Mark Twain wrote an interesting essay about how awful German is actually. Its a little lomg, but if you got a few free minutes http://vorpal.nebrwesleyan.edu/~mcclung/germany/entries/10-3.php
Hello Gloomy, welcome. My German is horrible too, so I'd like it if you and nina stop talking in German :D....bad memories, really bad memories. What a long semester my German was...
Anyway, enjoy your stay.... :D