Trip to Germany. – 2016 12 06 I will be in Germany again in middle January for business trip. Giving the situation of last visit, I am a bit concerned about the language issue, but actually I look forward to it much more. I was fluent in English in work aspect, but I knew nothing about German. When we travelled in Germany, I felt as if I was on the Mars. I couldn’t read the menu in restaurant; sometimes it was hard to understand the hotel reception staff even though they were friendly. However, the inhabitants on the “Mars” were really nice. A boy helped me to order my food, an old man showed me the way to restaurant, a guy helped to translate my words to hotel staff, even though he was rushing to watch the football match; a stroller led me to the bank while I didn’t know where to deal with the bill for parking the car in wrong place; more people helped when I could not read the instruction in the gas station. I got help easily each day, it was quite amazing.