Guten tag,

I have about 2 weeks vacation time around Christmas and I am considering traveling to Germany to take language courses (and of course to sightsee and soak of the culture).

I know that's a relatively short period of time, but I think such intensive language courses may ne available. My last visit to Germany (April) I noticed an advertisement for http://www.deutschakademie.de (3 hours/day for 4 weeks)

Ten years ago I took three semesters of German in college, but that was a while ago. I have a basic understanding of German I find it very difficult to learn German in the US because I have nowhere to use it (especially to speak). During my last two week trip I picked up a lot more being in Germany and learning the language with context.

Being around Christmas time may be difficult to find a course, but does anyone have a recommendation on this? I would prefer to take the course in Munich/Bayern or another major city.

If anyone is wondering, the reason I want to become fluent is to advance my career and find a job in Europe and/or travel frequently between the US and Europe. Becoming fluent in German would make me much more appealing to employers.

Eric