La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams

No. 27: October 1970

Change

I’m supposed to fly to Venice, and later go to Toulouse to pay my taxes. Tricky money-changing issues. By going through Italy I save a great deal of money. But obviously I can’t declare it.

Great confusion.

I am carrying a check (for 5,000, 30,000, or 50,000 francs) and a single 500-franc bill.

I’m supposed to pay 6,000 francs, which seems exorbitant to me. Moreover, I realize that, although it’s Thursday, I can only be in Italy on Saturday and all the banks will be closed. I should have left the same night.

All of this is happening in transit from counter to counter, in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a major airport.

I realize that this trip is completely useless in any case, since this banking operation could have been done a bit later during my trip to Germany.