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To: long-gone who wrote (86235)	6/1/2002 11:48:54 AM
From: davemarkun	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Dont mention this. Richnorth and his friends will think its another Jewish Cabal because of the "foreign" name. dsm

To: long-gone who wrote (86235)	6/1/2002 5:22:45 PM
From: marek_wojna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Maybe some new breeze... <<Saturday June 1, 1:46 pm Eastern Time Associated Press European tourists at Cuba's premier resort begin using euros to pay for their vacations VARADERO, Cuba (AP) -- Tourists began using euros as an alternative to U.S. dollars to pay for meals, hotel rooms and souvenirs at Cuba's premier resort on Saturday in an experiment communist officials hope will draw more Europeans to this Caribbean island. "People will be delighted with the idea," said Marisa Barachano, a Spaniard who heads the public relations department at the Hotel Sol Varadero, Cuba's most popular tourist destination. Barachano said most of her hotel's guests are Europeans who prefer to use the common European currency rather than risk losing value by exchanging it for U.S. dollars, which have long been welcomed here. "We brought dollars this time," said German tourist Adrian Linder. "But we think this is good for visitors," he said of the option to pay with euros. A few tourist locales in this coastal resort east of Havana began accepting euros earlier in the week but it was not until Saturday that all major establishments adopted the new system, although some lacked sufficients euro coins to provide tourists with the exact change. In most establishments, cashiers had product lists showing prices in dollars and euros. Others featured signs showing the exchange rate -- 1.11 euros to the dollar -- which will be updated monthly. Tourism workers took courses preparing them for the change, teaching them how to identify counterfeit euro bills and how to make pricing conversions.