.
Anyways, I'm getting called back to work. Will talk to you all soon.
Paul
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