List: London by the numbers

Times I've been asked for directions: 3 (once on the street, twice on the tube)

Cost of replacing ID lost when purse was stolen: $90 so far ($15 for U of A ID, $75 for Canadian Citizenship card)

Cost of requesting copy of police report for insurance purposes: £10 (not yet done)

Houses visited: 7 (Osterley, Syon, Kenwood, Chiswick, Strawberry Hill, Johnson's, Franklin's); 8 if you count Jane Austen's

Archives/Libraries visited: 2 (Soane's, Geffrye)

Tube lines taken: 8 (Jubliee, Picadilly, Victoria, Northern, Central, Bakerloo, District, Metropolitan)

Bookshops visited: 11 (seven on Charing Cross Road, one in Charmouth, one in West Hampstead, one in Notting Hill, and the book stalls on the South bank in front of the BFI)

Pints consumed: uh...

Hours spent with Nicole: uh...

Hours spent consuming pints with Nicole: ...

Total days spent in UK: 23 (April 25–May 16)

Total days lived in new apartment before leaving for the UK: 24 (April 1–24)

Hours of flight home: 9