Thank you Laura for the very informative reply. You gave me excellent examples about native English speaking teachers. Funny you wrote about the man who nearly froze there. I have not lived in an area where snow falls in 30 years. ))) As you can imagine, I would be frozen by fall and not thaw out until spring.)))

I have read that the real money is in the private lessons. With the right woman, the fee for my lessons would be only a delicious home cooked meal.)))

I only intend on staying there only for one year. There is ZERO doubt that I will love living there and meeting such wonderful people. I also will know that a year will go by with a blink of an eye.

Laura, thank you again for such a positive post.)))