I mean I was planning to visit in the next couple of years anyway I guess…
Don’t learn german. As a german I always feel sorry for people who learn this language just for 80 million old people ^^
I’ve been learning German for a few years (very slowly) now with Duolingo. I see a lot of Spanish posts too (especially on masto) and have been enjoying how the fediverse encourages me to work on my languages.
I was thinking about it for a while. The posts encouraged me. The prospect of possibly wanting to leave the US in the next year or two depending on things also makes me want to learn a second language.
Mark Twain wrote an essay about The awful German language
Viel Spaß dabei!
A better reason to learn it is that anything you say in German sounds like swearing.
Mein Hovercraft ist voll von Aalen!
Deutsch ist gar nicht so schwierig. Versuch es doch einfach mal!