tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post7396567445120966910..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: A Midsummer Bonkers Road Trip: The Travel Bit - Part 2Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17166901038809514312011-08-15T23:32:19.332+01:002011-08-15T23:32:19.332+01:00Hi JoanElaine,
German motorway services typically...Hi JoanElaine,<br /><br />German motorway services typically charge 0.50 euro (about 45p) to use the loo - you buy a little coupon which is later redeemable against any purchase in the shop. However, the merchandise in the shop is so expensive you would be better off just writing off the half a euro to use the facilities!<br /><br />I have seen public loos in Switzerland that wanted 2 SFRS, Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17605507185030833652011-08-15T20:51:44.164+01:002011-08-15T20:51:44.164+01:00Gadzooks! Do you have to pay to use the toilets as...Gadzooks! Do you have to pay to use the toilets as well? I'll have to remortgage my houseif we ever want to visit Europe ;)JoanElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356174815156243516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-51469902555625109892011-08-14T13:31:00.943+01:002011-08-14T13:31:00.943+01:00Hi Undina,
They take the deposit and credit it ba...Hi Undina,<br /><br />They take the deposit and credit it back to you later - from the credit card if you have enough credit, otherwise (in the case of the car hire company) it would have to be provisionally debited from a bank account. Cash would have been acceptable in the case of the phone unlocking malarkey, I don't doubt.<br /><br />I have been wondering about just the point you raise, Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-29780580292981948612011-08-14T08:41:15.262+01:002011-08-14T08:41:15.262+01:00So, a credit card isn't enough any more to sec...So, a credit card isn't enough any more to secure your possible gluttony or loquacity? In which form do they take the deposit then? Cash??!<br />Enjoyed your story. I don't know ifvto wish you better trips - what will I enjoybif everything goes smoothly and you won't have anything to complain about?Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-9954638752252828642011-08-13T17:34:20.890+01:002011-08-13T17:34:20.890+01:00Hi olenska,
Not wanting to aggravate your lemming...Hi olenska,<br /><br />Not wanting to aggravate your lemming or anything, but the green potato crisps were a real highlight and I shall be seeking them out again on my next trip. Probably not bringing any extra bags back with me on the plane, though, owing to their high crumbability factor.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-3601623622618761502011-08-13T16:21:17.456+01:002011-08-13T16:21:17.456+01:00RE: the green potato chips-- Owing to the fact tha...RE: the green potato chips-- Owing to the fact that I love pepitas AND potato chips, I am now afflicted by herds of culinary lemmings. From their accents, they've come all the way from Slovenia to bedevil me. Curses. :Dolenskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476948850792084856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-74438833791699599032011-08-12T15:38:49.524+01:002011-08-12T15:38:49.524+01:00Hi ScentScelf,
Am delighted to entertain, rather ...Hi ScentScelf,<br /><br />Am delighted to entertain, rather than pain!<br /><br />Yes, I do believe I have encountered those "shapely lumpens" myself on US trips, so there may well be some kind of free trade zone in operation dedicated to the offloading of inferior baked goods. And thanks for overtly excluding Claudia's croissants from my blanket pan. (Is "pan" the noun Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84097210758742466432011-08-12T14:58:37.182+01:002011-08-12T14:58:37.182+01:00First of all, it had not occurred to me until JUST...First of all, it had not occurred to me until JUST NOW that perhaps Germany is supplying nearly the entire United States with our "croissants." I know the very shapely yet very wrong lumpens of which you speak. (Have noted, as reading and again here, that we are NOT referring to your friend Claudia's croissants, of which I look forward to hearing more about anon.)<br /><br />GreenScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.com