Bulgaria switches to euro amid hope, worry, last-minute scramble

In major supermarket chains, customers were constantly reminded of the coming change. Juliana Golcheva, a restaurant owner in the southwestern town of Sandanski, told local media: "We will definitely need some time to adapt."

SOFIA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- In a dimly lit supermarket, an elderly man stood at the checkout counter, his gnarled hands rummaging through his wallet for familiar lev coins. Wh