weather or licensing issue?
A bit of both... Long story cut short: I partially passed my skill test in California in January and then ran out of weather and time there. To complete the PPL in Germany, I needed to sort out some bureaucratic hassles (like finding a German examiner willing to certify himself to test UK license applicants) and take some lessons at the local flight school and the weather has been a disaster throughout spring. Finally, the license application itself took longer than normal because of the transition from national to EASA (~ European Union) aviation regulations.