A weak dollar + pricey pizza = poor Americans

Marie Bugnitz

ROME, Feb. 25 - “A Euro is not a dollar. A Euro is not a dollar.”

So goes the mantra that Mary Conroy, a junior studying abroad from the University of Notre Dame, repeats to herself each morning before hitting the streets of Rome.

“It has been a real struggle working with the American dollar," Conroy says. "I’m having to re-budget my activities and travel. It affects me on a daily level. I constantly have to stop and calculate prices in terms of dollars. Unfortunately it also really limits my ability to explore Europe”