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> My experience was almost exactly the opposite.
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>"Richie, du sprichts perfectes Deutsch!!!"
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>"Nein. Ich spreche nur ein bissen Deutsch. Ich spreche perfectes Volleyball!"
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>Needless to say, the volleyball club was the highlite of my tour. It made my enlistment period so enjoyable I "Almost" re-enlisted.


Very nice ! thanks for sharing this.

I think it depends on where You end up Bad Kreuznach is barely in the middle of nowhere. And of course what people sit opposite of You.