Stuck in German mode
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The transition back hasn't happened as quickly as I thought it would. I still marvel at all the stuff in the stores that's in English. I was in a bookstore today and instead of wondering how long it would take me to get through a novel with Google Translate, I was wondering how many novels I could buy and read - realistically - by the end of the year. And at dinner, at our favorite Japanese restaurant, I was still saying "entschuldigung" instead of 「すみません」