 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm in London next week, will there be anywhere to get fondue ?
Or for that matter :
Will I be able to get any food that hasn't done a journey of 1000 miles before being micorwaved for me?
Are there any places I can go where people are polite to each other?
Is it reasonable to assume catching the train is a good idea?
Will my mobile phone and cash card work?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| ise wrote: |
| I'm in London next week, will there be anywhere to get fondue ? |
I doubt it
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| Will I be able to get any food that hasn't done a journey of 1000 miles before being micorwaved for me? |
Only in some of the finer restaurants in Chinatown, but it will have travelled > 1000 miles
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| Are there any places I can go where people are polite to each other? |
No
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| Is it reasonable to assume catching the train is a good idea? |
Catching the tube, maybe. Train? No Chance!
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| Will my mobile phone and cash card work? |
If you have a Maestro/Cyrus card, it will work. The phone should be OK too, as long as your local supplier has given you international roaming.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Swiss Travel Centre Leicester Sq. I think they've even got cow bells there if you're feeling home sick. Food, depends on your budget, I certainly believe you can eat as well in London as any other European city, whether the value is the same is another matter. Catching a train is a very good idea, providing it's not in the rush hour. Shouldn't be a problem, we've had mobile pones for a few years now and those new fangled ATMs can be found fairly easily. Failing that there's a UBS office in the city.
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ise,
The answer to all of your questions is yes. Just take an hour and a half train ride north to Nottingham
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Never mind ise I'm sure it won't be for too long 
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JonL, OK, so I don't live inside the M25, but I'm not far from it! (and our office is in Hounslow)
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To be fair, the UK is one of the few places in the world with such a variety of food on offer, even a small provinical town in the UK offers a choice of cuisines and that's not something you can see in many places. I'll eat as I normally do in the UK on business trip, and use the oppurtunity to have what's good there, which is breakfast (the only meal most chain hotel kitchens actually execute properly), Indian, Thai, Chineese and maybe Greek. That along with some London Pride will do nicely.
...and the train doesn't look expensive either, 60 quid London-Derby first class open seems reasonable to me
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ise, I had a couple of days in the Croydon area last week and enjoyed some Fullers London Pride. Their 'Summer Ale' is also very quaffable. I agree with you on hotel brekkies.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Why would you want to have a fondue here?
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Withdrawal symptoms 
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You know it makes sense.
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Why would you want to have a fondue anywhere?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| Why would you want to have a fondue here? |
I assume it would be the same reason someone would go to the Alpes and worry if they could get an English Xmass lunch.
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Poster: A snowHead
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There's a place called St Moritz in the centre of town - Poland Street, maybe. I had a fondue there about 5 years ago and it was fairly good. They have some quite nice Swiss wine as well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There is a Swiss restaurant not far from Leicester Square which was fairly unmemorable and expensive. In fact very Swiss!
Otherwise I recommend going to see a musical. I have no idea why there are so many of the horrible things around at the moment so perhaps you could try one and find out?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Are there any places I can go where people are polite to each other?
Is it reasonable to assume catching the train is a good idea? |
Forget trains. Bring skates and join a friendly crowd to see London as you have never seen it before:
Wednesdays: The London Skate
Fridays: The Friday Night Skate
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ise, Xmas being once a year- fair enough i see the reason for wanting to know if they do anything similar
Fondue in London when you live year round in Switzerland? No sorry I dont see the comparison at all
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Nadenoodlee, not sure, but I think Ise was kidding...?
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Nadenoodlee, next time you're down south we'll see how long you last without a battered Mars bar... 
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I dont eat battered Mars Bars - theyre rancid, On Friday nights one of the guys always has deep fried Pizza- NASTY!
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ise, my top tips for affordable but good quality restaurants in the centre of town:
Pasta Brown (Bedford Street, Covent Garden - great pasta but not a place to linger)
Cafe Fish (Rupert Street, Piccadilly - if you like fish. have a pint of guinness to wash down your seafood platter. Despite being in London, the fish is very fresh and usually from East Anglia or the South West)
Thai Pot (Bedfordbury, between Covent Garden and Trafalgar Sq. - good Thai)
Cafe Koha (St Martin's Court a side street near Leicester Sq tube - good modern European menu and good affordable wine list)
most of us are friendly. it's getting us to make eye contact that is difficult 
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