OrbX scenery is stunning, and Holger Sandmann has developed some brilliant scenery too.
I haven't tried Xplane in a while, couldn't get on with the old versions, but if I was to choose a flight sim for graphics and physics, it would be this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN35BeYkeE
Edit: Been listening to www.dancenationone.fm for the last 6 hours. You can request a song with just a click and they'll play it (1 request every 15 minutes). It's like having your own playlist for the world to hear :P
It isn't too difficult to pronounce a 'foreign' looking town name, if you struggle to pronounce it, wiki it and sometimes it'll have a 'listen' link where you can hear it being said - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana lə-yoob—lə-yanah as an example.
On topic: No proper snow forecast, just sleet, and cold. Though the clouds are looking mighty grey.
Edit: OK, it's snowing again, doubt it'll settle as the ground is very wet from rain last night. Gotta drive in this soon