Thank you Stravinsky (one of my favorite composers!). I can speak the language fairly well, and I read it extremely well. As you'll see in my response to Mod Karen, I definitely do not want to just fly over and make things hard on myself. My natural inclination is to do this the right way. I've just never done this before, and I am very nervous about getting it right. My hopes would be shattered and my heart broken if Portugal said no to me, one of her daughters.