Day 47 - Dollars are to Euros ....

One thing I have never commented on exactly is cost of things here. I've mentioned that in relative terms Florence, Venice and Vienna were expensive but how does this really compare? Generally what I would normally pay in Australian dollars, is what I pay in Euros (only Euros are worth twice as much - ie everything is twice as expensive).

For example, a large Macca's meal in Australia is $5.95 dollars. In Europe, it is roughly 5.95 Euros (ie about $11 dollars Australian). After awhile you try not to think about it as it is all too sad and you go crazy. Thinking something is 10 euros to get in isn't too bad but then if you start thinking, 'hey wait a minute, that is actually $18 back home and i'd never pay that', you wouldn't do anything.

I was kinda complaining about it to some others but then I started talking to some Brazilians who are paying 5-10 times more than what they would back home, puts things into perspective pretty quickly.

Another reason for heading into eastern europe was to really see if it was remarkedly cheaper. It is about half the price of western europe thus far and food is ridicilously cheap. For example, I had a hotdog and 500ml Coke for about $1.70 Australian.