re: How much cash do you travel with overseas?

Even though I rely on debit cards for ATM cash overseas, and credit cards to pay for most things, I always carry a couple hundred US cash on the plane ride over. If the ATMs are down when I arrive (and that has been known to happen at the Rome airport), I can go to the forex, and exchange enough at a really crappy rate to at least get a cab to the hotel and maybe a meal. Fortunately, I've never had to do that.