Thanks guys! i think that i will learn mainly german and french, i have learnt german for about 5 years at school so know some of the basics of that already and will have to pick up the french. i know that my french will be very bad, but hey, at least i tried, right?? :) <BR>i also have picked up a little lonely planet language guide which includes basically all the languages that i will be using so i guess that will come in handy....now if only i can get that pronunciation right!!