the market: global shopping WHAT IT COSTS IN . . . Padua

WHAT IT COSTS IN . . .

padua

(2,405 lira to pounds 1)

POODLE CUT AND WASH

L70,000 (pounds 29.10)

10 ARTICHOKES

L6,000 (pounds 2.50)

BARBOUR 'BEAUFORT' WAXED JACKET

L485,000 (pounds 200)

FIAT 126, 13 YEARS OLD

L500,000 (pounds 208)

EIGHT SWIMMING LESSONS

L60,000 (pounds 24.90)

TICKET TO VENDETTI CONCERT

L40,000 (pounds 16.60)

SEX WITH ITALIAN PROSTITUTE L100,000 (pounds 41.50)

L50,000 (pounds 20.70)

L200,000 (pounds 83)

CITY CENTRE FLAT (3 BED, 2 BATH, 120 SQ M) PER MONTH

L2M (pounds 830)

CAN OF COKE IN BAR

L3,000 (pounds 1.24)

TIMBERLAND DESERT BOOTS

L240,000 (pounds 99.50)

STOLEN BIKE

L50,000 (pounds 20.70)

ARMANI EAU DI TOILETTE (50CC)

L48,000 (pounds 19.95)

UNIVERSITY FEES PER YEAR

L1.2M (pounds 499)

20 MARLBORO

L4,800 (pounds 1.99)

ORANGES PER KILO

L2,000 (83P)

PAIR OF LEVIS' JEANS

L100,000 (pounds 41.50)

TRAIN TICKET FROM PADUA TO VENICE (30KM)

L3,400 (pounds 1.41)

TV TAX PER YEAR

L180,000 (pounds 74.80)

CAPPUCCINO

L1,600 (66P)

PETROL PER LITRE

L1,860 (77P)

compiled by Pascal Wyse