You've all heard it time after time, and we're sure you're as sick of it as we are. I'm talking about how much we complain about not speaking Italian as well as we would like. We whine about how time and again we get screwed over, and if only we spoke a little better we could have prevented it. Well, no longer!
While we were in Sardinia we were very humbled by our friend Phil. He studied Italian a bit in college, but he has only been in the country for a few months and he has no fear when it comes to speaking the language. Even if his pronunciation isn't great or he doesn't know exactly how to say something, he still tries, and usually with success. We were inspired by this and have made a resolution for the upcoming year.
Instead of promising to study our Italian grammar books at home (I think we make this resolution every month), we have decided to enroll in an intensive course at a local language school. Starting Monday the 30th of this month we will be doing 20 hours a week of Italian study for 3 weeks. That's 4 hours of study a day, every morning, 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. Do I sound scared? It's because I am.
It will be a long 3 weeks, our brains will be exhausted and our pocketbooks will be empty, but we know it's important to do it, and we hope to leave the course with a new confidence and some highly improved language skills. Our friend recommended this particular school because she had great success their last year with her own course. So, we are pumped about it now, but you will probably be hearing some complaints after we actually start the course!
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