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This is informed by ~15 summers traveling europe, with a beginner to intermediate understanding of 4 languages (french, spanish, italian, german) derived from conventional language learning. Each year, I practice whichever I am going to need using the usual suspects (duolingo, pimsleur, etc)....

This **does not replace** that type of systematic language learning. However, each year I get the most value-per-minute from low-tech review of travel-oriented tables of common phrases for various contexts. It essentially "stacks the deck", pulling the most useful concepts to front of mind.

This provides a structured, principled version of that process. It works like this: * Cards are presented, and progress tracked, using the standard FSRS technique used by Anki. * So the system always has an estimate of your recall for each card and overall, which guides how they are shown