"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>> I've completed entering our meal pictures from our recent visit to
>> Tuscany and Liguria. There are 19 notes with photos in descending
>> chronological order. They are at http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
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>
> Interesting pics, and I especially appreciated the comments about the
> dinner in the hotel. I only had one dinner in Italy and I still remember
> it for the sticker shock. Back in 1993 our meal for 3 worked out to $315.
> My son had Veal Parmesan and my wife and I had seafood platters. One soft
> drink for the kid, a bottle of wine for us, and one dessert between us. I
> was not all that impressed with the dinner. I see that things haven't
> changed..... 35 Euro for a meal of pasta and another 35 table charge. Add
> that to the reasons why Italy is the one European country I have no
> interest in returning to.


With the Euro/Dollar ratio, I wonder how anyone can get their money's worth
out of traveling to Europe. Perhaps a tour.

Our last biggie trip was to Norway/Sweden/Denmark on a bus tour in 1992. The
trip was not expensive, but if we ate off-tour; oh it made your eyes pop
out; most of the time, lunch was not included, or dinner was not included.
We stayed at the beginning of the trip in Copenhagen a couple of days and
Oslo a couple of days after our two-week bus tour. The cost was frightful;
and I'm not that fond of Scandanavian food.

Dee Dee