Welcome to the site and the sport.
You are correct on all of your expectations of our little game. You can do them all as much as you want too.
This is a great place to ask questions and there will be an event in Paris
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...e-109f3f32d639
on Jan. 10th. Hope to see you there! Events are great places to meet people and get some hands on experience too.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Thomas A. Edison