Originally Posted by Homemother
I found that everything in Europe was more expensive than here in the states. They don't understand free enterprise like we do and don't have the competition that we have. Our friends in Europe like our prices here but then turn around and tell us how we do everything wrong. Bleh! We here in the US are truly unique and we should be proud of our society! (Maybe they import from the US and have surcharges added to everything!)
We were in Barcelona,Spain in 2009 and paid equal to $6.00 for a small bottle of lemonade...but when you are there, what can you do??? In Italy, paid almost $30.00 for med pizza and 2 bottles of water...but best pizza have ever had