[Idyllchat] Food

[Sonny Culverhouse]

Likewise in Germany.  A full meal out is incredibly inexpensive 
compared to here and surely to Switzerland, yet it's contiguous. 
..................sonny


At 07:22 PM 5/20/2007, Ronnie B. Peters wrote:
>I've been busy so perhaps the 'chat' is ready to move on to a new subject,
>but--one last thought about the Hotel Brunig Kulm in Brunig.  Brian, even
>though you admitted to confusing the Hotel Brunig Kulm with the Sylvana,
>the Kulm IS a bit expensive, which is why we ate there only once on our last
>trip--a special dinner out.  However, although folks seem to absolutely rave
>about the Bahnhof Restaurant in Lungern--and the food there IS very good,
>you can't get much more expensive than it.
>
>Another note concerning the price of food, about which I also commented
>once before, is--it's a bit of a mystery that Switzerland and Austria, two
>countries side by side, are so far apart in the cost of restaurant eating.
>
>On every Untour in the Heartland we usually picnic for lunch--pausing on
>a bench or rock during a hike--but we have breakfast plus nearly every
>dinner at 'home' mainly because of the high cost of dining out.
>
>However, on each of our 4-5 Austrian Untours (all in Kuchl) we ate
>virtually all of our evening meals in local restaurants--finding them to be
>unbelievably inexpensive.
>
>I believe Vance is the one who gave me the explanation concerning
>this--different economies etc--a couple of years ago, but I've since
>forgotten his comments, so perhaps he will enlighten me and other
>Idyllchatters again.
>
>Margaret Peters
>
>
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