I got an email from the French Riviera this morning. And then another one from the Amazon. My first thought (and Jeni's too when I told of my internet messages) was, "Man, it would be SO COOL to got to a foreign country!" I also find it cruelly ironic that both of my brothers now reside in countries with languages fairly close to the one that they a). speak b). each studied for four years. I don't know, do you think Japanese fits into the "Romantic/Latin-based" language category?