Europe's Currency

Pound

In the United Kingdom we use the pound. It uses bills and coins. Scotland uses the same currency but the icons on it are different. The United Kingdom Pound is currently worth 1.55 U.S. Dollars. The pound is split up into 100 pence like a dollar. The pound was only split up into 100 pence in 1971. 

There are 1,5,10,20, and 50 pence coins and, 5,10,20, and 50 bank notes.    

Unlike many other types of currency the coins and banknotes in the pound currency vary from region to region. Some places in the United Kingdom such a Scotland have more valuable bank notes such as a 100 pound bank note. Scotland also has a 1 pound bank note.        

This is Edinburgh castle which I visited.

Euro

The Euro is a different currency used by a lot of other european countries. These countries are Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Vatican City.  There are 23 countries that use the euro. All of these countries use to have their own currency. They changed to the euro because having different currencies for each country makes it a lot harder for trade. Also if you are visiting a different country you would have to constantly change currencies. The euro was created on January 1, 1999. Bank notes and coins started to circulated in 2002. 

Having such a valuable bank note in a currency is quite rare. This is because if someone managed to counterfeit it they could get a lot of money. The 500 euro bank note has a lot of codes on it so people cant counter fit it.

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How I arrived in Leeds, England

How I arrived in Leeds, England 

On 22nd of July we left Tuscaloosa, Alabama to go to Leeds, England on the AM-Track Train. 

This is the train route I took.

We then arrived in New York City on the 23rd of July. We saw two plays. One was Around the World in Eighty Days. The other was Monkey Journey to the West which is a Buddhist tale.

I took this picture from the Queen Mary II

On the 27th of July we left New york on the Queen Mary II. The Queen Mary II is the largest ocean liner in the world. It has a planetarium, a ballroom, a theater, has 157,000 horse power, has an estimated weight of 150,000 gross tons, and is approximated to cost 800,000,000 to make.
(See more information at these to web-sights)
http://cruises.about.com/cs/shipprofiles/a/queen_mary_5.htm
http://www.cunard.co.uk/cruise-ships/queen-mary-2/

We arrived in Southampton, England on the 3rd of August. We then took a train from Southampton to Leeds England. 

We got on the train in Bournemouth and rode up to Birmingham. Then we changed trains in Birmingham and rode up the yellow line to Leeds.

We arrived in Leeds, England and are currently there.

The door in the middle is our house.