Tres cher

They tell you Paris is a really expensive place. Here's a couple of examples:

Tonight we didn't want to go out so we just got take-out things- a rotisserie chicken and potatoes and a mushroom pizza. The chicken was $9, not that bad, half pound of potatoes, about $5, and the mushroom pizza, medium US size, $27.

Earlier, we went for ice cream, at supposedly the best ice cream place in the city. Four of us each had 2 scoops, which combined would be one Ben and Jerry's scoop, of excellent ice cream, and to drink we had 3 coffees and a bottle of water. What do you think? $55.

It's very hard to have lunch for 4 without spending $75 and it's easier to spend $100. And dinner? I'll leave it to your imagination. It's a lot better, of course, if you buy things at a supermarket and prepare it yourself, and the bread is very cheap (a baguette is about a buck), and it's all really good food, so it's hard to get too upset, but you really can't do anything cheaply here.