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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
BTW, Germans are very appreciative of foreigners who've made the effort to learn the language.
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Our group had German and Italian as a second language speakers. It was a huge plus in really getting to know the many people we ran into. All roads were primarily through the country side, and it was wonderful. Not only the Germans but the Austrians and the North of Italy and Switzerland.
One local restaurant was very German. By the time in our adventure we picked up a few words but still relied on our German speaking travel mates. We were greeted warmly and there was an American woman who was born and raised in San Bernardino, having relocated to Germany a decade ago. She really opened up the room for us. The waiters asked if they could practice their ENGLISH on us! From there on the evening was most memorable.
Rick your comment is the prime reason I want to get better at German. I found the same appreciation in France many years ago; please and thank you go a long way.