<p>St Barths… this must have been 25 years ago, but I remember the $45 hamburgers (apiece) on the beach. Also Weill Cornell Medical Center (maybe it’s a tie?)</p>
<p>I once stayed at le Bristol in Paris (on business about 20 years ago). Rooms (today) start at $1100 per night and move higher quickly. It was a nice hotel, but for just a place to sleep I would never pay that much out of my own pocket.</p>
<p>Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef. But what an experience – not likely to be able to make it happen again, but what an amazing experience.</p>
<p>Paris, not a question…We went to London last year and found it comparable to Los Angeles. Maui…manageable. Paris, omg I have NEVER spent so much money so fast.</p>
<p>Zurich and Nome. Yikes!</p>
<p>Yep on the exchange rate. Just goes to show how devalued the dollar is becoming.</p>
<p>Craps table in Vegas…each of the 6 free drinks i had cost 500 a piece</p>
<p>Few weeks ago, we were in Italy stayed on a little island off Tuscany. We rented a villa and ate in most of the time because the house was so beautiful. H suggested for us to go to a nearby hotel (appeared to be nice) to have a nice meal since we have been eating in. When we arrived I noticed it was a Relais Chateaux establishment, and I knew we were in for something big. We(4 of us) had bellini(s) (freshly squeezed peach with champagne) then followed by paired wines with 8 course meals, the setting was on a balconey over looking the Mediterranean Ocean. When the bill came, H told me not to worry about it - I just saw it on the AmEx bill, all I could say is it was priceless.</p>
<p>Atlantis in the bahamas.</p>
<p>I would have said Bermuda until recently… I did a stop over in Iceland. My sister and I thought on the first night that we were having a relatively inexpensive dinner. Turned out to be $30 bowls of fish soup - as in the local food, nothing brought in. We tried to find family hole in the wall places and just couldn’t.</p>
<p>^Iceland’s a bit of a bargain at the moment; it’s much cheaper to holiday there now than it was a couple of years ago!</p>
<p>I am SO jealous… I think…</p>
<p>I’d say it’s between Hawaii and Italy but we did just visit Israel over Passover and it was ridiculously expensive but well worth it!</p>
<p>Paris was mixed. We paid what amounted to 15 dollars for a coffee by Notre Dame but about 5 dollars worth for a huge and delicious sandwich in St. Germaine des Pres.</p>
<p>Once ate in a fancy restaurant on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. $100 bottle of wine didn’t bother me, the two $12 cokes 6 oz. (this was 15-20 years ago) my kids had, did.</p>
<p>Oh, just remembered. Hubby was in St Petersburg, attending a conference late last year. When I saw a $500 restaurant charge on our Visa, I almost died. I emailed him saying there was some fraud going on. He said that he went to dinner with a bunch of their marketing folks, and they picked a bottle of French wine which turned out to be quite expensive, close to $200 a bottle. Not quite well versed in the dollalr to ruble conversion rate, DH did not realize the mistake until much later. He took a picture of the label… It is a cheapo-crapo wine we can get here in Seattle for $5-7 - I think it is the French version of the 2 Buck Chuck. :eek: Talk about the astronomical markup!!! But, OTOH, DH and a coworker had a fabulous, fabulous sushi dinner for $35 for both of them, which included sushi, drinks, tip and tax. Go figure.</p>