Euro coming to Slovakia

This January, the Euro comes to Slovakia. Does that means the country osmoses(?!) into Western Europe....?

chaletslovakia wrote:
This January, the Euro comes to Slovakia. Does that means the country osmoses(?!) into Western Europe....?

I would doubt that Slovakia will lose it's culture, or identity as a result of introducing the Euro.

Tourists will have an easier time though, and it will be easier to see what is good value, without doing too much mental arithmetic :D

Well the Euro has come and the prices have..... Dropped! Not by much, but they've dropped.... :shock:

The benchmark was beer. We were all expecting a round figure of 1 Euro after the conversion.... but hey ho it sits at 80cents!

A far cry from the 8 Euros in some French resorts.... :oops:

The lift pass prices dropped slightly too...

80 cents for a beer? Jeez..

chaletslovakia wrote: Well the Euro has come and the prices have..... Dropped! Not by much, but they've dropped.... :shock:

The benchmark was beer. We were all expecting a round figure of 1 Euro after the conversion.... but hey ho it sits at 80cents!

A far cry from the 8 Euros in some French resorts.... :oops:

The lift pass prices dropped slightly too...

i could be tempted next year.... 8)

Thats still double the price it was 2 years ago.

The prices haven't really increased - it's the slumped pound that makes it look like the prices have doubled.

When I moved here (2006) the exchange rate was 55Kr for £1. It was amazing. By the time the Euro was introduced (Jan 2009) the exchange rate was approx 31Kr to a £1. So things weren't as cheap, but only because of those shameless banker types.... let's leave that....

So the prices here didn't increase, they just 'became' more expensive to someone visiting with Sterling.


Which has of course happened in many places too...