Clover Leaf Guinness
On our way to India we had a layover in London and decided to go out and explore the city. We had lunch near Paddington Station and our bartender poured pints of Guinness with clover leafs drawn in the bubbles!
The 2:1 exchange rate made our short adventure pretty expensive (2 fish & chips and 2 pints of Guinness were 25 pounds.. 50 bucks!). I think we managed to spend as much in London in 10 hours as we did in Delhi in 10 days! On the way back, we decided to not leave the airport.
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Doug and I experienced the same thing in 1998. I think we stopped for a coffee or something and maybe one of us got an ice cream. I think it was like $20 or something (exchange was about 1:1.75 at the time). To this day we joke about how it costs $700 just to breathe in London. If you want oxygen in that air, it’s an extra $300.
We went to a coffee shop in Heathrow where you could pay with dollars instead of pounds.. they were giving 2.4:1.