North Idaho, Country Life, and the Vienna Woods

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January/February 1978
By Stephen Allen 
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THE COST OF LIVING (AND TRAVELING) ABROAD

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Many people go to Europe in September (when plane fares are lower), thinking that because all the students and teachers are back in school Europe won't be crowded and prices everywhere will be more reasonable, Hah! Hah to that!

When I first went to Europe about twenty years ago, you could live, travel, and eat there for about a third of what it'd cost you to live, travel, and eat in the U.S. This is no longer true, however. European prices areon the wholenow comparable to (in some cases even higher than) prices here at home ... a direct result of the fact that the standard of living in most parts of Europe has gone up relative to the U.S. over the past twenty years.

"If Europe is no longer inexpensive," you might ask, "what's the point of traveling there?" My answer is this: Except for the initial expense involved in A bout as getting there, it'll cost you just A much to live, love, travel, and eat in Europe as it now costs you to live, eat, travel, and love in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I, for one, would rather do it all in Europe.

SEE YOU IN VIENNA?

I'll be the first to admit that the whole idea of moving back to the land in order to save enough money to fly to Europe sounds pretty farfetched. To tell you the truth, on my last trip abroad I couldn't really believe I was pulling it off...even while I was enjoying a steak dinner (complete with wine) in the 747 high above Greenland.

The fact is, though, I did pull it off. And so can you. All you have to do is "give up" your dependence on fuel oil, electricity, and (to some extent) gasoline, and in a year's time (maybe not even that long) you, too, can treat your-, self to an expense-paid vacation in Europe.

Then again, if you'd rather stay where you are now ...

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