10-03-2005, 09:41 AM
Assur,Oct 2 2005, 05:37 PM Wrote:Hi
Stuttgart can be pretty cold in November (chance of snow). Business attire is pretty conservative, jeans/T-shirt usually make the wrong impression (depends on the business you're in)
In restaurants and pubs/bars I usually tip around 10%, if the service is bad nothing. In hotels, if I check-in/sleep/check-out nothing.
German food can be very good, but it's difficult to find places that serve it, if you want to stay on the safe side eat Italian.
Hope that helps
P.S. Punctuality is considered very important!
P.P.S. Smoking is more widespread and accepted than in the states. People will happily smoke whilst you are eating in a restaurant!!
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German food and good?? Well it is "better" than traditional dutch food, that is for sure, but it is mainly large quantities of meat and potatoes. The spatzli are nice though, I like them. Tha fact is I'm vegetarian, and then germany is not the place to be.
For the rest german cities are nice to walk around in I find. Clean and enough place to drink a good beer. And don't forget the wine. They make some nice wine on the banks of the rhine a bit more to the south. I'm sure you can get it in Stuttgart as well, makes also a nice present to take back. I also find germans are not so rude as dutch people in traffic, it is more like in the states I find. (also the average size of the cars should make you feel at home :D )
Have a nice time there,
eppie