[k-mcgrady]

> "You will always feel alienated without the local language."

My experience throughout Europe is that people generally have enough knowledge of English that you can get through a 2 week holiday without knowing the language. But even during those two weeks you start to learn little things to make life a bit easier. I don't understand people who go to a foreign country and expect to live without learning the local language. It's hard work but not impossible and just seems arrogant.

[SneakerXZ]

You cannot compare holidays with actually living there. In your everyday life you have problems that you don't experience as a tourist or did you order a plumber to fix your pipes? Or did you buy a television that you had to return because it was not working correctly? Try to figure out these problems with your A1 German.

[k-mcgrady]

That was my point. Maybe I wasn't clear enough.

1. You may be able to do 2 weeks there without learning the language.

2. That doesn't mean you can live there without learning the language.