Headed to Provence? Bring Your Old Francs

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  10.17.08 | 1:49 PM ET

imageTime to dust off the foreign coin collection. Businesses in the Provence village of Collobrieres are now accepting Francs, the Times of London reports. The Times article suggests that the move is a backlash against Euro-era inflation, but in this France 24 news clip, the villagers deny that they are rebels with a cause:

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Photo by LWY via Flickr (Creative Commons).

Tags: Europe, France

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


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