After 5 days we were pretty much out of clothes. We did one load of laundry at the apartment in Stuttgart but it was a small machine without a dryer. Before leaving Paderborn we stopped at a coin operated laundry to wash the rest of our clothes. Finding a self service place was a challenge. The first few locations we stopped at were laundry service with dry cleaning. We finally figured out the difference between a Wäscherei vs a waschsalon.
The only place in town was on a busy street without a parking lot. After finding street parking we hauled the clothes in and then had to figure out how to use the machines. They are all connected to a central control panel where you pay your money then press the button number to the machine you plan to use. I was surprised at the prices of laundry but it's been a few decades since I have been in a laundromat. It's 4eur per load of wash so we stuffed everything into one machine.
The time went fast as we met and talked with a couple from Spain. Anna was originally from Mexico and even lived in Indiana for a few years. Once we started talking about food, she sounded homesick for either Spain or America and was just tolerating her time in Paderborn. She did warn us not to have Mexican food in Germany. I have seen Asian and middle eastern restaurants but no Mexican places yet.
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