While electricity and toys are expensive, food and alcohol is not. Getting back to a U.S. grocery store with more familiar items will be nice but I am not looking forward to the sticker shock that I am sure to experience. (I hear gas is cheap in the US right now and I most definitely would have liked to see that; as I’m sure it will be high again when we return this summer).
At the fish market, I bought 4 kilos (8.6 pounds) of mussels for 12 euros. I bought two large trout for 5 euros. I can buy vodka or gin for 5 euros. The wine I buy is 1.76 euros. The photo of produce was purchased for 5.16 euros. I bought an entire chicken for 8 euros at the butcher last week. And with the dollar rising against the euro, the price difference from when we arrived to now is a big improvement. I am averaging a saving of $80 – $100 no longer lost in currency conversion from when we arrived in October.
Here’s a breakdown of the cost of items in the top picture:
3kg (6.6 lbs) of Potatoes – 2.00
Store-brand red-bull – .37
Cinnamon – .47
Butter – 1.31
Jam – 1.45
1 lb Chicken thin fillets – 2.75
I looked up my grocery receipts and here are some other items not pictured:
1kg Flour (2.2 lbs) – .45
1 Liter milk – .56
Special K cereal (large box) – 2.89 (with in store discount it was 1.87 each box)
1 Liter chicken stock – .85
1 lb lemons – .62
2 Liters Orange juice – 1.25
1 kg (2.2lbs) onions – .89
3 pack paper towels – 1.59
1 package of pizza cheese – 2.04
2 kg (4.4 pounds) of Golden Delicious apples – 1.99
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