The Price of 90 Pounds

A single taxi ride cost me the price of a plane ticket. That morning, the London Underground was on strike, and I almost missed my flight to Reykjavík. I flagged down a black cab and watched the meter climb to £90 — nearly the cost of the flight itself. In this episode: is travel really more dangerous, more romantic than people think? Or does it just magnify the things we usually avoid at home?…