Survival tips on grocery store hours - THANK YOU! I almost starved to death in Germany on Sunday because everything was closed. We had run out of cash, and couldn't find a bank or a place that A) was open and B) took credit cards. So we turned to the American standby - the convenience store. Nope again. They had tons of soda and candy bars, but nothing that resembled actual food. We went to 3 different convenience stores before we found lunch. We ended up with a bag of cashews, a bag of chips, some type of cheese spread, vodka, and juices. It was delicious, and even more satisfying for how hard we had to work for it. :-)
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Expect a similar situation in Austria. Hardly any restaurants take credit cards either. A lot of people here live without credit cards: I'm the best example being 31 and never having owned a credit card. We even have this saying "nur Bares ist Wahres" (it loosely translates to, "only cash is the real thing").