[alanmcorcoran]

Too bad about the inflation. I was able to buy a 5 course lunch in Barcelona for about $2.50 when I was there. A "chinese" dinner in London cost me about $75.00 the same year. People used to say France was the most expensive, but in my traveling days, nothing was as costly as a hotel room in Mayfair. Used to commute all the way across London on the Tube just to find a flop house for 70 pounds.

Haven't done any international travel since I went to France two and a half years a go to top off my frequent flier account. Paris may be nice in April, but it's effing cold in December.