It is interesting how the tour books suggest that one should travel to modern countries first and ease themselves into the 3^rd world. The culture shock could kill you. The Butlers are finding that the best way to do it is start in super cheap, and underdeveloped places like Thailand and then ease ourselves into the money-sucking ones. The shock has been non-fatal. For those who are interested in how we are doing since arriving in the Eurozone…  30-50 euros for food, about 50-60 euros for a hotel with free camping whenever possible, 10-20 euros for entrance fees, 20 euros for a car (when rented) equals/averages about 125 euro a day for all 4 of us. Not bad, but we have just left Greece and arrived in Milan so we’ll see how we fare as we go north. Thankfully we will get to do some more couch surfing at some point. Travel Tip:  This is a good way to send packs onto airlines. It keeps your straps all tucked away and safe in a neat bundle. We had to catch a shuttle bus from the airport outside of Milan to the Central Train Station where we were then able to walk to our hotel.