Learning a new language?
I'm thinking seriously about traveling outside of North America by the end of next year, depending on how well my job up here in Alaska pays and if they keep me on past the end of the season. Not really sure where I'm headed just yet, convenience and costs say go south but my heart is pulling to go back to Europe. Regardless, I'd like to pick up a second language as I can only see it helping while on the road. I know a little bit of French thanks to high school, enough mainly to read but not well enough to speak it.
What languages have you guys and gals found to be beneficial to know on the long haul? I'm leaning towards brushing up on my French or learning Spanish (which can only help here at home anyway). How did you learn it; classes and/or books and programs, immersion on the road, bi- or multi-lingual from birth? Did you find learning at home translated well to actual use on the road?
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