Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Lluis, the Czech Republic was remarkably cheap even in 1996 and 1997. I over there inspecting and approving race routes and stayed in the Grand Hotel Europa there on Wenceslas Square in Prague. It was amazingly cheap as well as having wonderful Art Nouveau decoration. Mind you, the following year I was at the World Mountain Running Championships in Male Svatonovice and a litre of high quality Czech beer cost me the equivalent of 40 cent in Euro. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "lluisripollphotography" <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: WWII Wannabe > Douglas, > > I think it is not only Spain, the World os no more cheap? I?ve visited > Praha in 1969 and it has been the most important experience of a cheap > place for me, I?ve exchanged money before to go in the Country and the > currency was extremely good, inside you was obliged to demonstrate a > minimum per Day! The prices was really ridiculous for me, I gave tips much > lower than in Spain and it was too much, up to the extreme that one day in > a restaurant somme one has said me don?t leave so much? this is really too > much..I remember that at that time I was paying the equivalent of 60 > Pesetas (0,36 Euro) per Day in one of the best Praha hotels in the > Wenceslas Ave. > > Cheers > Lluis > > > >> El 15 gen 2017, a les 15:32, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> va escriure: >> >> Lluis, I remember back in 1976 when I stayed in Arenys de Mar (Hostal >> Mayola) just up the road from you in Barcelona for a few weeks, it cost >> me ?3 a day to live. ?1 for my bed, ?1 for my food, and ?1 for drink :-) >> >> That was about 360 pesetas a day at the time and was considerably cheaper >> than Ireland would have been. I was in Spain as all the banks, including >> the one I worked for at the time were closed due to a strike. >> >> Intended to go back for the fortieth anniversary, but circumstance didn't >> allow. >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "lluisripollphotography" >> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 12:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: WWII Wannabe >> >> >>> Jim, >>> >>> In the 60?s?. about 1967, the Students Menu in cheap restaurants for >>> jung people was the equivalent of less than 10 cents of Euro?., now the >>> average Menu everywhere is 10-12 Euro, but 15 years ago, before Europe >>> was in the Euro, the average Menu was 5 - 6 Euro equivalent and a coffee >>> 0.5/0.6 cents... >>> >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>>> El 14 gen 2017, a les 21:19, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>> va >>>> escriure: >>>> >>>> Hi Lluis, >>>> >>>> I seldom drink coffee away from home, but I suspect our current price >>>> is about the same as yours. But, I remember when coffee, and soft >>>> drinks, could be bought for 5 cents. >>>> >>>> When I was in Elementary School, in the mid-1930s, I paid 10 cents for >>>> my school lunch, which consisted of a hamburger and a drink. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> On 1/14/2017 2:08 PM, lluisripollphotography wrote: >>>>> Today I?ve watch on the TV an old film directed by Douglas Sirk with >>>>> Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack and I?ve remembered you, >>>>> the planes was very similar to this one. Onther thing I?ve found >>>>> amazing is that in the movie it was showed a Bar which had an add >>>>> ?Coffee 5 cents?, I don?t know how much is a coffee in the US now ? >>>>> here is about 1 Euro. >>>>> >>>>> Lluis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> El 10 gen 2017, a les 18:10, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>>>> va >>>>>> escriure: >>>>>> >>>>>> From my archives, a World War II wannabe. >>>>>> >>>>>> Please view LARGE. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Vintage+WWII-2.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information