Friday, June 19, 2009

Smokie Talks About Money

The money in Europe is not the same as the American Dollar.
European money is caller Euros.
The paper Euros are very colorful and each measurement of bill is a little different in size. That way you do not confuse your bills like we sometimes do with the American Dollars.
Here you see 50 Euros, 20 Euros, 10 Euros and 5 Euros.
Then there is a 2 'dollar' Euro which is a coin. You don't really call it a dollar, you call it two Euros.

The value of the money is not equal to our money. While we were there, when we exchanged our money it took about $133 American dollars to get $100 Euros. Bummer. That meant our money did not go as far. When we paid 10 Euros for our fish and chips, we actually were paying about $13.30 for our food.
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