Thing are just a “little bit” expensive here.  We took the kids to McDonald’s for a treat and dropped 45 CHF (Swiss Francs), and the fries were definitely not from Idaho Potatoes!  Each Happy Meal was 7 CHF, each Value Meal 12 CHF, and no free refills.  $1 is about equal to 1 CHF.  So you can guess that we won’t be eating out much while here in Geneva, which is actually a good thing.

I had a hard time finding peanut butter at first – they have Nutella everywhere which is YUMMY but we need PB.  So I bought this generic brand, the jar is mini and cost 3.50 CHF.  At WalMart this would go for about half that.   The chocolate is a good price and they have half a row of it in the store, and it’s ALL good stuff, hard to choose.

Other costs:

-10 Euros to do two loads of laundry, wash and dry.  1 Eu = $1.25

-100 Eu to fill up the car, but it’s diesel and more fuel efficient so we fill up about every three weeks

-A bag of Ikea meatballs is 18.90 Eu – about half that in the U.S.  I went to Ikea the other day and spent 3 Eu on a toy for Dodge, I couldn’t bring myself to by anything else (except lunch of course) cuz i knew I could get it way cheaper in the U.S.  The awesome thing about the Ikea in Geneva is that the kids can go in the play place for an HOUR and they have H&M in Ikea.

-We got a membership to The Library in English, SO worth it cuz Leo and I are both hurting for books, and not in French.  It did cost 100 CHF, but I’m glad we did it.  They have story time at the Library – it’s in an old church so you walk down to the basement via some winding, rickety stairs – feels like I’m in a Dan Brown novel.

-Diet Coke!!!  Two liter, about $2.50 Eu = $3.25

-Chocolate = priceless