Lanuage

I can officially say that after tonight's movie of "Under the Tuscan Sun" I am definitely more excited for Italy. After seeing the spectacular views and beautiful houses I am ecstatic to experience all of it. For all of you who have watched the movie you'll know where I'm coming from. But for the newbies to the movie I would highly recommend it if you would like to get a taste of Italy. Speaking of Italy, we have been hastily taking in the language as bast as possible. What with our numerous books, online sources, and even technology applications. In fact Jamie was pleasantly surprised that the phrase "Are service dogs allowed here" made the top 10 common phrases in one of our books. I'm sure my sister will also be happy when she finds out that some Italians cannot roll their R's--she'll fit right in ;)! In the beginning I thought that all of these Spanish lessons would just be a waste, until, after further phrase-book-reading, I found out that they are extremely similar. In some cases, all you have to do is change a letter or two in a phrase.

More from my dad's e-mail:

"Thing I've Learned in Italy" #2 & #3:Time


2) Don't focus so much on time (as in it's 3:00, time for the meeting). Despite the fact that Italy borders Switzerland... punctuality did not survive the Alpine traverse.


3) The calendar on the computer starts on Monday. Get used to it. Embrace it.