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Cost of Life Day

By OLé on Monday, October 13 2008, 17:30 - BabelBlogs - Permalink

***'EU Debate On the Ground' sends 4 journalists 3 days to 1***

European city for on-scene reporting and a live debate.

At this year’s summer Babelackademy the local teams decided to contribute to the mission with a “Cityblog on the ground”. We kick off with the Cost of Life Day...

The first "EU Debate On the Ground" takes place from October 22nd to 25th in Tallinn an,d the debate will be on the EURO, because Estonia is expected to change its currency soon.

It's the perfect moment to realize the cafebabel "Cost of Life Day", which was voted best European wide project at the Babelackademy.

The Cost of Life Day means:

Each team sends out three members who

Go see a movie

Take public transport to get there

Have a kebab (or some other comparable sandwich) before the film

Discuss the film afterwards over a drink

Then we compare: where is life the most/least expensive.

The handsome reward besides lots of glory and babelfame will be the insertion of your article in the "EU Debate On the Ground" dossier of the magazine.

It's the moment to get the network rolling! Leave a comment, tell us when YOU make the Cost of Lifa Day in your city...

Ole
( I'm sure fancy Paris won't win this experiment

)
ole@cafebabel.com

Comments

1. On Thursday, October 9 2008, 18:09 by Erika

Labas!

My point is that we should all cover the topic of debates before it happens in Tallinn, so Tallinn team knows a situation in Europe about the topic on the debate date and then stronger arguments can appear.

So we should all know the topic like NOW

Best,
Erika

2. On Thursday, October 9 2008, 18:57 by OLé

You are right Erika. I have changed the post accordingly.

The topic of the debate is the EURO and it would be perfect to combine it with the COST OF LIFE DAY, no? We can do it even on the day of the debate!

xx
OLé

3. On Friday, October 10 2008, 10:49 by Fabien

Yeah

I try to speak english...
News of Babel Auvergne !

1/ we published our first articles.... about society, economy, politics, etc...
2/ We are a very very good team of six people (3 historian students, 1 geographics students, and 2 law students...) and we will recrut others !
3/ If you need, we all are ready to organize a Europe on the ground during the year....
4/ for the "cost of life day", Benjamin and Nicolas want to interview people about that, asking "what you would decide if you were an euopean deputee to fight again high cost of life ?"

see you monday !

Fabien

4. On Monday, October 13 2008, 09:46 by Csacsillus

Hi,

I've read through this post but couldn't find answers for which day is the day before the debate and is there any timetable-suggestion, "stations" on CoLD? I mean morning-coffee, common lunch, afternoon programmes, cinema, shopping, nightlife, parties, etc.

Thanks,
Csilla

5. On Monday, October 13 2008, 17:22 by OLé

The debate in Tallinn is on the 25th October. By then all local teams should have their “Cost of Life” experiment online.

It’s very easy in fact: we will compare the cost of three people who

1) Go together see a movie

2) Take public transport to get there

3) Have a kebab (or some other comparable sandwich) before the film

4) Discuss the film afterwards in a pub having a beer

You can of course take the whole team on this a trip, but count only the expenses of three persons (so that we can compare easily).

You can do the experiment on any day in between now and the Tallinn debate. Just make sure that the post is online on the October 25th.

I am eager to her which films you choose (and to find out where life is best with my small cafebabel salary

Questions? Remarks ?

Say it in the comments section!

OLé

6. On Monday, October 13 2008, 18:00 by Csacsillus

You're very tricky but I don't mind already got the answers & Budapest Team is ready to do the experiment!

7. On Monday, October 13 2008, 18:09 by OLé

Great Csilla,

Budapest wins the speedy reply price

But will you win the Cost of Life Day? I think in Sofia you get much more for your money…

8. On Tuesday, October 14 2008, 21:34 by salarich

Hello guys,

Here we go with the Catalan cost of life.

1) Go together see a movie: 6:40€ per person. For exemple, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the bad film about Barcelona by Woody Allen.

2) Take public transport to get there 1:25€ a travel by metro or bus per person. If you go by public cycle it is nearly for free.

3) Have a kebab (or some other comparable sandwich) before the film: 4€ each kebab

4) Discuss the film afterwards in a pub having a beer 2-2,5 € a middle paint (33 cl), 4-4,5€ a paint (50 cl)

For sure, Barcelona won't be the cheapest city.

9. On Wednesday, October 15 2008, 11:13 by OLé

6:40€ that’s nothing compared to Paris. Without student reduction you pay 9,50€ in most movie theatres. Definitely too much for a bad film!

Thanks Albert for the Catalan situation. Please put this post on the Barcelona blog, so that we can link all cities for the 25th October.

Cheers

Ole

10. On Wednesday, October 15 2008, 14:09 by ozi

Let's see what is the situation in Istanbul..

1) Go together see a movie: 6€ per person.

2) Take public transport to get there 0.90€ a travel by metro or bus per person.

3) Have a kebab or lahmacun 4€

4) Discuss the film afterwards in a pub having a beer (50 cl) 3,5 euro,

cheers:)

Ozcan

11. On Thursday, October 16 2008, 10:20 by Mana

Hi Ole,

Depends what cinema you want to go... Big commercial cinemas are obviously
more expensive than small alternative ones...

Let us know what you want

12. On Saturday, October 18 2008, 01:10 by OLé

Albert suggested Vicky Christina Barcelona.

If you don't like this one pick a another film but a cinema that would play the newest Woody Allen (so yes, commercial cinemas...sorry to say that Woody!)

13. On Thursday, October 23 2008, 16:00 by Csacsillus