Originally Posted by
oliver2002
In the bavarian countryside people do speak English if there is no other options. I have guests visiting who do just fine and friends who live in Munich since years without speaking the language.
Munich is not the Bavarian countryside. People at hotels in the countryside may speak some English (I've never actually heard any), and here and there someone may speak English, but I certainly would not recommend a non-German speaker to wander around the Bavarian countryside expecting to run into fluent English speakers.