Horray for the Reasonable Germans

After my flitting about Europe last week (more in the next post!), I came home to a strange bill-- 102 euros for taking three ballet classes in Göttingen when I was working there this spring!! See, I had found a place to take ballet, but it was kind of like a gym that offered ballet classes, so this bill was to become a member of the gym. As you can imagine, I really do not want to be a member of some crappy gym in a town 3 hours away by train. I called the gym, expecting to argue and cry and switch to speaking English, but the secretary very simply said, "Oh, you only took 3 classes and live in Köln? I'll just erase the charges for you." Whoa.