A couple of summers ago, I realised I could no longer speak German.
Holidaying across Europe with my best friend Tara in a car from a car share app, we picked up another tourist on route. She was a shy girl in glasses who, once she’d hefted her hiking backpack into the boot, introduced herself as Ellie, a student from Berlin. I replied in German, the lan…
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