This Month's Haul: June

**Burky** · 26 Jun 2006, 08:07 PM

Upon further thought, you could easily live in Europe for $500 a month, IF you went to Eastern Europe, like Bulgaria and Romania.

And if you went there, you'd have to avoid the tourist areas, which are really nice places, but maybe only 30% cheaper than Western Europe.

So if you go to the cheap places, it's a dump. I mean completely. It's so poor there, you might as well go to Africa. We visited Bulgaria last summer, and we went off for a day into the real Bulgaria, and it's not a good place, and I would certainly not want to sleep in a room full of strangers there (remember "Hostel"???). I might have some photos, I'll post them up. It was certainly interesting to visit, but staying there and being there for a long period of time is not a good idea imo.
On the upside though, my family (4 of us) managed to get lunch for about $1 included drinks.

So seriously, you ought to stick to Western Europe, and if you stick there it's expensive. Europe is more expensive than the US on just about everything, apart from European products.

**Diff-chan** · 26 Jun 2006, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Burky

So seriously, you ought to stick to Western Europe, and if you stick there it's expensive. Europe is more expensive than the US on just about everything, apart from European products.

Truth. In regards to living in the city. I was just reading an article on CNN Money, NYC is the most expensive city on this hemisphere and its only T-10th (Moscow is #1). Of course that is not what this whole thing was all about.

**sleeve** · 26 Jun 2006, 08:28 PM

What's the age ceiling on most hostels these days? 25? 30?

Back when I took my college jaunt through Western Europe I remember it being 25.

**Revoltor** · 26 Jun 2006, 08:44 PM

I think 30 sounds about right. Most have age-limits though that cap off at around 25-30 or so.

There's also that international hostel card thing I read about. It's supposed to help you save a bit more cash.

**Burky** · 26 Jun 2006, 08:51 PM

In the alps there are a lot of refuges, which are just hostels in more extreme places, where by law they must give you a bed, so even if the place is packed out, they put you in the corrider.
So if you're tripping round the alps you can probably be any age.
It was a fun trip.

**Tain** · 26 Jun 2006, 09:14 PM

you'd be a nut

to argue with the butt

I struggled to not laugh out loud at work.

POTC imo

**1CCOSA** · 26 Jun 2006, 11:09 PM

My newly revived Storm of Progear green CPS2 (after an unsuccessful battery replacement attempt I had Razoola of CPS2 Shock resurrect it) Will be nice to put this in a cabinet sometime next year. For now it rocks in my trusty JAMMA rig via hacked Saturn pads.