MONEY

I decided to venture out on my own again yesterday.
I know, we have already been here 8 months and I am still thinking of my time alone as an adventure.

But this is why

I tried to give the taxi driver. 4 griven for my $3.00 cab ride!!!!!!
Hey, it looked like $4.00. It was two two's. That's 4 dollars right?

Wrong that is 40 cents!!!!!


Well, at least the cab driver and I had a good laugh about it.

So here is the deal.

5 griven is basically the equivalent of 1 USD. 10 griven is 2 dollars, 20 griven is 4 dollars. There is a 20 griven bill, which is not to be confused with a 20 dollar bill.
It is really 4 dollars, well actually it is 20 griven.
And then there are the little coins. I won't even talk about them.
It wasn't that long ago, well maybe 2 or 3 months ago. I left Bruce and Olga (our interpreter) outside a store and I went in to buy some bread. I didn't do so good that time either, I told Olga "I gave her a dollar". I was thinking, what's the problem?, after the lady looked at me strange. Well Olga said patiently,
"Sister Kinghorn that is not a dollar."
It was 1 griven which basically is 20 cents!!!!!
So, you get the picture. Going out alone for me is definitely an adventure.
I don't know how my mind works but I am sure quite different from most peoples. My mind does this filtering thing.
Information in..........let's see will I need this again?........ probably not..............and out it goes.....................
How many things get filed this way? or shall I say, not filed.
I think knowing what the bills are should be a keeper................
Of course I am going to need this again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe the fact that I have had Bruce by my side for nearly 30 years and his brain seems to use a more efficient filtering system then mine has contributed to the decisions my brain makes.
I mean why waste important storage space if someone else got it right? All it takes is a quick check, "you got that right" and we're good to go.
Needless to say, It takes money to ride the bus, buy anything at the Reenik, get a drink of water, or use the public restrooms. ..................... you get the picture right?
I'm not even mentioning the Language. It takes a little Russian to.....
I digress......... Let's just say,
I think I better stay close to Bruce for while longer........................