>>I spent 6 months in an immersion school - Defense Language Institute (DLI), Monterrey, CA to be exact. Great experience. There civilian schools as well which allow you to spend time living with a family in a foreign country (like Costa Rica which I highly recommend). My daughter just came back from just a week in Costa Rica living with a family and she was automatically speaking in Spanish at the airport on her return and had to 'shift' to English all over again!
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>I read a lot (online) about different immersion schools. Some you can pick a country and the city and the level/style of living. I presume that "Defense Language.." was part of your military service. I am too old for that <g>. As far as the country, I would prefer to go to Spain. Even though I find the Spanish of Spaniards the most difficult to understand (next to Argentines), I like its sound. And I guess I like the challenge. I even got ok from the wife to leave the home for a week or two <g>. But my customers won't let me go <g>.

I thought "defence language" would be like: "Come on now, put that gun down", "Now nobody needs to get hurt"! :-)