<p>Naw. He took four years of German here. Self-taught with the Japanese, so hearing it spoken & being able to speak it with actual live bodies is exciting for him. He has his Japanese tapes with him on the ship & is going back over them. Doing each lesson over. He can’t converse in full dialog though. Just phrases. He did tell me a funny story about some German sailors in the seaman’s club today sitting close to him. They were saying some bad things about his ship’s crew & he turned to them & said in German, -more or less- “And you have a nice day too.” then grinned. He said they moved to the other side of the room. LOL Kid was eavesdropping apparently where he shouldn’t.</p>
<p>This would be the perfect trip for your kid I’m thinking. Goes through Tacoma & to islands where he could understand what they’re saying. KP10 might should think on it. I can say, kyojin = lunatic. LOL</p>