good luck and have the time of your life !!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 10/17/2005 - 23:59In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I am looking after 4 dogs, one labrador and 3 king charles spaniels. i am taking a laptop over so i will load some italian grammar programmes on that and also take some textbooks to read.
I hope that after this experience i will have a firm enough grasp of the lifestyle and culture to make a more educated decision as to whether i could live over in italy.
thanks for you help,
james
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
James, it can get surprisingly cold for periods during the winter, before you come over, try to get a decent thermal base layer vest, Craghoppers maake good ones, a climbing or walking shop should stock, team it with light fleeces, Layer, layer... :) and a windproof top layer and your made. You need to mix with Italian people to take in the language quickly, Lynn's method would be best, I suspect... Good Luck and best wishes to you, you lucky lad...
Good Luck
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 10/18/2005 - 07:08In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Enjoy yourself lucky man.
Find yourself an Italian girlfriend, as suggested and doubt you will ever want to return to the UK.
Hi James,
i did something similar to you back in 1968 ( I know ....you probably covered that era in History at school !!!! :D ) . I went to Florence as an au pair.
Living with an Italian Family really helped .
I did make myself study from books at least one hour a day to get the grammer working but talking and mixing with Italians is the very best way to learn a language. If you combine study and getting out and about as much as possible and speaking and listening at every opportunity you can't go wrong.
Get yourself an Italian Girlfriend who doesn't speak English and you are made !!!!!! I went out with the postman !!!!
If you have the money to enrol in classes as well...you will find it a doddle ! (I was too poor :o ! -so had to discipline myself but it worked fine ). I was here 10 months and although I am a bit rusty, my knowledge of the language has never left me and we have visited often over the years.
Think it can be pretty chilly in Umbria from what I have read ( we're further south but been told chilly here then as well)
and No...at your age you won't miss England one bit !!!!!..... :cool:
Have fun and keep us all up to date with how you are getting on. :)
How many dogs are you sitting ?????