Switzerland is very expensive to visit, but not as so to live, the
salaries are higher and taxes low, because of the high salaries anything
involving labour or service is expensive however 138 us sound a lot for
a spaghetti dinner and I would expect to feed all of us (my wife and 4
boys for that, with a couple of beers - but then we don't drink wine and
that can get expensive depending upon the bottle.
There are restaurants (or more like canteens) in the large supermarkets
so you can eat there quite reasonably. However cameras cars and other
items are similarily priced to our european neighbours, the 8% purchase
tax helps so it softens the blow. Meat is not subsidised andI paid 138
US for our christmas turkey last year!
I would not expect to pay more than 25 francs for a spaghetti dinner
with a salad starter where I live and most restaurants do a lunch time
menu which includes a salad starter for around 15 swiss francs.
On 4/12/13 3:32 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Only tangentially related, but I just read an article in a motorcycle touring
> magazine about a couple who rented a big BMW in Munich and set out for some
> time in Switzerland. They said they had to be very careful of the way in
> which they spent their money because of the value of Swiss currency. For
> example, they said a spaghetti dinner with a glass of wine each in a
> non-glitzy family restaurant set them back $138 US. But then they said they
> rented self-catering accommodations in small towns _close_ to big attractions
> and did their shopping in grocery stores, cooking for themselves, and managed
> huge savings, i.e., $20 for dinner + wine.
>
> How can this be? If it's expensive in a family restaurant, why isn't it
> expensive at the grocery store as well? Or the accommodations? (One of the
> towns was Ponresina, close to St. Moritz, but with more family friendly
> prices.)
>
> --Inquiring minds
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2013, at 4:46 AM, SwissPace wrote:
>
>> Well I did my bit to help and have just bought a spanish built bike - BH
>>
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