Frugal London souvenirs: Better to think “artifacts”
Frugal London likes to think of souvenirs as artifacts of a travel experience. The artifacts approach favors gathering two kinds of things …
Car spotting: A Frugal London game
I’d been on the streets less than an hour when I spotted my first supercar. It was a Lamborghini Gallardo, the Spyder …
Frugal London shopping: A quirky collection of small shops
One of London’s most popular shopping streets is barely known to tourists. This is Northcote Road, a mile-long collection of “quirky small …
Frugal London music: And, it’s mostly in Wren churches
Violinist Marta Kowalczyk was rehearsing a Prokofiev piece when I ventured into St. James Piccadilly, a central London church designed in the …
Introducing Frugal London: $100-per-day experiences
I told a colleague that I was writing a travel story about visiting London on the cheap. “Is that possible?” she asked. …
Frugal literary London: Linking word to place
Linking travel to literature, writes Ian Ousby, brings both innocent pleasure and real enlightenment. No where in the Western world is this …
Frugal Thames: London’s one constant
The Thames, says writer Christopher Winn, is London’s one constant. Little that matters here fails to touch this “silver thread of liquid …
Frugal London hotels: As little as $30 per night
The lowest-price, air-conditioned, en-suite hotel room in London costs $30 per night, single or double — frugal, right? There are the caveats, …
Frugal London food: High-end meals at low-end prices
To dine well — yet frugally — in London means dining ethnic. Only the price is low-end. In this most-multicultural global capital, …
Frugal English Channel coast
There’s nothing better than a brisk, country walk that begins and ends with food and drink. Tea and toast before you step …