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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 70056, member: 669"]Don't be too sure. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> When we were in Estonia last month one of our tour guides told us that nearly 1/3 of the population voted against joining the Union, and even more oppose adoption of the Euro for "patriotic" reasons involving the very short time that the country has had its independence and currency. She told us there is a strong movement to join England as a non-Euro member of the Union.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW - Estonia, Russia and Lithuania were the toughest of the eight countries we visted in which to obtain coins. At least in Russia we could buy sets in the souvenir shops, but in Tallin two banks refused to sell us any change, and the Beautiful Bride, the Mother of Half my Grandchildren, and I were only able to accumulate a total of six coins in change! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (We got seven in Klaepeda, Lithuania.) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 70056, member: 669"]Don't be too sure. :rolleyes: When we were in Estonia last month one of our tour guides told us that nearly 1/3 of the population voted against joining the Union, and even more oppose adoption of the Euro for "patriotic" reasons involving the very short time that the country has had its independence and currency. She told us there is a strong movement to join England as a non-Euro member of the Union. BTW - Estonia, Russia and Lithuania were the toughest of the eight countries we visted in which to obtain coins. At least in Russia we could buy sets in the souvenir shops, but in Tallin two banks refused to sell us any change, and the Beautiful Bride, the Mother of Half my Grandchildren, and I were only able to accumulate a total of six coins in change! :mad: (We got seven in Klaepeda, Lithuania.) :cool:[/QUOTE]
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