Wow, it took a long time to get everything together that we needed for renting our house. First we had to open a Spanish bank account so that we could link it to the account of the nice lady managing the rental (Nieves) (for paying rent). But then it took a few days to figure out how to wire transfer money from mom and dad's US bank account into the Spanish bank account, so in the meantime we had to find a way to get 2,800 euros in cash! This was tricky because the bank machines only allow 300 euros withdrawal per day. Mom got traveler's checks, but then we had to try 6 different banks over two days, and finally we went to a "Quick Stop" Western Union outlet that looked kinda shady and didn't have bills bigger than 20 euros. Anyway, in the end we had piles of money to give to Nieves. I really wanted to pounce on them and mess up the piles but dad wouldn't let me.
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