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Small amount of currancy bought today. Also set up a Revolut account for each of us to try and avoid the 3% surcharge on spending in other currencies. Karen has succumbed to mobile banking apps. She is raving about them and wished she had followed her mother, years ago. Also been looking at 2step verification needed to login to Google accounts etc. Wanted to avoid text to our UK numbers as our roaming charge will be £6 a day. Will post our Australian mobile numbers once we have the sims in our phones.

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