Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Mark, the ease of using cards vary greatly by country and evidently by > individual, as I have never had problems in Germany. Also depends on > where you go. > > As for tourism, yes it is very important in many countries (certainly > in the part of Spain where I live it is the #1 industry) but Americans > make up a small proportion of the visitors and Euros. The vast > majority are from other European countries, and of course the usual > Asian (Japanese and increasingly Chinese) groups. > > Nathan Well the lug is a great thing to gain a perspective on varies aspects of.... World reality. And such a thread is enlightening it would be foolish to ignore. We have people from Asia talking about direct recent experience of getting ones credit cards canceled when you try to use it. Why there be a reason for this to be a distortion of the real cases? And Denmark. I imagine the next big trip I take across whatever pond I'll check first and see if they really want my money or not. If not I'll find somewhere else. I was in Germany Thu, Sep 28, 2006 and I don't recall any wallet based conflicts. The short list in order of places I most want to go to next "big trip" which may be never:. New Zealand. Iceland France Yep that's my list. Check it twice! Iceland is fairly close. And I bet they'd not be too fast in assessing the color of my money. So it may be my next grand destination. I cant wait to float in that smoking water and meet Bj?rk. Mark William Rabiner