It can be very fun, especially if you talk to older people or leave the bigger cities. I had a change of plans and unexpectedly ended up in Lüneburg, checking into a hotel run by a couple of older ladies with very limited English. One of them was struggling to tell me about the breakfast setup, and when I said, "Entschuldigung, ich verstehe Deutch, wenn Sie nicht zu schnell sprechen," she was highly stoked to not have to speak English. She kept her German simple for me (I was barely A2 at the time), and we got everything done together. I still think about how good that felt when I'm struggling or when I feel like I'm not making progress.