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“Can you help me?” my sister asked while holding a bunch of coins in her hand. She wanted to buy a slice of red velvet cake from the market but was not familiar with the UK coins. “I get it, the size doesn’t determine the value… the fifty pence coin is bigger than the one pound coin, but it’s worth

Sunday afternoons were a sacrosanct time when I was growing up in Argentina. Everything seemed to quiet and slow down between 2:00 and 5:00 pm, during siesta. Even shops would shut. All you could hear was the sound of the cicadas as the whole neighbourhood took a nap. Young and old, rich and poor were unified by this wonderful tradition.