Congratulations! Working abroad in Berlin, what an adventure.
Haha, most brilliant piece of subdued humor I've come across in a while: "To avoid the prohibitive commute" :-) :-) :-)
Well, learning German might turn out to be the hardest part ... I think 2000 years ago English and German were somewhat similar, but that's not really the case anymore, be prepared to learn a lot of "Schwere Wörter" ... well maybe this one is for you:
and reassuringly it says "The German language and the English language have the same roots", but don't expect all too much of that, yes the most basic words often have a similarity so that does help, but it ain't gonna be easy (although a lot easier than, say, Chinese).
But most Germans do know English and I think they're fairly tolerant of a foreigner's mistakes when he's trying to speak their language. And I think it can be great fun to learn it.
Finally, from what I've heard Berlin is just a fantastic city, and since you'll be in the "Schengen Zone" (EU region with free movement of persons) you'll be able to travel freely to other countries, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Poland, you name it (not the UK though).
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Congratulations! Working abroad in Berlin, what an adventure.
Haha, most brilliant piece of subdued humor I've come across in a while: "To avoid the prohibitive commute" :-) :-) :-)
Well, learning German might turn out to be the hardest part ... I think 2000 years ago English and German were somewhat similar, but that's not really the case anymore, be prepared to learn a lot of "Schwere Wörter" ... well maybe this one is for you:
learn-german-easily.com
and reassuringly it says "The German language and the English language have the same roots", but don't expect all too much of that, yes the most basic words often have a similarity so that does help, but it ain't gonna be easy (although a lot easier than, say, Chinese).
But most Germans do know English and I think they're fairly tolerant of a foreigner's mistakes when he's trying to speak their language. And I think it can be great fun to learn it.
Finally, from what I've heard Berlin is just a fantastic city, and since you'll be in the "Schengen Zone" (EU region with free movement of persons) you'll be able to travel freely to other countries, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Poland, you name it (not the UK though).