Some people have asked me what kind of money we use now. It's the euro, and currently, one dollar exchanges to about .71 euro...so basically we got poorer coming over here. I have a bad habit of thinking "It's only 60 dollars", when really it's 60 euro, so 102 dollars. Not the best for the budget.
This is what 5 euro looks like. It's smaller than a dollar, and smaller than all the other Euro bills. We both think it looks fake, a lot like monopoly money.
I don't know why the next two pictures are sideways, but this is a 20 euro bill. It's still a little smaller than a dollar, but not by much. There are also 10, 50, 100, 200, and 500 bills. I don't have pictures of those, because unfortunately, I have none in my purse. The bills are different colors, 10 is red, 50 is orange, 100 is green, 200 is yellow, and 500 is purple. So like I said earlier: Monopoly money.
Here are some coins in comparison to a quarter. Going along with the fake theme, I think they all look like leprechaun gold. You hardly ever use the 1, 2, or 5 euro cent here. For a long time, I thought everything was a multiple of 10, and didn't even think these coins existed. The 1 euro cent is smaller than a dime and the 2 euro cent is about the size of a penny. There are also 10 and 50 euro cent coins, I just didn't have any to include in the picture. The larger ones are what I think of as a $1 and $2 coin, so 1 euro and 2 euro.
I've decided the euro is the reason so many European men carry around purses. Think of how heavy their pockets must get carrying around all that change.
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