I just read an excellent article at http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/...oad/index.html describes how cheap and easy you can combine a vacation with language study.

I especially like this quote; "You are right with the people, you're living in their neighborhoods," said Mike Wittig, a director of the National Registration Center for Study Abroad in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "You have real contact with the people instead of looking at them out of a deluxe hotel. It kinds of brings people together a little bit."