Am Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:22:13 +0000 (UTC) schrieb ask before sending e-mail:

the conventional wisdom in the travel guides is to use your ATM card to
get local currency. 2nd preference seems to be to walk into a bank if
you have U.S. $$ to convert. is this the street-level advice as well?

ATM is the best. Walking in a bank and change cash is possible, but
expensive and can be a hassle (opening hours, they maybe want to see an ID
and they can charge you quite a big fee for changing).

Regards,

Frank