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Signposts: German

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You never realize how often you take simple roadsigns for granted, until they are written in a language you don't understand. Believe me,you don't want to wait until you are flying down the autobahn at 160 kilometers/hour to come to this conclusion. Signposts:German can give you the information you need before you even get off the plane.

Signposts presents you with a simple, picture-driven series of examples of the signs you are likely to encounter while travelling throughout a German-speaking country. The authors present simple explanations to everyday encounters you are likely to have in Germany by examining the many written signposts you are likely to run into. It can be as easy as finding an exit (ausfahrt) off a road or finding the right bathroom (Damen or Herren). The authors have an easy-to-follow style that even tests your understanding periodically. They prove that you don't need an advanced degree in language for a basic, yet important level of comprehensio! n.

There's even a section that points out to you the signs you may encounter in an emergency.

At the very least, it can help you find your way and make some sense of new world you have entered on your trip. It can also, however, save your life. It is for me the essential guide to carry on a trip to Germany and I intend to purchase the other books in the series to make trips to those countries just as easy.

I should have bought this three years ago when I first started going to Germany on a regular basis. A great help when driving and hiking.

Each time we go to Germany, we take this book with us.

Its absolutely invaluable if you're driving a car in Germany. The guidance on how to figure out automated parking lots and meters alone justifies this book, but it clearly pays for itself the first time that its guidance helped you to avoid getting lost, just in time saved.

And if you're taking a train, or even just part of a guided tour, there's still plenty of other signs that are very useful to know and which make your trip go much easier and smoothly.

When I give advice to friends on the things that they need to do to research and prepare for a European trip, the top three items are Michelin Maps, Rick Steves Guidebooks and this "Signpost" book.

To the authors, 'thank you, thank you, thank you'!

-hh

I took courses in how to navigate around Germany and I was prepared for train stations and planed to use international signs for everything else.

I guess I was wrong. This book has 14 chapters of different situations to deal with. Each uniquely left out of standard tourist information books. There are many situations that call for at least a cursory knowledge of signs "that are not international." Evidently, it was written for some one who could cross their legs because it is not until you get to chapter 12 is "LOOKING FOR THE LOO"

That's not the worst of it. "WC-Anlagen errichbar über den Friedhof durch den Aufenthaltsraum beim Ulrikagrab"

The real advantage in this book is the real world pictures of the sighns.