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davefl 1,708 posts

I said last year that inflation is so bad over there that the locals will take anything apart from Lira if they can get you to pay them that way. Pretty much all restaurant bills had TYL/EUR/USD options on them.

Was 34 Lira to the pound when I was there in Oct, it’s 41 now.

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