Quirky humor show An Idiot Abroad is better travel TV than all those happy and shiny shows on the tube.

Up to 30% of travelers on the London Underground don't take the most efficient route on the Tube. To address this, there's a new tube map up at London-Tubemap and you should take a look at it if you either live in London, or are about to travel here.

Most days, using London's Tube system is an ordeal. But during Tube Challenge 07 it is turned into a race course for especially intrepid types.

Pros and cons... specific to an American ex-pat's experience in London.