When Robyn and I traveled around Europe for three months in 1987 one of the major bugbears we encountered was the matter of currencies. Every place had its own and we seemed to be forever exchanging notes and cashing travelers' cheques (remember them?). So when the euro came into existence we thought our problems might be over. Still had to worry about that small island off the north-west coast of the continent, but we weren't alone in that regard.
Subsequent trips have been a lot easier with one, or maybe two currencies covering us throughout the journey. But this year, in 2017, I'm starting to feel a bit like 1987 all over again.
Starting in Sweden we have the kronor, and then we are all right for a while through Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lituania as the euro is all that is required. After that, Poland still has the zloty, and Hungary the forint. Four in total. Not a lot in comparison to the 1980s though still a little inconvenient. I think we might end up adding a number of different coin denominations to the coin jar back home. Either that or donate them all to the airline collection boxes.
On the other hand the power plugs are consistent throughout all the countries we visit. And, yes, I did remember both the two and three Australian plug versions. I didn't want to duplicate our experience in Japan a few years back.
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