Inspired Destinations: London
Friday, September 21st, 2007Our two-week summer adventure through Russia and Italy’s sublime Tuscany was a dining odyssey marked by several memorable menus and wine lists, some described in earlier Vintelligence posts. By the time it was over in mid-August, the beginning of the trip — a brief stay in London — was more or less overshadowed.
Unless you are a business traveler with a benevolent accounting department, London is not an obvious choice these days. It is easily one of the world’s most expensive cities, a reality only magnified for American visitors because the British pound-U.S. dollar exchange rate is about 2-to-1. But London is a great city (the Olympic Games host in 2012), nonetheless, and a perfect starting point on the way to the European continent and beyond.
A couple of highlights from the notebook:
As I write this, I’m seeing on CNBC that the U.S. dollar has reached a record low against the Euro.