Hi Johannes,

you said you are in Europe, right? Do you mind if I ask where you are from and where you are now?

I've been trying to do exactly as you said. Read as much as I can. In fact, it's been a while that I only read books in English (the one I am reading now is The Last Juror, by John Ghrisham, which I recommend by the way). So, since I like reading and want to improve my English, it has turned out to be of great help.
I just don't say that this is a way to "matar dois coelhos com uma cajadada só" because I might be one of them. :-)

Since I came here to work, I didn't have much time to take courses. But at least I attended some classes at the University of Alabama for couple of weeks. The problem is that they were sort of crowded with other Brazilians and thus, you can imagine the rest.

My best wishes.

Coelho