20 Euros Ice Cream in Rome

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:05:42 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:55:05 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Frank Hucklenbroich <Hucklenbroich01@> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Am Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:44:53 -0700 (PDT) schrieb ts345.team@:
>> >>
>> >> > That IS correct,
>> >> > 90 EUROS = 135 USDollars, for: 4 ice cream cones with 2 scoops each,
>> >> > plus a small cup with one scoop, plus a small slice of tiramisu.
>> >>
>> >> Wow, thats really a lot.
>> >>
>> >> We did stop and have ice cream right at the Fontana di Trevi and were
>> >> surprised that it was rather cheap there (theres an ice-cream-parlour right
>> >> at the fountain). Big nice place.
>> >>
>> >> Then again we got fleeced having lunch near the Vatican (payed about 100
>> >> EUR for two very small slices of pizza and some noodles).
>> >
>> >Didn't it have the price? Even in Venice, which is notoriously more
>> >expensive than most of Italy, we never managed to get anywhere near that
>> >for a full lunch or dinner for two, including drinks.
>>
>> Those who get fleeced subsidise the rest of us.
>
>I'm clearly going to the wrong restaurants, as I don't see those
>prices...

Nor me.
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Martin

"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:05:42 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:55:05 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne,
>>> _the_
>>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>>
>>> >Frank Hucklenbroich <Hucklenbroich01@> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Am Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:44:53 -0700 (PDT) schrieb ts345.team@:
>>> >>
>>> >> > That IS correct,
>>> >> > 90 EUROS = 135 USDollars, for: 4 ice cream cones with 2 scoops
>>> >> > each,
>>> >> > plus a small cup with one scoop, plus a small slice of tiramisu.
>>> >>
>>> >> Wow, thats really a lot.
>>> >>
>>> >> We did stop and have ice cream right at the Fontana di Trevi and were
>>> >> surprised that it was rather cheap there (theres an ice-cream-parlour
>>> >> right
>>> >> at the fountain). Big nice place.
>>> >>
>>> >> Then again we got fleeced having lunch near the Vatican (payed about
>>> >> 100
>>> >> EUR for two very small slices of pizza and some noodles).
>>> >
>>> >Didn't it have the price? Even in Venice, which is notoriously more
>>> >expensive than most of Italy, we never managed to get anywhere near
>>> >that
>>> >for a full lunch or dinner for two, including drinks.
>>>
>>> Those who get fleeced subsidise the rest of us.
>>
>>I'm clearly going to the wrong restaurants, as I don't see those
>>prices...

Nor me. I thought Rome was expensive, but cheaper than, say, Dubai. And I
speak no more than execrable Menu-talian. I found some fab restaurants in
Rome and didn't see any unusual charges. I was, however, dragged unwillingly
to nightclubs which were outrageously priced ... more expensive than in
Tokyo or Hong Kong .... ?10-?15 for a warm Heineken.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:00:42 GMT, "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:nirmv31g4jt5nfgiqcd3hpuq9ia5gqnj5o@.. .
>> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:04:13 GMT, "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com>
>wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"William Black" <william.black@.uk> wrote in message
>> >news:ftfmd2$bt8$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> >>
>> >> "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:S5IKj.44429$Ge4.42086@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone know the current prices in St. Mark's Square, Venice?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Excessive.
>> >>
>> >> I got hit for about £5 a cup for coffee.
>> >>
>> >> But who goes to St Mark's Square and doesn't sit and have a coffee.
>> >>
>> >> You can't go home and say "Well we went all that way, had a look, but
>> >> didn't have a coffee because it was too expensive..."
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >That's livable with - thought it might be more.
>> >We honeymooned there, sat amidst the violins, and the then bill came to
>more
>> >than I had - I had to leave my wife as hostage while I tracked down a
>friend
>> >in the Square for more cash!
>> >We're about to go back next month for our Ruby and have to repeat the
>> >experience - minus the hostage bit!
>>
>> Are you expecting Ruby to be still waiting for you?
>> --
>
>Well, she was an absolute jewel - 40 years ago .........

LOOK BEHIND YOU!
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Martin

"Mike....." <mikeysclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Following up to Alfred Molon
>
>>> Something Italian, perhaps?
>>
>> And I thought noodles were something Italian ;-) ?
>
> taglierini in italian according to my dictionary

I've never been offered "noodles" in Italy.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:43:53 GMT, "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>
>"Poetic Justice" <paradiselost@> wrote in message
>news:1241-47FC7E8D-9@storefull-3254.bay....
>Carole Allen wrote;
>
>>Then in a later post he says the 90 euro
>>was their budget for 2 days of meals in
>>Rome - for 2 adults and 4
>>children.....right....
>
> The OP's family stayed in an apartment and only eat out twice. Regards,
>Walter
>
>"...stay in the outskirts, like we did, and use the metro to go
>downtown.
>We found an A+ apartment to rent for 5 days, it was absolutely perfect,
>mint-like condition, clean, organized and with all you can need".
>[snip]
>"Grocery shop one minute away, we tried to pack drinks and snacks before
>we headed into downtown Rome, so to be self-sufficient in our needs and
>had to "eat out" only two times..."
>
>
>Good grief. We go to places like Rome TO eat out as much as possible!

Not everybody has your budget.
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Martin

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:19:11 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Mike..... <mikeysclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Following up to Poetic Justice
>>
>> > He was what you have mentioned before some of that 'new blood' that
>> > this group needs to survive.
>> > But he makes his 1st post here and then has to defend himself without
>> > really being given the benefit of any doubt.
>>
>> good point.
>
>It breaks my heart. Where's the receipt?

Recipe? Whoops wrong thread.
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Martin

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:54:05 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:

> In article <fthu3a$db9$1@registered.motzarella.org>, grusl says...
>>
>> "Mike....." <mikeysclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:ssh31qy9rosd.x8v5zrvikz6r.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> Following up to Alfred Molon
>>>
>>>>> Something Italian, perhaps?
>>>>
>>>> And I thought noodles were something Italian ;-) ?
>>>
>>> taglierini in italian according to my dictionary
>>
>> I've never been offered "noodles" in Italy.
>
> Noodles is the same as pasta.

I wouldn't call the flat strips of lasagne "noodles".

--
Tim C.

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:04:46 +0200, "Tim C." <timchallenger.uk> wrote:

>On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:54:05 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:
>
>> In article <fthu3a$db9$1@registered.motzarella.org>, grusl says...
>>>
>>> "Mike....." <mikeysclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:ssh31qy9rosd.x8v5zrvikz6r.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>> Following up to Alfred Molon
>>>>
>>>>>> Something Italian, perhaps?
>>>>>
>>>>> And I thought noodles were something Italian ;-) ?
>>>>
>>>> taglierini in italian according to my dictionary
>>>
>>> I've never been offered "noodles" in Italy.
>>
>> Noodles is the same as pasta.
>
>I wouldn't call the flat strips of lasagne "noodles".

or spaetzle.
--

Martin

"Tim C." <timchallenger.uk> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:54:05 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:
>
>> In article <fthu3a$db9$1@registered.motzarella.org>, grusl says...
>>>
>>> "Mike....." <mikeysclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:ssh31qy9rosd.x8v5zrvikz6r.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>> Following up to Alfred Molon
>>>>
>>>>>> Something Italian, perhaps?
>>>>>
>>>>> And I thought noodles were something Italian ;-) ?
>>>>
>>>> taglierini in italian according to my dictionary
>>>
>>> I've never been offered "noodles" in Italy.
>>
>> Noodles is the same as pasta.
>
> I wouldn't call the flat strips of lasagne "noodles".
>

And you can't really make Italian dishes with noodles, or Asian dishes with
Italian pasta.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:09:41 GMT, "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:po1pv39h4sdn8pvmo6e2ed4hnbc31k95rk@.. .
>> On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:43:53 GMT, "a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com>
>wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Poetic Justice" <paradiselost@> wrote in message
>> >news:1241-47FC7E8D-9@storefull-3254.bay....
>> >Carole Allen wrote;
>> >
>> >>Then in a later post he says the 90 euro
>> >>was their budget for 2 days of meals in
>> >>Rome - for 2 adults and 4
>> >>children.....right....
>> >
>> > The OP's family stayed in an apartment and only eat out twice. Regards,
>> >Walter
>> >
>> >"...stay in the outskirts, like we did, and use the metro to go
>> >downtown.
>> >We found an A+ apartment to rent for 5 days, it was absolutely perfect,
>> >mint-like condition, clean, organized and with all you can need".
>> >[snip]
>> >"Grocery shop one minute away, we tried to pack drinks and snacks before
>> >we headed into downtown Rome, so to be self-sufficient in our needs and
>> >had to "eat out" only two times..."
>> >
>> >
>> >Good grief. We go to places like Rome TO eat out as much as possible!
>>
>> Not everybody has your budget.

>Our OAPs' budget, you mean?

Not every OAP has the same budget.
Gawd knows how anybody survives on what the DSS hands out every month.
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Martin