>Peter
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>I remember Holland (well Amsterdam) to be rather expensive anyway. Back in the 80's, as a struggling graduate (with a mortgage, mind), I remember staying in backpacker hotels and gazing longingly through the windows of bars, wishing I could afford a beer! That was at c 5G = £1 I think (so 2 - 2.50 guilders for fries or a beer now sounds cheap). Now you say it's c. 1.75 € a beer? At c. 1€ = c. £0.67, a beer would cost c. £1.18, which sounds quite cheap to me! Maybe my recollections or maths are all to cock.
I guess you were gazing through the windows in the red light district?! :)
Beer prices in the Amsterdam tourist section are still the equivalent of 5 guilders. Same in discotheques and the like. But in a regular inn it is the price I said. Is it that high (£1.18) everywhere in GB?
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