It makes me feel very lucky to spend only about USD 7.50 for my large
plate of chopped barbeque pork (1/2 pound??), barbecue slaw and huge
mound of potato salad.
And the $138 turkey? In the US you would pay perhaps $20-25 for a 16-18
pound turkey. That's not subsidized either.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/12/2013 3:30 PM, SwissPace wrote:
> 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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