You will NEVER guess how much it costs to wash one load of clothes here in Romans. NEVER! Guess? Guess?
Ok, I'll just tell you. But let me just preface by saying that it only costs $0.75 to wash a pretty big load in America (or at least in the UF residence halls). Furthermore (I'll just do the math for you), it costs me $5 to wash AND dry THREE loads of clothes. Whites. Darks. Colors.
3.90 EURO!!!!!!!
Today, on October 31, 2007, the equivalent of this, according to Yahoo! Finance, is $5.6421. To wash one small load. Extortionists. Needless to say, I only washed one load and mixed darks with whites, delicates with cotton, just stuffed it all in there untill there was hardly any room left.
I figure it's due to the scarcity of water in these whereabouts. I mean, these people don't even have water fountains at the gym or in school. At the teacher's lounge in one of my schools, they ask for a ten-cent donation if you're gonna take one of those cone cups of water. Due to this justification, if you can even call it that, I thought it was pretty reasonable that it only costs 50 Euro cents to dry a load. It doesn't use any water, so why would it be more? Makes perfect sense.
What DOESN'T make sense is why the dryer stopped working after 5 minutes. I thought this had to be a mistake, so I put in another 5o cents, and pressed START once more. And sure enough, the dryer stopped 5 minutes after that. I asked some crazy French lady that kept taking to herself if this was normal, and she replied with a "bah, ouiiii." Times like these, I miss home!
My clothes is now hanging in the living room, clothespins and all. And I thought clothespins were only used for arts and crafts projects nowadays. Little did I know!
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4 comments:
Whoa wait...you even have the possibility of using a dryer? Uh, all I have is a tendedera. I would pay 7 euro just to use a dryer, fool!
Oh, man! Yesterday I did laundry and my clothes were so nice and toasty. They smelled so delicious that I nearly ate one of my shirts it was soo good!
But seriously, sorry you have to go through that. Minor price to pay to live your dream. Think of it that way. Take care!
You have a point, Valeria. Thanks for shedding some positive light on this annoying situation.
Vil I just read your blog!!! OMG I miss you! I know what you mean about the fit "ripe" population and the ridiculously expensive laundry!!! That's what happened at Reading, only we got 15 miutes for 20 pence. Europeans! :-D I'm so happy to hear that you're still climbing. I really need to go. I just started working out again. I must get in shape for Englad. Right now I'm waiting on my visa! I';m so excited though. We must meet up! I'll show you England! I can't promise anything special with the food unlessimon is cooking, but they've got breath taking countryside too! Mmm I miss it. I think I've falling for a country as well. I totally related to that entry you wrote btw. (((HUGS))) Enjoy!!!
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