Europe on $5 a Day - stories?

musicamusica
Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:50:10 +0000

I traveled on one of my trips with a Dutch girl. She taught me to find out where the communists eat and there we would not be over charged for rolls or service charges. I remember the restaurant in Florence(where I ended up living for over a year) was called La Tavola Rossa (The Red Table.) Communal tables and the same thing was served every night. For 600 lire (.75 at the time) you got a jug of wine, tortellini, focaccia , salad, roast chicken and mandarini. If the owner liked you, he would not water down the wine and would stuff your pockets with oranges as you left. SIGH.