Our original quest today was to go to the bank and obtain Euro's -- which we did without a hitch. Rick was a tad bit disappointed in the way Bank of America treated him before we left -- They had informed him that to have the best experience in Europe he should have a credit card with a chip in it - and I get that - my CITI Bank card was most helpful. Bank of America said that the card with the chip would take about 2 weeks to arrive, but when Rick mentioned to them that we would be leaving in a few days the customer service agent said that they would fedEx it to him for a charge of $25 -- CITI bank on the other hand - FedEx'd to me at no charge -- go figure.
So we do our purchases in Cash Euro or Rick has his passport handy with the regular magnetic strip on his card.
I am thinking that a card will be canceled when we return home -- its a shame that the big banks no longer value customer service.
Meanwhile -- back to the original quest -- we got our Euro's, and we were going to go to the Moomin Museum - to see the Moomin's -- it is a great book series. I have purchased book 1 and plan to purchase the est of the series once we come home to Portland. However - we never made it to the Museum - we got distracted - with a park, and a department store -- lol. Tomorrow we shall go to the Museum -- and I understand there is also a GeoCache event at noon tomorrow also -- noon to 1 - then we shall go to the Museum - and shop some more :)
So we do our purchases in Cash Euro or Rick has his passport handy with the regular magnetic strip on his card.
I am thinking that a card will be canceled when we return home -- its a shame that the big banks no longer value customer service.
Meanwhile -- back to the original quest -- we got our Euro's, and we were going to go to the Moomin Museum - to see the Moomin's -- it is a great book series. I have purchased book 1 and plan to purchase the est of the series once we come home to Portland. However - we never made it to the Museum - we got distracted - with a park, and a department store -- lol. Tomorrow we shall go to the Museum -- and I understand there is also a GeoCache event at noon tomorrow also -- noon to 1 - then we shall go to the Museum - and shop some more :)
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