If you are from the USA, do not plan on doing much heavy shopping in most European countries where the Euro is the exchange currency! The US dollar is going to hell in a hand basket and most things will cost you dearly. The rate yesterday, for example, had risen to almost 1.49 USD to exchange to one Euro. Those of us who live here and depend on the USD have experienced almost a 50% loss in our US Dollars! Guadalajara, Spain