Merci beaucoup Fluenz! Been working through the program and have started level 3. I just successfully made both hotel reservations for a summer trip on the island of Miquelon (of St. Pierre et Miquelon, a French collectivity off of Newfoundland - they claim they are more French than France..., anyhow...), where precious little English is spoken. Not only the hotel reservations but secured transportation to a required ferry reservation (ok, cheated there, Fluenz hasn't taught "traversier" (ferry) yet, but I was able to steal the word from Québec websites and use it correctly in a sentence). C'est magnifique!