CTIMiami

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Liliana Dones

Female

Miami, Florida, USA

About CTIMiami

Member since 25th Jan 09

Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: writer, graphic designer
About CTIMiami:

Involved activist, grew up in Miami, studied and lived in NYC; lived in Mexico. Read, travel, write, live.

Hobbies:

Art, Architecture, Austen, Balthus, Civics, Coconut Grove, Communication, Design, Dickens, Etiquette, English countryside, Food, Graphics, Home, Hopper, Hy Vong, Italy, Intelligence, Istanbul, Jazz, Kahlo, London, Mexico, Miles, NYC, Old Movies, Paris, Quixote, Reading, Rothko, Saving Trees, Travel, Urbanity, Vivaldi, Writing, X-acto knives, Yes-we-can, Zarzuelas

Favourite places:

see hobbies.

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Latest Blog Entry

Best bet for bargain travel: London

Posted by CTIMiami | 25th January 2009

London's always been on everyone's "Expensive Places," list, and it was particularly forbidding in recent history, given the turn of our economy. In July, in fact, the pound was the hefty equivalent of $2.75. It's little wonder that for most of us, a London vacation was something we simply ruled out for the next kazillion years. Well, beginning this week, London is about to be on many "best bang for the buck" lists.

The US dollar has just hit a 23 year high against the British pound, which fell to a low of $1.35 Friday, Jan. 23rd, its weakest since September 1985. According to John Kicklighter, a currency strategist with DailyFX in New York, "Although sterling has since rebounded, there's little to keep it from falling to new lows" (see CNN.money for the full story).

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are both touting fare sales. British Airways' Miami to London (Heathrow) f

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