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| Posted by barry on 2015-05-19 01:32:06 |
| One final thought about Fewo's for non-German-language speakers: I have found that sending messages in English to, presumably, non-English-language reading Fewo owners to be very ineffective, as they have a tendency not to reply. Whether this is because such people are intrinsically too lazy to bother to translate or, more likely, in my limited experience, extremely non-PC-literate and unable to use the many available web translation programmes. This is pertinent to Forchheim because, when we were first seeking accommodation in the town, we simply could not get a reply to my emails written in English. Fortunately, our good friend Nick was on hand and rang a number of the listed apartments, eventually finding one for us (it transpired that the owner could speak good English but had decided not to let the apartment because building work was to be carried out on the house - in the event, it only had a marginal effect on our stay). My solution has been to write enquiries in German (with liberal use of Google translate) and this has proved very effective in eliciting replies. However, the downside has been that Fewo owners have immediately assumed that I speak German! Actually, it may be an upside as I have had to stretch my limited language capabilities. |
| Followups: |
 Fewos by Mosquit on 2015-05-19 02:14:08 |
| Fewos by Uncle Jimbo on 2015-05-19 05:41:23 |
| Fewos by Ungespundet on 2015-05-19 06:31:11 |