Not sure what this says about the French–or about us–but Collobrières, a village of 1,600 souls in Provence, has started using the franc again, according to this recent piece in the New York Times.
The franc retired, of course, in 2002–when the euro arrived to build, as NYT reporter Steven Erlanger says, “a united Europe.”
And maybe [...]
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July 2, 2008UPCOMING EVENTS
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Saturday, March 20
- Dennis Vernon @ River's End
- Spazzmatics @ Shore Ultra Lounge
- Ladies Night @ Executive Suite
- Blues Jam @ Clancy's
- Flyer @ Buster's Beach House
- Helicopter and Martini Flights @ Ristorante DaVinci
- Karaoke @ Bottoms Up
- Flamenco Dancers @ Alegria
- Spazzmatics @ Shore Ultra Lounge
- DJ DeLa @ The Gaslamp
- Karaoke with Tom Terrific @ Clancy's
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Sunday, March 21
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