I guess the first thing I should address is why I’ve picked German to learn, especially given that I’m living in Denmark! Before even leaving for Copenhagen, I registered for language courses and decided I would make a real effort to learn the language. I’m really glad I did, it was a lot of fun and I met some great people. Learning a language as an adult was a completely different experience to learning in high school. I can’t believe how well I did. I think the main difference was that I was really enjoying learning. Having fabulous teachers absolutely helped, but I still think my pure enjoyment of using a part of my brain that had been dormant for years was the real key to my success.