German shopping carts require a deposit of 1 euro to unlock them from the rest of the carts (really good reason to return the cart to where it belongs) I only had a 2 euro coin and a 0.50 euro coin. So when a lady, returning her cart, asked what was wrong, I held up my 2 euro and said “zwei”. She promptly got out her purse and traded me her cart and a 1 euro coin for my 2 euro coin. When I got to the check out tonight, the cashier only spoke to me in German. I got the jist of all she said but missed the zwei on the front end of my total… I also used my German to help the lady in front of me that was short change. “Wie viel?” I asked. “How much?” 1 euro cent. I had that. So that made me feel good that I could practice my German and help someone out.