22 December 2017 My German update will be coming very soon, however in the meantime I wanted to share with you an odd thing for those visiting Germany. On our car drive from Frankfurt to Rothenburg (via Heidelberg) we stopped at a roadside services thing off the highway, primarily to allow me the opportunity to relieve myself. So I stepped into the toiletten and was greeted by a late middle-aged, balding man, wearing a white lab coat, and sitting on a stool in front of a small table. Most importantly, he was positioned strategically between the entrance to the herren (male) and damen (female) toilets, focussing a great deal on a small white saucer which had a one Euro coin sitting in the middle of it. He smiled broadly at me and said “Hallo”. So, I reached into my pocket where I thankfully found a Euro coin and placed it on the dish. Big smile. Danke schön.
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