I just read a post on Travel Advisor where the couple accounted for the cost of everything on their trip to Italy. They knew what they spent on food, souvenirs, lodging, travel. etc. We were in Italy for 24 days last year and we have no idea what we spent. Both of us travelled with fathers who counted the cost of everything so we are determined to just use restraint. Eat like we do at home. Buy things like we do at home. Bring very few things back. We do have a budget and nearly always stay within it. If we feel we spent too much one day, we have a picnic the next. In fact, as we drive and often make things up as we go along, we now have an "ice chest" that folds up and goes in a suitcase. Makes picnics easier.
If you are in Venice and are not sure when you will be back, you can stand at the door of the museum and debate the cost for fifteen minutes or you can spend the fifteen minutes inside looking at art. The only thing I know for sure is that Tylenol is much more expensive in Italy than it is in the United States. Then again, if you need it you buy it. I now have a nice souvenir package of generic acetaminophen with the directions in Italian.
Great picnic spot in the Tyrolean Alps:
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