thanks for sharing this story :) 
-happy to be a follower! steemon!

If only I can transfer my steem, i am unable to do that at the moment. but the tag is very applicable and important, right @mallorcaman?

So awesome that you've installed that ATM to make this possible!  I admire all the hard work you've been doing to spread acceptance of Steem and of crypto in general, and look forward to many such synergies between VIVA and the Steemit community.  Here's hoping this is just the start of a trend!

That's so great. I'll use the tag when I get to spend some STEEM.

This is so cool!  I have yet to see an ATM in my area that accepts cryptocurrency. You can believe that I'd be posing with that thing like it was my best friend! LOL

Great post.

I have been thinking quite a bit this last week actually about real life uses for crypto currency and Steem, so this post really hit home for me.

Thanks for all your work! Once I'm sufficently loaded I will drop by to try that ATM,and have dinner at this historical site.
Upvoted and resteemed.

That's pretty awesome :D Hopefully my technologically backarsewards country will get that kind of thing soon, I'd love to be able to use steem dollars for things and then my doubting friends can stop laughing at me for wasting time playing with monopoly money XD

That looks like a really nice place!  I'd like to get there one day and pay with Viva! :-)

Never thought ATM would be a bridge between cryptocurrency and business in this way.

That's a great idea to use the #iusedsteem tag. I'd like to be able to use Steem directly like that. Absolutely. I'm looking forward to seeing posts under that tag!

Very cool to actually see this... "virtual world"... translated into something tangible! Steemit seems like such a great way to offer people a "soft entry point" into alt. currencies.

Upvoted and Resteemed! I'm dreaming of the day I can get there and try a dish with *my* Steem! Perhaps something with shrimp...

Great piece. Upvoted and shared on twitter for more to see. Stephen
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@williambanks resteemed!
I love that idea of the tag #iusedsteem
and I hope that this happens here, too. 

>By demonstrating that this currency has real uses and real users, we can show the world that this is very much a living, breathing economy, that everyone can benefit from and this will attract more users, and the more users we have, the more valuable the platform becomes. So thank you everyone and keep steeming!

I freaking agree!  I wonder if there would be some sort of steemkassa somewhere - just like the [bitkassa](https://www.bitkassa.nl/) which has helped pump btc up.  I  think had btc not been used it would just be ignored too and just like what my mother in law says - btc? is that real money? crypto? are those real money?  and will remain as - "no value"

You're freaking awesome to have been able to pull this off!

Thanks for the great post...great to see one can use Steem dollars in the real world. Thanks for sharing, and coming up with the great idea for the tag.  I dream a world where someday I can go buy a nice meal, or really dream...a new camera, etc with Steemdollars. Thanks again.

That is fantastic! Keep up all the good work!

Ah, I missed to add their site on the blog I posted the other night. Thanks for doing that! Resteemed!

Very cool. I think I need to Google places and site's where I can pay with steem. :)