Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
I remember having one of those cardboard passport things for visiting European countries in the old days.

Didn't even get a 'proper' one until I was late 30s (or a camera ) .

All my childhood travels and 3 years living in Malaya were on my mum's passport.
As a kid I remember my first trip abroad!! Fantastic.. Mum and Dad took us to France and Spain.
Everything was different and exciting..
Different cars,different food,different weather,Different passports,different money,different exchange rates...Everything was DIFFERENT!!...
PROPER holiday abroad and all my mates were jealous!!
Since this EU synchronization/standardization crap,its just not the same. Very sad IMO. TUT TUT TUT.
I pray that this EU club collapses sooner than later... Back to the good ole days.