Hi there – I’m a newly minted ESL teacher (in Washington DC) and as part of my final coursework, I am doing a cultural profile on the city where I want to teach one day…. Rome!

As part of it, we need to list some average costs (in Euros) for Rome and I’m having trouble finding them.

Can you help?

I only need to list average prices for TWO of the following:

A can of soda
A haircut
A single bedroom apartment
A moderately priced dinner at a restaurant
A one-night stay at a moderately priced motel

Or the Average middle income salary for “native workers’


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Also, as an American living in Rome, I would love any tips any of you might have for Americans planning to move there. Particularly cultural things that you found surprising, or did not expect as an American.

Thanks

Leigh Bailey
Washington DC
leighjam@pobox.com