The first time i realized that I'd better learn some German (or Swiss German), I had only been in Menzingen for a few hours. I met my wonderful neighbor Conny and she really taught me a lot. I don't know how I did it but I memorized all that she said to her daughter and wrote it all down so I could after a lot of months say some things. Most people in the town would speak to me in English until finally I could communicate. It was like the whole town help me to learn German. I knew all the people in the shops by name. I would go back in a heart beat. It was a great place with lovely people.