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ginnyinWI

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3. The only German you will need:

Reply to wryter2000 (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 09:17 PM

Aug 2016

Try to learn some of the basic signs: like for traffic, signs that will be posted out in public. Sometimes you need to know what they say and there will be nobody around to tell you!

Things like "open", "closed", "do not enter", "exit only", etc.

I don't know about Italy--haven't been there.

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Can I ask travel questions here? [View all] wryter2000 Aug 2016 OP

You don't need to speak either Italian nor German. Almost everybody knows a sinkingfeeling Aug 2016 #1

I'm going to use Duolingo as much as I can before I go wryter2000 Aug 2016 #6

Germany you'll find English speakers pretty much everywhere... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #2

Thanks wryter2000 Aug 2016 #5

The only German you will need: ginnyinWI Aug 2016 #3

I'm not going to try driving wryter2000 Aug 2016 #4