Subject: Cost of life in Europe

<....you can fix your budget at around 100 to 160 USD for a double > room and to 45 to 80 USD for a meal for two people at an average restaurant. If I thought I'd have to spend that much to go to Paris, I wouldn't even be thinking of going :-)Thankfully, I've found places that I'd like to stay around $85 USD. Hopefully, we'll find meals for much less than the $45 to 80 you've mentioned or we will be eating picnics all the time :-) We plan to eat one big meal out, one picnic meal, and a bread and fruit for breakfast. Hope this is possible. Sandy