Pardon my asking. German?? Why?? 
Simply curious - plus, I wanted to be different, as most of my college mates took French or Italian. I now very much regretted that I didn’t choose French. 
In my secondary school, I had the choice between French and Chinese, I chose Chinese and didn’t regret, although years later I ended at in France, a country I had never given a thought in my younger days and need to learn the language the hard way. 
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I went the other way a decade ago. Took the night sleeper bus to shenzen from Yangshuo 阳朔县 , spent the day wandering. Good times, good eats.
You can start now. I spent about two months playing language lessons when I exercised before a few trips to china. I can speak enough language to order a beer and the spicy pork dish in a broad variety of languages. And, take the local bus. And, “the dish like that guy has, plus a cold beer”. The number of sentences necessary to eat well is staggeringly small. You can do it!!!
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That’s cool. Do you have any opportunity to use it now?
German is a beautiful language. To me, certain things sound so much better in German. It would be pretty easy for you to learn some other languages if you already know Germanic languages.
I took French, Mandarin and German in high school. Hated the first 2 and forgot everything now.
I also stayed a few days in Yanshuo. After 3 trips to China I still like Chengdu and Tibet the most.
