Thanks for all the great links and suggestions! I am getting SO excited. No, Tulip, I don't speak French but have a couple CD's to learn the basic courtesies. Unfortunately, the Spanish-speaking part of my brain keeps trying to be helpful. Ay-yi-yi! Charles had French in school so he's a bit better. Since we are staying in a small hotel for one month, I'm hoping I might meet someone who would like to practice English and teach a little French. A small and patient child would be perfect!

We always tried to speak a little Greek (oof! a different alphabet, too!) when we were in Greece - when traveling we're careful to be modest and observant and extremely courteous, and were abashed when Greeks would proclaim, "but you CAN"T be American!" And really, some of the things we saw Americans do were just hair-curling.

Fortunately, there is an American program director to help us out w/ any real problems!