Comments on: Madrid: The most we’d pay for everyday items

By: www.travelwithkevinandruth.com

www.travelwithkevinandruth.com — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:51:58 +0000

Worthwhile article. As frugal travelers, this is the kind of stuff we love when we’re planning to visit a country we’ve never been to before.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:59:19 +0000

One of the great finds recently in Barcelona at El Corte Ingles department store in their
“Gourmet Basement” was a 1 ltr box of Sangria for .75 Euros! In a neighborhood deli it can also be had for .65 Euros, incredible since a (large) glass of sangria on La Rambla is 7.50 Euros!

By: Straight-Haired Sammy

Straight-Haired Sammy — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:18:25 +0000

Quote from Donna B
“We traveled Spain extensively about 8 years ago. I needed a curling iron.”

Just struggling to understand how one can suddenly “need” a curling iron.
99.999% of the people on the planet survive without curling irons. This is like saying “I was traveling Nevada and suddenly needed a signed first edition of DH Lawrence’s The Plumed Serpent” (great book, but actually written in New Mexico). Surely, surely, no-one suddenly needs a curling iron in El Corte Ingles (or indeed anywhere else in Catalunya or more widely in Spain). This MUST be a set-up. Fifty US dollars seems a ridiculously low price for such self-indulgence when traveling thru Spain.

By: Donna B

Donna B — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:25:42 +0000

We traveled Spain extensively about 8 years ago. I needed a curling iron. Shocked to find they started at about $50 (US) in El Corte Ingles. Did without.