When was the last time you paid to use a restroom?  The airplane on your overnight Transatlantic, expensive though it may be, doesn’t count.  In Germany, public restrooms at train stations, rest stops along the Autobahn, and even some restaurants will have either a bowl with a stern attendant, or a machine with a coin slot that you need to feed 50 cent or 1 Euro coins in order to enter.  Why?

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