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@GazzaMaxx
I'm in Germany now, Offenbach (small town 5k from Frankfurt)
First thing I noticed is that 95% of Germans speak English with about 80%of them being almost fluent, so it's really easy to get by.
If you learn a bit of German before you come it will help, knowing your numbers and how to ask for things would be a big help but other than that you will pick stuff up pretty quick the more you go out.
Frankfurt itself is ok.. bikes EVERYWHERE.. no decent bike shops though, all they carry are Cruiser/shopping bikes, I've only found one 'Fixed Gear' shop there so far.
Riding on the right hand side of the road is confusing at first, as are some of the street signs they have, luckily I've had no close calls so far despite unintentionally running red cycle lights.. (car lights go green but sometimes the bike light stays red)
You will probably find that at Uni everyone will speak English and a great deal of your course is English too, my girlfriend is studying here and she's found that to be the case.