Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I travel all over the place and use my Mastercard to get local currency since for me it is at a better rate than the bank gives, although I minimise my use of cash and buy pay everything I can on the card. Generally speaking she will need the correct currency in each country, though I am not sure if some ex-Soviet countries -may- accept Euros. The only country I travel to which does not widely accept "plastic" is Germany, though it is easier than it was. Frank On 23 Jul, 2009, at 16:44, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > > My number two daughter Victoria is off to Europe for two weeks in > early August. This will be her first trip outside of North America > and she will be visiting all the Baltic countires from Denmark to > Finland. Most of these countries don't use the Euro, with Russia > using rubles, and other various kroner's in use elsewhere, etc. > > > > I'm buying her Euros and some of Denmark's Kroner (she deploys from > Denmark). Can she get by with just these two currencies in all the > non-Euro countries? > > > > She has a Visa charge card and I'm also thinking of sending her with > US dollars as a fall back if necessary. > > > > To be slightly on topic: she is planning on taking my R7 and one lens. > > > > TIA for any suggestions. > > > > Greg Lorenzo > > Calgary, Canada > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live? Hotmail?: Celebrate the moment with your favorite > sports pics. Check it out. > http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information