How does a 40ish year old male with enough money find his way around Europe without foreign language skills? Is it possible to hire guides to travel with, or at least to show them around on a city-by-city basis for this sort of thing? I'm thinking specifically France, Spain, Italy. Willing to use University students or some other creative possibility. [more inside]
posted on Aug 5, 2008 - 18 answers

I'll be taking the Trans-Siberian from Beijing to Moscow, leaving next Saturday. I'd like to spend my five days on the train doing a cram course and learning as much basic Russian as I can. I already know the alphabet, and some very basic phrases (ie. "where is the metro?"). Are there any good online courses I can print out and take with me? [more inside]
posted on Jul 7, 2008 - 2 answers

Traveling to Oaxaca with a friend for a 2-4 week Spanish immersion program this June/July. We are looking for some advice about Spanish language programs, homestays/lodging, and transportation. We are having a very difficult time finding a good learning program—there are so many to choose from and we don't quite know what to look for and how to determine which ones are good. [more inside]
posted on May 19, 2008 - 7 answers

My wife and I are talking about getting out of the country (US of A) for about a month. Where shall we go? [more inside]
posted on Sep 21, 2007 - 10 answers

Brainstorming summer employment opportunities in Arabic-speaking countries. [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2006 - 8 answers

How long would it take a 'proactive' person to pick up a language if living and working in a foreign city? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2006 - 20 answers

Where can I safely and productively visit in French-speaking Africa for a few weeks (other French-speaking areas considered)? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2006 - 16 answers

Albania - where to stay, what to do? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 4 answers

I would like to spend an academic year studying Russian in Russia. [more inside]
posted on Oct 19, 2005 - 5 answers

Questions about learning Russian and SIT-TESOL/CELTA certification... [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2005 - 5 answers

Of Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the U.K.:

Who hates Americans least?
Who is the least conservative?
Whose language is easiest to learn?
posted on Nov 3, 2004 - 41 answers

I just bought an overpriced piece of luggage and as a method to make sure it's easily recognizeable (like all modern luggage it's plain black fabric) and lower it's inherent value i want to place a sticker on it that says "This is not your bag" in as many languages as possible. I just don't trust babelfish not to make my bag say "bag yours not" so i'm hopeing i can steal some of that bilingual knowledge out there.
posted on Jul 11, 2004 - 35 answers