This weekend I was strawberry picking in Austria with my family and I was humbled. I thought âhey, Iâm kinda good at German, I can communicate without problems, Iâll talk to the lady who works there.â Well I understood about one word out of 30. I was completely lost. I know Iâve never focused on the German spoken in Austria and I know she probably spoke a dialect, since we were in a small village, but damn, I thought Iâd understand more.










