Oh, I almost forgot, grad schools! Your plan sounds great, I have never been out of the U.S. That would be amazing to teach in Germany (or any part of Europe), I would love to go there someday.
Here's some of my grad school thoughts:
University of Wales, Lampeter:
University of Wales Lampeter | Archaeology and Anthropology
Athabasca-Culteral Studies:
Program Concentrations - Areas of Specialization - MAIS - Athabasca University
Humanities, California State University, Dominguez Hills:
HUX Home
Salve Regina, Humanities:
Salve Regina University - Graduate Studies - Humanities: Master of Arts
Dantes Online Catalog
I am having troubles narrowing it down, er...how did you narrow it down to one school? That's probably my biggest problem!