THE MONEYCHANGER IS BaaaackkkKKKK!

I and my first wife just got back from the Grand Tour of Continental Europe and the United Kingdom. It was in celebration of our 40th anniversary and coincidentally her birthday. We toasted her birthday at a sidewalk cafe in London, followed by a walk along the River Thames to the allegedly SMALLEST pub in London called the Dove. (look it up). Not long after, we encountered a very LARGE friendly dog. While petting the dog, the owner came looking for her. In talking with the owner, he finally said "Are you on Holiday?" "We don't see many tourists around here." At that point I thought to myself, We are SURELY lost!. I suppose our Midwest USA English accent gave us away. George Patton once said "England and the United States are two countries separated by a common language."

Anyway, to the heart of this theme, I once posted of my experience in Japan of exchanging money for profit. After exchanging dollars for pounds and pounds for Euros, I am wondering if a guy could hang around airports and find arriving and departing passengers that needed a quick exchange to tip local cab drivers or sluff off unwanted foreign currency.. Except that there are franchised cash exchange kiosks in the airport that would take a dim view of independent entrepreneurs, there is no reason it wouldn't work. More about other legs of the journey later. COMING SOON TO A BLOG NEAR YOU---Amsterdam's free enterprise system in the primary commodities of Marijuana, Mary Jane seeds, and Mary Jane the legal unionized Prostitute. TTFN and Cheerio!