That's probably the easiest to do, however. I'm on a roudtrip true europe now in France and my French is bad. Had luck with hrlp ordering the iron online and have it delivered at thenearest postoffice. Sending it back would be a pain.
But then again, like you said, i can try to figure out the value, replace it, see what happens. But would probably need a soldering iron to get it fixed. Where do I get the resistor when I can not even search for it or ask people where to look for it..... guess I'm stuck...