Post-trip — Edinburgh sample
Did the prep help?
Yes for courtesy phrases (cheers, meal close). Weather small talk was under-practised — next trip, rehearse two weather lines the night before.
Phrases that got real use
- Cheers
- What’s the soup today?
- How’re you getting on? (once, awkwardly)
Phrases that stayed on the list
Most of the sandwich / “I stay nearby” set — no natural opening that day.
Spend snapshot
Sample day total £47.20 (food £18.40 · transport £6.80 · other £22.00 · accommodation £0). Useful as a quiet-city baseline, not a hotel trip.
Change for next trip
- Record 60-second voice notes of the top 5 phrases before Day 1.
- Pick three must-use lines, not twelve.
- Keep the Monzo block on every day page — total first, then the language note.