I'm sure if we go my wife will want to meet some vlcak breeders (especially ones where our Luna is descendant from). When my wife went to Belgum to import a GSD she made sure she got to meet our GSD's (Kiri) breeder.
Maybe we can convince Fred to take an extra trip to the Czech Republic with us when we can afford to go there. Since we got into the breed he's been interested in it and we've asked him if he'd like to be a judge for our breed (since he's all breed certified in UKC).
I think he's doing his Sieger tour now (or maybe just a month long trip to Europe?) so it may be a couple of years before we can afford it.
As for the languages - it's the same with Spanish (which I know some). Listening is hard to understand but if I'm reading French or Italian I can get a basic understanding of what I'm reading.