answer: #Person1# tells #Person2# #Person1# met Claudia in a discussing group online and Claudia's invited #Person1# to Germany and meet her parents. #Person1# asks #Person2# for advice because #Person2# is German. #Person2# suggests #Person1# arrive on time, use people's family name, and take some flowers. #Person2# thinks #Person1# should take a crash course in German before leaving.
documents: #Person1#: Hey Markus. I have a question I'd like to ask you.
  #Person2#: Yes. Go ahead.
  #Person1#: Well, I'm thinking about going to Germany this summer [Great!], and I need some advice. You're the best person I know to answer my questions since you're German.
  #Person2#: Thank you. What do you want to know?
  #Person1#: Well, don't laugh, but I met this really nice woman through an online music mailing list, you know, a discussion group on the Internet [laughter]. I need some advice. You see, Claudia, ...
  #Person2#: Okay. So it's Claudia, oh?
  #Person1#: Yeah, yeah. See, she invited me to spend two weeks in Germany [Hum]. And well, I told here I had studied a little bit about the country and language [Hum], and she's kind of expecting that I know more than I really do.
  #Person2#: Hum. You're really in hot water now!
  #Person1#: Yeah. I think so.
  #Person2#: Well, what do you want to know?
  #Person1#: Well, she's planning on introducing me to her parents.
  #Person2#: Hey. Sounds kind of serious.
  #Person1#: It isn't, at least I think it isn't. Anyway, what should you do when you greet someone for the first time in Germany?
  #Person2#: Well, it depends upon your relationship with the person. Now, speaking of your girlfriend, Claudia, ....
  #Person1#: Hey, I didn't say she was my girlfriend.
  #Person2#: Ah, okay, okay. Now if you're meeting someone formally for the first time, like Claudia's parents, you should make sure you arrive on time.
  #Person1#: Okay, so arrive on time. Uh, what about common greetings?
  #Person2#: Well, Germans often shake hands, and they use the person's family name, unless they're really close friends.
  #Person1#: Okay, what about with Claudia? I'm not sure what I should do in her case.
  #Person2#: Ah. You can call her Claudia [Okay], shake hands, and why don't you take her some flowers?
  #Person1#: Oh, how do you say 'Nice to meet you' anyway?
  #Person2#: Oh, 'Ich freue mich, Sie kennenzulernen.'
  #Person1#: 'Ich freu me senselen...? '
  #Person2#: Uhhh. Not exactly. 'Ich freue mich, Sie kennenzulernen' [Uhhh]. Humm. Honestly, I think you need to take a crash course in German before you leave. Claudia might think you're speaking Chinese or something if you don't.