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The languages I'm most interested in are Japanese, (Brazilian) Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Russian. The places I've considered (very naively, I admit), are Japan (Fukuoka), Brazil (Bahia), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Chile (Santiago), Spain (Barcelona), a few other countries in Europe (including Ireland), and a few places in east Asia. I'm not sure what draws me to these places, as I know little about them.
If I go to Japan, I'll be stuck at Japan pretty much, and I'll have to continue working hard at the language. I'm not sure how well I would like South American countries, though I have confidence I could be decent at the languages a lot quicker than Japanese. They are also cheaper than Japan, if I ever had an emergency from wwoofing and needed to be out on my own. Going to Europe would open up a lot of places to me, but I confess I know little about getting around there, or the interplay between the countries, or even where most of the countries are.
Of additional note, I have a potential contact floating around countries near Brazil. He's the son of a woman I do hospice volunteer work with, a blind musician who teaches English and is fluent in Portuguese (cool guy, huh?).
I don't know. I want to feel more solid on this before I devote more time directing language studies in any certain direction. If you have any words on this, I'd appreciate it.
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