Burford's World

@BurfordsWorld

British and writer, 30 years on the road. Advice, photos, irreverent observations and news about Rewind - my new epic.

Croatia
Vrijeme pridruživanja: kolovoz 2016.

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  1. 3. velj

    Some of the biggest brains in the financial world at your call, and all you can come up with for the name of your new Europe wide currency unit is “The Euro”. Nowhere else in the world are they this lazy. Do the British talk about how strong the Brit is against the Americ today?

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  2. 3. velj

    Still, at least this name conjures up images of an exotic country of intrigue and adventure - which is more than can be said for the , which, lets face it, doesn’t exactly have the coolest name in the world. The Euro, that’s definitely what you call a 3am decision, isn’t it?

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  3. 3. velj

    The official currency of and Herzogovina is the intriguingly named Bosnia and Herzogovina Convertible Mark, which in itself suggests that they are only too happy to convert it into whatever currency you would rather use.

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  4. 3. velj

    On the whole, what we have is a mess of countries who can’t make up their mind which currency to use - with the result that you’ll often find yourself with a pocket full of local currency but being quoted in Euros because the shopkeeper quite likes today’s exchange rate.

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  5. 3. velj

    Then there are all the Non-European Union countries, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, which choose to accept the Euro, as well as the currencies of other countries nearby, in order to encourage tourism.

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  6. 3. velj

    The complexity doesn’t stop there, either. Montenegro, for example, isn’t entitled to use the Euro but chooses to do so anyway while sticking a middle finger up at Brussels, poking it’s tongue out and singing the “nerr nerr” song like a precocious six year old

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  7. 3. velj

    …and before anywhere is allowed to adopt the Euro, they have to jump through hoops, prove low inflation and quite possibly sleep with Angela Merkel - a woman who I wouldn’t personally trust with anything of any value until she at least learns how to pronounce her own name.

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  8. 3. velj

    You see, becoming part of the European Union does not automatically qualify you to use their currency. Within the European Union, you’ll find a separate entity referred to as the Eurozone - a smaller subsection of the union deemed worthy of using the currency

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  9. 3. velj

    Unfortunately, while this is true if you’re the sort of person who never leaves your own doorstep or who considers a day trip to France to be the height of sophistication, things quickly get rather more complicated as soon as you start wandering aimlessly around the continent.

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  10. 3. velj

    You may think, not unreasonably, that staying on top of your finances when travelling in has become a million times easier since the introduction of the single currency…

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  11. 3. velj

    Part one of my Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina blog is currently featured on the Trips app.

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  12. 2. velj

    MOSTAR, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Part One Lonely Planet Trips By Simon Burford

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  13. 31. sij

    Somehow, when I get home, I am expected to work out how to physically wire this thing into the middle of my living room ceiling without electrocuting myself. Ah well, it’s all part of the adventure of life.

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  14. 31. sij

    …local stained glass lamps in an attempt to acquire something I would never see again. Unfortunately, it didn’t occur to me as we were reboarding the bus, that the beautiful colourful lamp I had finally selected didn’t actually have a plug.

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  15. 31. sij

    …selling colourful clothing and exotic local artefacts the use of which you can only guess at, it does bring a smile to your face. I had been in the old town for about five minutes before I felt compelled to duck into an alcove filled with…

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  16. 31. sij

    In fact, when your tour guide leads you through the hot and sticky streets of the new city, with it’s high rise hotels and pollution choked streets, and you finally arrive at the entrance to a wonderful labyrinthine mess of cobbled streets filled with vendors…

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  17. 31. sij

    Luckily, has not quite passed over to the dark side yet - although it’s getting there - and still manages to remain a city of narrow streets and ethnic traders - at least in the old town.

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  18. 31. sij

    Seriously, who flies half way around the world to go home with a T-shirt with “I’ve been to ” scrawled across it in a font usually reserved for US high school cheerleader uniforms? How is that even a thing?

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  19. 31. sij

    I’ve never really understood why it is that souvenir shops always seem to concentrate on selling the same things. Sometimes, you have to sort through tacky shops full of fridge magnets and T-shirts before you find anything you wouldn’t be embarrassed to give as a present.

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  20. 30. sij

    This is a double-edged sword, as it not only means is happy to see you, but you can expect to find its quaint narrow streets filled with souvenir shops sprinkled among the ethnic distractions you came to see. And this is why it’s so strange that I absolutely love !

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