In this podcast, Michael, our young traveler, takes the Intercity from Heidelberg to Munich, where he navigates the S-Bahn system to get to the Marienplatz.

There he goes through the ritual of checking into his hotel.

He meets up with Claudia and some of her friends in the Hofbräuhaus and later they take a subway to the bohemian district of Schwabing. 

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You'll learn and practice words and phrases individually and in the context of short conversations. Your listening and pronunciation skills will improve a lot!

In this podcast, Michael, our young traveler, packs in a last day of exploring Munich before he takes a flight to Berlin.

From the Berlin airport he takes the bus and then the subway to his aunt's apartment near the Alexanderplatz, Berlin Mitte.

His aunt treats him to a typical local dish and then invites him for a glass of wine in an old Berlin style pub.

They chat about the French Huguenots, who settled in Berlin, about the notorious TV Tower, built in 1969, and about the Fall of the Berlin Wall. 

And if you'd like to continue practicing your German with "Michael in Deutschland," you can do so online and for FREE with our 36-lScene story (followed by 72 Scenes for German 2) HERE.

You'll learn and practice words and phrases individually and in the context of short conversations. Your listening and pronunciation skills will improve a lot!

In this podcast, Marco, our young traveler, flies from Boston to Pisa. He talks with the woman who's sitting next to him and who is happy that he speaks Italian.

He surprises the officer at Passport Control with his Italian greeting and is happy that his aunt picks him up at the airport.

Maybe you didn't understand all the words and phrases of this podcast, especially if you didn't practice with the online course first.

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We often hear from our users: “Playing your courses did not feel like learning. Only later we realized how many of the words and phrases we actually could recall.”

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In case you did not see or remember: In addition to these podcasts and the Blog Posts, our Quick Games are also completely FREE.

They can all be accessed without registering be just clicking on the various links on our home page.

The Quick Games use vocabulary and sometimes dialogues form our courses and can be played in just a couple of minutes: Great for a quick language break during the day!