With Still a Euro to Spare!

One of my favorite things about being here is the reduced cost of living, certainly as far as food is concerned, and certainly compared to New Zealand at least. Now that I have no income until 'I don't know when' (which is quite scary - eep!) paying attention to what things cost has become rather important.

My friend Christina cooked me lunch on the weekend and so on my last day staying with her I wanted to return the favor - so I went to the local supermarket 'Penny' to buy some ingredients for our big lunch (as lunch is ofcourse the main meal of the day for most people here):

So for only 5 Euros which Google's currency convertor tells me is:

• 5 EUR = $7.76 NZ or $6.19 AUS 

I was able to buy all this:

Which in turn made this:

Linsen mit Pilze und Kartoffeln Kroketten

Which was really yummy and filling and was more than enough for four people!

In NZ it's difficult to spend less than $20 at the supermarket when all you really end up with is milk & bread (ok slight exaggeration maybe!)