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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I wouldn’t presume to declare that Europe was better off pre-Euro, I do understand the OP’s sentiment. Europe is simply not the place it was when I first traveled there in the early-mid 90’s. In some ways it’s better (it was kind of a pain to have to exchange currencies every time you crossed a border), but I don’t remember it being as wall-to-wall crowded as it is nowadays. It was just more of a challenge to travel in those pre-internet days, when you just had your guidebook, and no lines of people taking iPhone selfies to prove they visited somewhere. Sigh. It won’t stop me from going (we’ve had wonderful trips to France and Italy the past couple of years, and it’s been fun to see it through DS’s eyes), but I am a little wistful. [/quote] OP here. As it happens, I’m not American and should have realised that my tongue in cheek comment would be taken literally by too many here. It was kind of prompted by another thread with people whining about having to get a visa waiver. Obviously, tourism underpins many of the economies in Europe although the sheer numbers have arguably created problems in some places that they are struggling to address. Hence, the ban on Airbnb in some places, imposition of tourist taxes, etc. Whether the euro is an overall benefit, it would be interesting to see an analysis. Clearly, it provides some stability and facilitated more trade within the bloc but the flaw of monetary union without fiscal union was definitely demonstrated by the Greek financial crisis. My grandfather fought with Tito’s partisans in WW2 and my father remembered seeing villagers hanged from telegraph poles. My 14 year old great aunt was a gun runner. [/quote]
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