Nothing lightens up a local’s face more than when you speak their language. If you don’t have a lot of time to study a country’s language before you travel, here are a few phrases, courtesy of canuckabroad.com, that you can use that’ll give you the same results as a travel dictionary.

Picking up a few new phrases not only prepares you for travel, but also helps you get accepted by the locals.

Some great links for those wandering to a French-speaking country.

My Polish is shocking and even though my bathroom is papered with A4 sheets with phrases and words useful to the often faddy foreigner I’m as lost as Gordon Brown in Windsor Castle.

Beginner moves to advance—or does he?