Quote:
Originally Posted by Patricia
I think that a lot of Brits just buy cheap beer from the supermarket, invite their friends to bring some more, round and socialise at home. This saves a fair amount of money.
And cigarettes are well over £5 here; in fact, nearly £6.
|
well, we do that too sometimes ; we call it an apéro.
wow, cigarettes are even more expensive there ! the irony is, here they are expensive, but in most neighboring countries they are a lot cheaper (spain, belgium...) ; so a lot of people living near the border just cross over, buy a carton, and come back.