Eurostar

This is an addendum to the St Pancras posting. On our way back to London after we've toured the continent, we heard an announcement on the train that we can purchase Oyster cards on board. We should have bought our Oyster card on board the train instead of waiting in line at St Pancras station. It makes sense to use an Oyster card in London. Public transportation is very expensive in London. It's a few pounds to ride the tube or the bus. We usually buy a day pass for all regions in London, we can use it the whole day, it works on a 24 hour clock. It saves time and money rather than buy a ticket each time you board the tube or the bus. With the day pass, you just swipe the card, it allows for limitless travel till midnight the same day. It helps, especially when we get lost all the time or go in the wrong direction. We can be visiting somewhere and decide to have lunch in Soho, we just jump on the tube and not think about how much more it's going to cost. The Oyster card works differently. To get an Oyster card, one pays 3 pounds and one can load the card with 10 pounds of travel, each time you swipe the card, the cost is deducted from your card. You can always load it up with more travel money. What happens to the leftover money in your card when you leave the country? Ah, not to worry. At London Heathrow you can return your card, they'll refund the 3 pounds to you and whatever money is left unused on the card. I love it.