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Austria - Germany

Austria

Hotel catering to skiers, Austria:
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

Hotel, Vienna:
In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.

France

Hotel elevator, Paris:
Please leave your values at the front desk.

Translations spotted on a menu, Paris:
Chicken of the chief (poulet du chef)
Omelette with the plugs (omelette aux lardons)
Gratin of lawyer to the three cheeses (gratin d'avocat aux trois
fromages)
Plate of crudenesses (assiette de crudités)

Sign on a metal-detector scanner in France:
People with peace-maker do not pass

Germany

In a Leipzig elevator:
Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

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