Hey, EN

[Spiky Bugger]

Mr. Sue was cleaning out a "junk drawer," and found a 5 Reichspfennig coin, complete with swastika. I think I had only seen Bundesrepublik stuff...and I thought you might find it...what?...Memory Lane-ish, I guess.

 

[Elizabeth N.]

Cool! I only used D-marks. It was pretty weird to go back and learn the Euro.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Cool! I only used D-marks. It was pretty weird to go back and learn the Euro.

Yes, and the "blending" of cultural traits/values. So...when, in Munich, the "ready at 4 pm" laundry was not ready at 4 pm...and not ready at 5 pm...and they told Mr. Sue that "it should be ready soon," he replied, "that's a perfectly acceptable Italian answer, but I was hoping for a German time schedule."

The hotel clerk stared for a minute, then started laughing her ass off.

At least the German elevators and floors still line up evenly. When you have to step up or step down to get out of a German elevator, you know the blending of Europe is complete...lol