The best IMC lessons I had were the ones that were in lousy weather - real IMC, light icing at some altitudes, cloudbase round about the minimum allowed for an IMC holder, etc.
It showed that there is a world of difference between real IMC and flying on a sunny day wearing foggles. I did one flight which was a simple VOR navex where we were in cloud all the time. I found it much harder than the partial panel work I did using foggles.
I'd do the course in the UK, and hope for slightly grotty weather most days!