Originally Posted by SabrinaStuart

I spent 3 months and watched about $20 grand disappear. Living relatively frugally (no shopping, but lots of good meals and drinks and sightseeing and travel). Furnished apartment on 4th floor of London home, zone 2 slightly outside of the main part of the city.
Establish a "home base" and travel from there. I would not recommend anyplace on the pound system however... you can live way cheaper in other parts of Europe. I'm not big on learning foreign languages, however.