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It's Time to Change Time
Local time is 6 hours ahead of E.S.T. If it's 2:00pm in New York City, it's 8:00pm 
locally. Please note that Germany changes to and from daylight-saving time a few 
weeks before the U.S., so time differences still vary in March and October.
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Tip, Tip, and Tip Some More
Tipping. A service charge is always included on restaurant checks, but it is usual and polite to round up 
the amount. For a cup of coffee costing about 2.00 EUR, you would round up to 2.50 EUR. At a 
restaurant, you should give a tip of at least five percent. Giving no tip at all is considered extremely 
rude. Tip when paying, don't leave money on the table. Tip the hat check or coat check attendant. Add 
about 2 Euros to taxi fares. Tipping is 
very
important.
Shopping Locations
There are two major shopping locations. The 
Kurfürstendamm
in the old west is lined with boutiques 
and department stores. It continues eastwards for about three hundred yards where you can visit 
KaDeWe
, the biggest department store in Europe. On the newly-developed 
Friedrichstraße
in the old 
east, the famous French store Galleries Lafayette is to be found together with a maze of underground 
shopping malls. Shops are generally open 9am-8:30pm Monday through Friday and 9am-4pm on 
Saturdays

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Dialog
German Dialogue • Kleidung
Going Shopping • Gehendes Einkaufen
Helga
Guten Morgen, Maria.
Maria
Morgen. Wie geht's?
Helga
Mir geht's gut. Ich gehe zum Kurfürstendamm, möchten Sie mit mir 
kommen?