»» London too has a problem with Gypsy pickpockets – I guess they are somewhat ubiquitous throughout Europe now
To tell the truth, I didn’t see a single one in London. I mean, a single gypsy… Pickpockets being invisible by definition :) Maybe, in London, they pester other than the “regular” touristic areas…

In Paris, on the other hand, you could see them everywhere. Actually, Paris is known to “house” the largest number of Romanian gypsies in Europe —that is, except România, or course. Rather annoying, but what can one do..?

Anyway, none of these are bad enough to stop me from visiting again ;)

It was OK, I’ll most likely visit again. But I’ll make sure I pick a better season, if there is such a thing :)

The bus network is pretty impressive, almost as good as the subway thing in Tokyo. I liked that a lot. Construction works for the 2012 olympics take a heavy toll on the traffic —especially around Oxford Circus— but, otherwise, nothing like the slow crawling we enjoy here :D

Paris had good weather, but it also had a lot of Romanian gypsies kneeling on bibles and pestering everybody —it would be an understatement to say I didn’t like that at all— so, between weather and the ambient, London was a tad better ;)

Heathrow, as expected, sucks dick to the hilt…