Excelente :) I live in Australia where there are about seven Spanish speakers but I nonetheless learned Spanish out of fascination for South America, and now understand it very well, though have never quite achieved fluency due to the lack of speaking opportunities. I did learn to speak fluent German through school and university study and personal motivation. As in your experience, both native German speakers and English speaking Australians are often amazed by this modest achievement. Most people don't learn other languages unless they have to. For me it has opened many doors of communication and understanding and I'm very glad to have devoted the time to it. I totally agree that it is very poorly taught at school.