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54 pounds for train to Edinburgh. There are cheaper flights, but at sucky times; many flights are more expensive. Bus is cheaper, but slow -- 1 hour flight, 5 hour train, 9 hour bus. 1 hour train to Glasgow; I put in for airbnb there, but given limited choice might have to resort to a hotel. Or try Couchsurfing.
Different cultures: ingredients lists on store-bought food often have actual percentages, though in an inconsistent manner. E.g. my current hummus is "chickpeas (46%), sunflower oil, tahini (14%)..." Speaking of which, I have yet to see any store hummus made entirely with olive oil. Some advertise "olive oil!" but this turns out to mean rapeseed (canola) 14%, olive 5% or something like that. Lots of Bloomington hummus used non-olive oil -- only Athena is 100% olive -- but still.
Tropicana OJ came in 1.5 L or smaller, vs. 64 or 96 oz. Still tastes good. Tesco Express had a fresh squeezed OJ that was even tastier. Tesco extra filtered milk tasted sour, though it's had two days to make me sick if it was going to. Goat milk was cheap (well, seemed like it; also not that much of it) but not very dramatic, though it turned out to be semi-skimmed. It's semi-skimmed and skimmed here, not low-fat and nonfat. Skimmed notes that it's 0.1% fat. Cheddar cheese is 'mature', not 'sharp'.
In restaurants you have to ask for water, and tap water else they'll bring bottled and charge; you also have to ask for the check, otherwise you can sit there forever. My last Italian place brought a whole plate of hard sort-of-minty things, it seemed rather excessive, especially since you can't chew them until they've softened up a bit. Or at least I was afraid to try.
Different cultures: ingredients lists on store-bought food often have actual percentages, though in an inconsistent manner. E.g. my current hummus is "chickpeas (46%), sunflower oil, tahini (14%)..." Speaking of which, I have yet to see any store hummus made entirely with olive oil. Some advertise "olive oil!" but this turns out to mean rapeseed (canola) 14%, olive 5% or something like that. Lots of Bloomington hummus used non-olive oil -- only Athena is 100% olive -- but still.
Tropicana OJ came in 1.5 L or smaller, vs. 64 or 96 oz. Still tastes good. Tesco Express had a fresh squeezed OJ that was even tastier. Tesco extra filtered milk tasted sour, though it's had two days to make me sick if it was going to. Goat milk was cheap (well, seemed like it; also not that much of it) but not very dramatic, though it turned out to be semi-skimmed. It's semi-skimmed and skimmed here, not low-fat and nonfat. Skimmed notes that it's 0.1% fat. Cheddar cheese is 'mature', not 'sharp'.
In restaurants you have to ask for water, and tap water else they'll bring bottled and charge; you also have to ask for the check, otherwise you can sit there forever. My last Italian place brought a whole plate of hard sort-of-minty things, it seemed rather excessive, especially since you can't chew them until they've softened up a bit. Or at least I was afraid to try.