In France, the unit of currency is the Euro.
The value of the dollar has dropped in recent years, so one Euro is worth roughly $1.75 US. For the sake of shopping here, I'm just multiplying the cost times 2.
So....in order to get one ice cream cone for all three of us...at 3 Euros each...that's 9 Euros in ice cream..but multiply that by 2, and this little treat was 18 dollars. Want a bottle of diet coke? That's 3.5 Euros...so roughly 6 to 7 dollars for the same size bottle we get for a dollar at home.
Let's just say it makes things interesting!
In China, the unit of currency is the yuan. One hundred yuan are the equivalent of about 16 dollars. On our trip, we divided the price by five to get an approximation. That was also interesting! Perhaps we should change our dollars for yuan and then our yuan for Euros...
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