It is called Grana Padano and not Grana Padana because the Italian word grana is the masculine noun, il grana, describing this specific cheese, and not the feminine noun la grana, which means grain. Grana Padano has protected designation of origin status since 1996.
Discover Card is the fourth largest credit card brand in the U.S., behind Visa, MasterCard and American Express, with nearly 44 million cardholders.
Discover Cards accepted in Europe? My boyfriend and I will be traveling across Europe this summer -- primarily the UK and France. We had planned on using our Discover Cards rather than our Visa or Mastercards because of the cash-back bonus and also, Discover has given us better conversion rates. However, we have heard from several people that Discover is not widely accepted in the UK and we may have trouble finding places that will take it.