Day 350: Berlin, spending money
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
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Day
350 — Berlin, spending money
17-Jul-1972
(Mon.)
TRANSCRIPT
Berlin expenses 01
BERLIN
Went swimming again. This time to the Olympic
Stadium. Big and crowded but all right. Getting burnt
up. Tomorrow, I think I better stop it.
Another lecture. Very interesting. The students here
don’t accept anything.
Avant-garde concert. Quite a long concert. Most
works, typical. Didn’t like. One by Globokar was
funny. Not sure if it was good.
REFLECTIONS
Swimming.
I’m swimming again, this time at the Olympic stadium.
Holy cow, I’m making the rounds of the swim circuit.
Concert. An
avant-garde concert ends the day.
Spending
money in Berlin. Today,
I’ll post a few comments and scans that show how much
money I was spending on this trip in Berlin. As a
gauge, my budget for living in Vienna during the
school year was $120 US a month, including room,
food, school, music and concerts, and photography.
(Note: photographic film and developing was very
expensive.) By the time I ended up in Berlin, I note
in my financial journal that I had $12 in singles,
$40 in tens (a gift from mom), and $120 and $40 in
traveler’s checks = $212. That’s the total amount of
money I had left in Europe until I got back to the
U.S.
In Berlin, $20 US = about 62 DM. Here are some
examples of expenses:
• meal in cafeteria – 7 DM
• Old Eden nightclub – 2 DM
• 2 rolls of Agfa film – 36 DM (film is expensive)
• tourist transportation card – 9 DM
• electronic music festival (8 concerts) – 16 DM
(reasonable)
• dinner – 7 DM
• sightseeing boat ride – 6.5 DM
• 2 days of room and breakfast – 35 DM
• Berlin Wall book – 9 DM
• Swimming at Lake Wannsee - .5 DM
• Typical daily food expense – 12 to 16 DM
• 6 days of room and breakfast – 40 DM (savings
thanks to hausfrau)
and so on.
Approximate amount spent in Berlin for 10 days =
$140.
$212 US left for Europe. The
opening photo leads to an interesting tidbit of
information. I only have $212 US for the remainder of
my entire stay in Europe. That includes the money I
need to spend in Berlin. No wonder I am always
harping on about money. My stay in Europe is now in
the danger zone. Let’s see, what were my travel
plans? $212 - $140 = $72 for Munich, Innsbruck,
Paris, and return home. I should Twitter that.
Here are some more of the finances for Berlin:
Berlin expenses (02 to 04)
John
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