We are finding ourselves in an interesting world of free form time and money. As we headed across the Atlantic, our time changes were quite regular. Each night we moved our clocks forward one hour and while it did start catching up with us, at least it was regular. Now we are doing this crazy criss-cross between continents and time zones. As we left Falmouth two days ago, we moved our clocks ahead before landing in France. Then we had to turn our clocks back again last night since we were headed to Dover today. But tomorrow we head back to the continent, The Netherlands, so we once again turn those clocks ahead. Who knows time it really is.
Money is posing a similar issue. In Ponta Delgada, the currency was Euros, as it was again in Ireland. Then we invaded Falmouth and had to get Pounds Sterling from the trusty cash machines. Next up, France, and pull out the Euros again. Tomorrow, in The Netherlands, we will be back to Euros. After that, we enter what I think of as the land of the Kroners. Or Kronas. Or Krones. Denmark, Norway, and Iceland each have their own currencies. We’ve heard that Dover will sometimes take Euros, as will Copenhagen, but we get a bit dizzy trying to keep straight what money we’re supposed to be using!
So much for the United States of Europe.