After I’d left, France, along with 11 other European countries, managed to change their entire currency. For the five years I was living in France I paid all my meals, CDs, drinks and rent in Francs. After spending more time with the Euro I find myself missing the old monetary unit despite the conveniences it offers especially in traveling.
First, I can’t stand all the small denominations the euro has. The smallest denomination the Franc had was .05. No pennies. It was wonderful. On top of that you rarely ran into prices that even had centimes in the price. I would pay 10 francs for a coffee. I would pay 15-20 for a beer. 100 for a CD. None of this 1.40 / 3.55 bullshit I’m seeing now which is filling up my wallet with useless 1, 2 and 5 cent pieces. Can I also mention how much alike the 1 and 2 euro pieces are? Back in the good old days, each franc coin was a different size (the 2 franc piece was a different shape) and everything was easy to spot out and find in your wallets.
Alas, times have changed and this old man’s got to suck it up and change with them.
Give it time, Z. In a few months it will take one quick glance in your wallet to know exactly how many one and two euro coins you have--the 2's become a whole lot prettier.
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