@McGentrix,
I had an office in Salzburg for the times we did a lot of work in the gypsum business. Its a great country. Think of it as a "pocket version" (geographically) of us and S Canada.
I used to traipse around hunting rocks and fossils.
Take up plein aire painting. Obviously youre gonna have to larn the language. Where ya gonna be going? I reccomend the seacoast theres a really good "beach combing" industry foramber and sharks teeth.
I found German Comedy really pathetic because they are an entire race of " hyper-detail oriented people" and they give too muchinformation in setup lines. ITS A JOKE, not A biography!!
"Ya think you can learn to like Chocolate ?
DO NOT< (I mean this) BUY A CUCKOO CLOCK!!!, fuckin things are evil.