Quote Originally Posted by lemonboy
Silly human. Being an American my bank account was in US dollars. My balance would be in US dollars at cash machines, too. So I'd have to know how much I could actually spend

Yeah... I can see myself standing at the checkout going "Okay what's 76.83 x 1.56???"
Change it at the airport, just get a shitload of cash

Or just take out a good few hundred pounds and convert back what you don't spend