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Old 16th-January-2008   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by djvm98 View Post
Definitely Finlandia Vodka is great! what a pity that is too expensive here compared with some places abroad, I found exactly the same bottle at the Frankfurt Airport stores, costing 30% less, and some time travelling in Central America incredibily I found it at half the prize is sold here in Finland! How's that possible? OK alcohol taxes, but too much is too much.

What comes to the food, meatballs and salmon get the first places! I could eat fresh salmon everyday in all the ways they prepare it here.... for the rest of food it seems for my palate everything tastes pretty "tasteless", I know this is because I am too used to elaborated, spicy, mediterranean food, but I already managed to prepare a grrrreat salmon pasta: "fusilli al salmone ed asparagi"!!!!

Buon appetito!
You're right. It's confusing for me, too. For example, a spectacle in my place is about 100 euros, but in Finland, it can be 300 to 350 euros, (65 Degrees North - News and views from Oulu - Rent a New Pair of Glasses?), which means, along with some travel discount, buying a spectacle in Finland costs the same for a spectacle in Thailand and a trip to Thailand. The ridiculous part is, the producing cost of a spectacle is only about 10 euros.
I can guess the high price of food in Finland might be transportation, high fuel price and the fact that Finland depends on food import. But how about every thing else?
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