Give-a-penny-take-a-penny.

One day I was driving down the I-70 on my way to Denver and stopped at a gas station. I wanted to buy a bottle of water that cost 97 cents. Together with taxes, that came off to $1.05 or something. As I went rummaging through my wallet for small change, the cashier said "just give me a dollar, I have some cents in the penny tray here". At first, I didn't get what she was talking about, but then I understood the concept: People toss their small coins into the tray, so that some other customer may use them if they're a few cents short. Why don't they have the same sort of thing in Israel?

It's gonna be a cold night tonight.

The incredible spectacle you are about to see, takes place in Versoix, a town close to Geneva City, Switzerland. The water in the background is the Léman Lake.

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