Think before tipping...

So on Friday night, after we got back from Oma's, Angi and I went out for cocktails with her friend, Britta. It was happy hour or something like that, so some drinks were 1/2 off/reduced. So I got a strawberry daquiri for 3.80 Euro. Before I drank it I was exhausted, after I drank it I was drunk. When the waitress came over and we paid, she told me I owed 3.80 Euro. I told her six, which I was thinking meant that I would get six dollars back. (In Germany the tip is already included so it is customary to just round the total up to the next dollar). Instead she gave me 4 Euro back. And I was thinking, what did I do wrong? Whoops, I should've either said 4, meaning that I wanted to pay 4 Euro, or have clarified that I wanted 6 dollars back. Because in Germny if you just say 6 for example, you are saying how much you want to pay. I was too drunk to notice apparently and gave a majorly huge tip, one bigger than I would've even given in America. Oh well...

On Saturday Angi and I went into town for ice cream, and then we headed to a monestary. It was pretty beautiful there, and there were a few weddings going on that were fun to watch. The Italian couple was especially interesting-they looked so sad to be getting married. After that Angi and I drove to Flacht, where she visited her parents and I went to visit the Schmitts (they live on the same street). We ate waffles, drank coffee, and caught up. Then Elke, Erica, and Eva and I went for a walk. Later in the evening Angi picked me up and we went to our friend Steffi's to celebrate her 22nd birthday :) Was really cool to see her. The last time I saw her was 4 years before at her 18th birthday. Weird, huh? I also saw some other people that I knew. I met Angi, Steffi, and other students when I visited Gymnasium Rutesheim (a high school) during my first stay in Germany. We got back to Angi's "dorm room" at about 2am...blah. I was so exhausted this morning! 

Today we just had breakfast and she took me back to the train station. It was hard saying goodbye. It was such a nice weekend! But hopefully we will see each other soon. Time flies by pretty quickly...

My my time flies... (haha Jenna).

Bye, Molly