I think in some ways we are very lucky to speak the international language. Pretty much every country in the world can speak English! It can be a little embarrassing though because at times I feel very lazy. Everyone else makes the effort to understand us but generally the British way is to turn up and expect to be understood.
Since I've started taking a big interest in mogs I've thought that I should learn German. It's where all the mog stuff happens and it would be nice to be able to get by talking to the more agricultural sellers who wouldn't understand me.
I may well try to make it to this show. It sounds amazing! What's the temperature usually like over there?