Hi all,
Roel, not all the italians (like not all the europeans, I guess) are happy with this change in currency; especially the older people are afraid to make mistakes and in general it is always hard to change one's habits (even for young people like us, born in the Fif.....hmmmmm....well, born anyway)
Freddy, is there really a sunny part of Netherlands, especially in winter? (just kidding....) I remember that many years ago I was in Rotterdam for two weeks, in May; the weather was always changing as the wind blowing from the sea was bringing new clouds or taking away the old ones. As soon as the sun came out, there were people (especially women) laying down on the front steps of their houses and sunbathing....the day after it was all cloudy again and they knew, so better hurry and take a chance as long as they could!
SK880, lira and euro will go side by side till the end of February; from March on you cannot spend lires any longer and you can only change them at the Central Bank (Bank of Italy).
(Hmmm....I guess that I will have to dig out all those lires buried in my garden...)


[This message has been edited by Dreamer (edited 01-01-2002).]