I'm going to be starting college very soon, and i'd like to take a language course. In highschool I took one and a half years of german and enjoyed it very much, but i've always wanted to learn Russian. I don't have any ties to Russia, but i just get a thrill whenever I hear the language spoken.

What is your opinion? should i continue with german or try out russian? All I hear about Russian is how hard it is. What about it exactly makes it so difficult to learn?

Thanks.