From what I have observed over...

From what I have observed over many years, there is really no such thing as a US style strip club in Europe or Russia. The concept of a "Strip Club" is unique to the US, Mexico, and Canada. In general, the American Strip Club concept is mimicked but from what I can tell in my travels across Europe, the girls are mainly from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and other Slavic countries. I would describe them as true gypsy's. As they are really gypsy's (and you can tell because they have the body of an Angel but the face of your uncle Bob), they don't understand how business is done in first world countries (and the owners of these establishments know better as well as I am about to describe).

Tonight I went to the place I am writing about. Entry was 10 Euro. Ok, fair enough. In the US, you'll also pay a cover charge (though not during the day normally). Drinks were reasonably priced also. Again, as it should be. There's a stage where the girls get up and dance.....again no problem. If you sit in the seat next to the stage I think you should tip the girls.....and they expect it. Again, I didn't have a problem with this. As there are no single one Euro bills, the club sells "fake dollars" which you must pay for with Euros. You can buy a fake dollar to tip the girl (in American fashion) by buying one of these tip dollars with a Euro. For those of you who don't know, the 5 Euro bill is the smallest paper denomination.

Here's the problem. To get a lap dance, there is no single 10 Euro price for a single song lap dance system and you don't pay after the dance. You must pay before. They use a 50 Euro system for a supposedly 9-10 minute dance. Alarm bells should have been going off in my head when I heard this.