We travel all the time to places where we don’t know the native language. We’ve had some issues, but most of the time (especially in Europe) everyone speaks English. If a German meets someone from France on the Swiss Alps, they will speak English to each other. It’s the most common language you’ll find among…
Tag: Foreign Languages
But I don’t speak their language… can I still visit?
When I tell people I am going to a place that speaks another language, people invariably say, “Oh, so you speak Spanish?” Or, “I didn’t know you knew French.” The truth of the matter is that I don’t know any spoken languages other than English. I took American Sign Language in school, which was great,…