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Restaurants and Bars - You do not get water for totally free, you have to spend for it. If you order water you will get carbonated water. In most restaurants you can request tap water and they may or might not charge you but it is most most likely straight from the sink. In some American quickly food restaurants, (i.e. McDonalds) you must spend for ketchup as effectively. Be aware that the menus at most quickly food restaurants in Germany are not precisely the identical. You could also notice that a sandwich that you recognize from back house could taste a small various or it could be smaller. When you enter a restaurant you will not be seated, just walk correct in and pick the table of your option!- the tip should be significantly smaller than you would give in the States (this is simply because the waiters/waitresses get paid more than in the states) A tip of two or three EUR would be deemed a good tip for very excellent service.
Supermarkets - If you shop for groceries in Germany you will notice the supermarkets have all of their large rolling carts outdoors in a designated area and they are locked to one another. In order to utilize a cart you should place one particular EUR in the cart itself, you will see the slot on the take care of. Upon leaving the supermarket you latch the cart back to the other carts and pull the device out exactly where you placed the coin, now you can retrieve your coin. When you have all of the groceries you want, proceed to the verify-out counter. You will have to obtain plastic bags to place the groceries in or you can take 1 in oneself. If you make a decision to purchase a single they are normally visible at the counter and commonly only price a handful of cents. If there is a lengthy line do not put all of your groceries in the bag, place them back into the cart and bag them away from the line.
Closing hours - On Sunday anything is closed except for some restaurants, bars, gas stations and shops at the major train station and bigger airports. Some bigger shops are realizing that they can make significantly far more cash if they open on Sunday so they are undertaking just that, but I would not rely on it. In the course of the week shops in larger cities close at 8 PM at the latest. You may possibly see shops in smaller sized cities closing even earlier.
Public Phones - Public phones are extremely rare in Germany. If you discover 1 you will discover that they only take telephone cards. You can purchase a telephone card in distinct shops like "T-Punkt", "Telekom", "Post", and "Vodafone" or you can go to an Net cafe.
Miscellaneous - "Poor" in front of a towns name does not imply that the people or the city is poor for instance, "Poor Homburg". Negative in front of a towns name normally implies that the town is designated as a healthy place usually with extremely clean air and water.
