So in case you arent familiar, Rachel Ray has a travel show called "$40 a day" in which she shows you how to visit a city and not go over your budget...Well Matt enacted a new challenge for us today..."Italy on 10€/day!"
Our entire day went something like this:
0€ - delicious breakfast of rolls, cheese, salami, coffee, OJ and yogurt at our B&B
0€ - walked through ancient ruins, saw Trajan column
1,5€ - each ate a peach at the Camp Fiore (awesome outdoor market with fresh fruits, veggies, pasta, herbs, olive oils, flowers, and public fountains to wash off your purchases)
0€ - saw the Pantheon!
1,5€ - I ate a mini sandwhich of tomato, mozz., and lettuce
0€ - Hung out by the Trevi fountain and watched tourists throw their money in and make a wish
3€ - Matt got 100 grams of roasted almonds from a street vendor
0€ - Saw the Spanish Steps (pretty anticlimactic)
5€ - Split a salad with olives, mozz, tuna and corn
0€ - went back to Hostel and used free internet
9€ - ate dinner at an awesome hole in the wall restaurant next to hostel (2 gyros and 1 tiramisu)
Grand total: 20€ (fo da bo da us! 10 each! woohoo!)
p.s. despite being overjoyed with our frugal spending habits and saving a good bit of money today, it was kinda embarrassing each time we entered a deli, immediately asked how much everything was while salivating over sandwhiches, and then had to huddle together to decide which item we could afford to pay for and split...
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