Hi Ben, it took me around 3-4 weeks to get an account on Steemit, they are not very quick!

You would be better posting your articles in English, there is some German content but I don't see too much of it.

Would love to visit the Black Forest, I'm a huge fan of Germany. Food and beer is second to none.

Lastly, always upvote responses or posts that have value. This is really important and people will remember this.