Wednesday, July 21, 2010

July 22nd, 2010: Financial



Daily Expenditure in USD
19-May Frankfurt -4.69452
20-May Istanbul -121.86639
21-May Ephesus -53.8776
22-May Istanbul -22.41645
23-May Sofia, Plovdiv, Sofia -38.227054
24-May Sofia, Skopje, Ohrid -55.33872
25-May Sofia, Pristina -33.10306
26-May Budva, Podgorica -50.03883
27-May Sarajevo, Mostar -36.241
28-May Debrovnik, Split -49.5724
29-May Zagreb -41.85046
30-May Venice -56.00084
31-May Munich -39.953744
1-Jun Vienna -47.7513
2-Jun Budapest -46.00267
3-Jun Belgrade -7.543915
4-Jun Novi Sad -28.09744
5-Jun Belgrade -43.7356
6-Jun Belgrade -23.60878
7-Jun Bucharest, Brasov -30.95668
8-Jun Budapest, Bratislava -35.833696
9-Jun Warsaw, Krakow -36.113804
10-Jun Prague -41.1347
11-Jun Prague -36.726935
12-Jun Prague, Berlin -53.89037
13-Jun Berlin -25.4457





So I spent about 11-1200 USD on this trip.

EUR TRY BGN MKD BAM HRK HUF RSD RON PLN CZK USD
Total Withdrawal 690 0 450 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Expenditure -463.47 -17.2 -440.14 100 0 -485.5 550 1574 12 10 119 -162
Expected 226.53 -17.2 9.86 100 0 14.5 550 1574 12 10 119 -162
Actual 180.9 0 10 100 10 10 500 100 10 10 100 -162
Actual Expenditure -509.1 0 -440 100 10 -490 500 100 10 10 100 -162
Average Rates 1.2234 0.633104 0.626123 0.020012 0.625712 0.168815 0.004381 0.011958 0.292504 0.298 0.047581 1
Actual Expenditure in USD -622.8329 0 -275.494 2.001154 6.257115 -82.7195 2.190442 1.195769 2.925038 2.98 4.758077 -162
Total Expenditure in USD -1120.739





















































































































Tuesday, July 20, 2010

July 20th, 2010: City Rankings

After much deliberation, I have come up with the following ranking of European cities that I have visited.

Affordability Cake Food Fun Girls Ice Cream Night Life People Sights Transportation Overall
Novi Sad, Serbia 9 N/A 9 7 8 7 N/A 7 6 3 7
Krakow, Poland 8 N/A 6 8 9 4 N/A 8 7 5 6.875
Plovdiv, Bulgaria 8 N/A N/A 7 6 7 N/A 9 7 4 6.8571429
Venice, Italy 6 N/A 3 7 8 8 N/A 6 9 7 6.75
Warsaw, Poland 8 N/A N/A 6 7 N/A N/A 7 6 5 6.5
Istanbul, Turkey 4 8 7 8 6 3 N/A 7 9 5 6.3333333
Vienna, Austria 4 9 4 5 5 9 N/A 6 7 8 6.3333333
Berlin, Germany 5 2 5 9 7 4 8 6 7 9 6.2
Beograde, Serbia 8 N/A 9 5 6 6 8 6 4 3 6.1111111
Budapest, Hungary 6 N/A 5 6 6 6 N/A 6 7 6 6
Zagreb, Croatia 4 N/A 3 5 8 6 8 8 5 5 5.7777778
Munich, Germany 4 N/A N/A 4 5 4 N/A 7 6 9 5.5714286
Prague, Czech Republic 4 6 4 6 6 4 N/A 5 8 6 5.4444444
Brasov, Romania 8 N/A N/A 6 5 5 N/A 7 5 2 5.4285714
Sarajevo, Bosnia 7 N/A 9 4 5 1 N/A 7 5 5 5.375
Ephesus, Turkey 4 N/A 6 6 6 N/A N/A 7 6 2 5.2857143
Sofia, Bulgaria 8 4 4 3 6 6 6 9 2 4 5.2
Skopje, Macedonia 9 N/A N/A 3 2 7 N/A 8 2 5 5.1428571
Pristina, Kosovo 8 N/A 8 2 4 6 N/A 8 1 2 4.875
Bucharest, Romania 8 N/A 5 3 4 N/A N/A 6 3 5 4.8571429
Dubrovnik, Croatia 3 N/A N/A 7 4 N/A N/A 3 9 3 4.8333333
Bratislava, Slovakia 4 N/A 1 3 7 6 N/A 7 4 5 4.625
Ohrid, Macedonia 9 3 1 3 2 N/A 3 9 6 4 4.4444444
Kotor, Montenegro 4 N/A N/A 7 4 N/A N/A 2 7 2 4.3333333
Split, Croatia 3 N/A 1 6 4 6 N/A 3 8 3 4.25
Mostar, Bosnia 6 N/A N/A 6 3 1 3 5 6 2 4
Frankfurt, Germany 2 N/A N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A 6 1 8 3.6
Podgorica, Montenegro 4 N/A N/A 2 4 6 N/A 4 2 2 3.4285714
Ljuljana, Slovenia 4 N/A N/A 3 N/A N/A N/A 4 3 2 3.2
Budva, Montenegro 4 N/A N/A 4 2 N/A N/A 2 6 1 3.1666667
Villach, Austria 1 N/A N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A 3 2 2 1.8

This was actually surprising since none of the big tourist places ended up in the top 3 and Poland holds 2 spots of the top 5 and Serbia holds another 2 spots in the top 10.  Well, any comments are welcome.  Please do not take it personally!  Ethan