Having read a story once, certain amnesia victims will read it faster the second time even though they can't recall having seen the story before. they have most likely suffered damage to the

They have most likely suffered damage to the hippocampus.
hippocampus is a part of our brain that played an extremely important role in spatial navigation for a long term memory.
A damage to this area could make us unable to access a certain information even though that information is already stored within our memory.

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.