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✈️ I Went Abroad and All I Got Was This Chaotic Pile of Coins

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I just got back from my study abroad trip through Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic — and somehow I’ve returned with a heavy purse full of coins and cash from every country we visited. Not just souvenirs or cute little keepsakes. I mean actual legal tender that I can’t really use now unless I magically teleport back. Let’s call it: “The Accidental Currency Collection.” 🧳 Where I Went Just to set the scene — we visited: πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Berlin, Germany πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± KrakΓ³w, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Warsaw – Poland πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ Prague, Czech Republic πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ a 6-hour layover at Heathrow Airport in London where the chaos peaked  πŸ’Έ The Mishap That Started It All So the extra money situation started in Berlin at a flea market. I was trying to take out just a little cash from an ATM — you know, just enough to buy a few things. But nooo. The machine refused to let me cancel, and next thing I knew, I was standing there with way more euros than I ever planned to carry. Fast forward to Prague, where I stopped at a ...