Day 22: London

APRIL 25 - Clothes washing day, spend most of the morning getting that done. Then off to The Regent’s Park, which is walking distance north of where we are staying. It is a large park, used for hunting and tenant farming until the 1800’s, when it began to take its current form.

At a waterfall within The Regent’s Park.

The park contains many playgrounds (Odette played in every single one of them), ponds, athletic fields, the London Zoo, and a rose garden.

From the summit of Primrose Hill, from which a good view of central London can be seen. It is only 64 meters in elevation, but nontheless one of the highest points in the greater London area.

SOME NUMBER CRUNCHING:

Using credit card statements, I was able to run the numbers on average daily cost for this segment of the trip. I was expecting to be over budget, primarily due to the unexpected increase in rental car costs (both the rental itself and the soaring price of petrol since March). I present the results here, for anyone with an interest in what it cost us to see what we have in the last 23 days.

Projected daily budget from pre-trip planning = $300/day

Final average as calculated for April 3-25 = $295/day

This was a bit surprising. The breakdown was roughly 35% lodging, 40% transport-related, and 25% food and entry fees.

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