its pretty strange and humbling to move to a country where you dont know the language. when i moved to germany i spoke literally zero german.
it is humbling because one has to admit often and publicly that they don't know or don't understand. that can be scary!
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people say 'in berlin everyone speaks english' but my friend you should be sceptical of that statement.
that statement basically shows what class of society the speaker is in. no working class people often dont. today i was talking to a syrian refugee in german because it was easier for him than english. old former east germans often speak russian over english.
i know people who only speak english in berlin, walk in to a place and speak to everyone like they assume the person speaks english and im actually embarrassed to be seen with those ppl.