US iPhone on European Power

My wife has an original iPhone, and a 3rd Gen iPod and is going to Europe in a few days. I've looked for hours in the Apple support pages and in the forums and can't find an answer to this: We have the USB adapter, large old, and a new smaller one that came with my 3G iPhone (green dot). Using the appropriate plug adapter, can she just plug the iPhone USB adapter into the 220V European power safely, or does she need to take a transformer/converter with her? I even got out a magnifying glass and looked at the extremely small print on the USB adapters. I think both say input voltage can be between 100 and 240V ac, 50-60 cycle, but the print is so small I can't be sure. The last time we went to Europe, it wasn't a problem, as I took my iBook with me, and it could be plugged directly into the 220V power, so I recharged the iPhone from the computer; she is not taking her computer, so this is not an option this trip.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Claude

The iPhone charging unit is universal across couuntries the only difference is the plug attachement that slides on and off (which you can buy a travel adaptor pack from Apple).
try these
Apple kit
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8794G/B?fnode=MTY1NDA4NA&mco=MjE0OTQ4NQ
Aftermarket kit
http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS616VC/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0MQ&mco=MjkwODU3NQ
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