Keep in mind that in America a "sabbatical" may mean something like 2-3 weeks off...I.e. what in Europe would just be a normal vacation (most every job I ever h

Keep in mind that in America a "sabbatical" may mean something like 2-3 weeks off...I.e. what in Europe would just be a normal vacation (most every job I ever had in Austria or Germany included ~25 days [5 weeks] off per year - it is common for people to take 2-3 weeks of those in the summer in one go). The original meaning (and the one that will probably throw europeans off) was 1 year every 7, which I would venture a guess is so rare outside of academia/education as to basically be irrelevant.