Quick rant about paying for things in Germany - last week I was driving with my family through Germany, after 12 hours in the car we stopped for the night in a

Quick rant about paying for things in Germany - last week I was driving with my family through Germany, after 12 hours in the car we stopped for the night in a random village near Magdeburg, but it was already 9pm and we haven't eaten. We were pointed to a local greek restaurant, which turned out to be fantastic, really good food, but when the time to pay came, I was told they don't accept Visa or MasterCard. Only "EC-Karten". I said I don't have one, I don't have any euros, so what now. "Oh there's a cash machine at a bank in a town nearby" - so I had to leave my crying toddler with my wife and go and hunt this cash machine in the middle of nowhere, because the owner doesn't want to pay the Visa/MasterCard fees. I was since told that this is very common in Germany, and outside of the motorway petrol stations your Visa/MasterCard might not be accepted.