[Idyllchat] ATMs and Cash Cards

[Lynanne Guynn]

Roberta, sorry to have misspelled your name last time.

The $40 was the standard bank charge to convert $ to euros.  My rent for two months was 2700 euros (a steal).  

That leaves 2000 euros for the two months - shopping, groceries, restaurants, day trips, bars and my spritz, shopping, passes to get into the museums, separate Peggy Guggenheim Collection tickets, the fillup store, island hopping, the Biennale, etc., and did I mention shopping?  2000  euros for 60 days is 33 euros per day.  I ended up with an average of 28 euros per day, so I came back with euros to spend on my next trip :-))

I hear thunder rumbling, and getting closer (Norfolk, Va and in the 90's today), so I'm  gone for now.

Lynanne


-----Original Message-----
From: Roberta Churchill
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:37 PM
To: Lynanne Guynn, idyllchat at lists.untours.com
Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] ATMs and Cash Cards

I don't think these figures are correct.  Was there a typo?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lynanne Guynn 
  To: idyllchat at lists.untours.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:05 PM
  Subject: [Idyllchat] ATMs and Cash Cards


  I've just returned from two months in Venice, living in an apartment off Via Garibaldi.

  Before I left home, I figured out how many euros I expected to use.  For $40 I had my bank get me 4700 euros (that included my rent).  Going over, that money was in a waist belt under my clothes.

  It worked out great!  I never had to worry about about ATMs and whether or not they were working, or having the sun shine on the screen so I couldn't see it.  While there, I kept the money in the apartment and just put in my pocketbook what I thought I'd need for the day.

  For a backup, I had with me a Master Card and a Visa Debit Card.  Didn't need them.  It was great to be able to have cash on hand and not worry about finding a working ATM.

  Lynanne
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