The Russian Roubles are very pretty. There are varying colors and silver fibers woven throughout. We don't use credit or debit cards here, so I am still getting used to carrying so much cash. The exchange rate approximation is divide the Rouble amount by 30 and that will give you the US dollars. Given that the grocery items here are 3 to 4 times the cost in America, I pay several thousand Roubles anytime I shop. The clerk says the amount in Russian and when I look dumbfounded, they turn the computer screen sideways, so I can see the numbers. Luckily the numbers are the same in Russian, unfortunately the alphabet is not. I just learned how to say Russian numbers this week in class, so if they say it slowly next time, I might almost understand.....one day.....
Good thing Roubles come in Thousand notes - though sounds like fun to carry a few inches of cash around,
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