Guys, thanks for all the input! I'm looking forward to seeing what becomes available over there,and if things go as planned my first trip will be sometime in January.
I will most definately pay a lot of attention to the food and the beer.I was a bit surprised to learn that there is a great deal of agricultural land there;that the cities are crowded but lots of openspace in the country.
Boars and roe deer sound very cool!