I wouldn’t bother going to Europe right now if you’re skint. Even London is cheaper nowadays with the exchange rate.
Paris used to be slightly cheaper than London, but now the prices have jumped by 50% it isn’t the case any more.
It used to be that it wasn’t unusual to spend 12 euros or so on a couple of coffees and a piece of cake each, but that wasn’t the end of the world cos it was only about 8 quid, whereas nowadays that’s 12 quid.
If you really need to go to Paris and are skint – I’ve done Paris on the cheap – staying in hostels, eating lunches bought from bakeries / cheese shops / wine shops, and eating out only in cheapish places, and it wasn’t insanely expensive, probably no more than 70 euros a day for the two of us, although prices have gone up since then. We stayed somewhere up near the Rue Mouffetard, which is a nice area to be in for cheapish food – lots of students live round there, and has some v nice bakeries and food shops. Obviously you have to cross the river to get to some of the famous sights, but Paris is really small, so you can walk everywhere if need be.
Joe