When you are traveling to a new place, your first day will likely be expensive. You've been budgeting and pinching pennies to get here, and now that you've arrived, you are terrified because those pennies are bunching up into a great many dollars that you have to spend on taxis, hotel accommodations, and restaurant food that is far pricier than you want it to be.
So take a deep breath and don't be discouraged. The first day tends to be expensive.
You are still getting situated. You have to get comfortable and confident with where you are, and that doesn't happen when you're standing in cold, soaking deluge at the airport at midnight. It begins to happen the next morning when you have slept and regain your excitement, that fervor that drove you to travel in the first place. You've done your research. You do more specific research in the morning using that internet that came with the hotel, because you're savvy enough not to have to pay for another $40 taxi. Especially if you're in Europe, where public transportation is everything. Instead, the price to get into town will be cut to $5 and your satisfaction will be palpable.
