LOL....Love the Life of Brian quote...:)
I have only been to visit Germany, a wee village called Roxel, near Herefordshire? Barracks, in Muster , my bro in law was in the Queens Own Highlanders, and I learnt how to order beer and vodka cola in fluent German...can still do it too....Choos....:) My sis in law had a great use of German, and still uses it sometimes....seemingly, its an easier language to learn if yer Scots, due to the sort of gutteral language, ochs and ayes etc etc... much like ours...:)