The Euro

A family taking a vacation over breaks is quite common for people of the United States. Taking a drive cross-country, a family will typically stop at a hotel along the way to rest before continuing the trip to the desired destination. Whether they are traveling from Maine to California, the currency of the dollar remains the same. But some places do not have a single currency amongst themselves like Europe. Even though the United States in one country and Europe is a continent made up of several different countries, their size is similar in comparison to the States of America. Simple drives like family vacations may lead to many different countries to pass through. This may raise problems since European countries all have their own currencies. Simple tasks as paying for gas and can be painful having to convert to their monetary unit. So many European countries have come together to form an idea of a single currency called the Euro. The start of the Euro was not something though...