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clive francis
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I was over in italy for the first week of transistion from lira - euro and a lot of people were complaining prices had all been rounded up. Greece and other countries i know of also complained.
In some places they took the direct Old currency=same number of euros which made some things twice as expensive.
Also of note ive got a friend that lives in italy and he says the general opinion was if theyd been asked to vote on it they would have rejected it.
At the moment im enjoying travelling abroad though as accomodation and things im finding far cheaper than the UK - example recent trip to Madrid a 4* hotel room was some E80 per night between 2 people - thats a lot cheaper than UK equivalent.
Drinks and so on also a lot cheaper.
string do you live in a hotel?
i don't so it is a waste of time comparing costs of hotels as they are a one off payment once in a blue moon.
stuff you use every day i.e. food and drink are what should be graded against.
Restaurants were no cheaper than the UK if you had anything other than a pizza.
Lager was the same price as you would pay in London and in some places we really got screwed on the price of a beer (E10 for 2 small beers no more than 33cl).
spirits worked out only slightly cheaper.
they kept telling us it was very cheap (in the south) but we were working in the north so that wasn't much use or help.
like i said HR did a report and it was 28% more expensive in Bologna than Watford and that was using E1.45 to the £, but it is less than that now.