There are many ways to learn a foreign language - some of them are harder than others, and certainly some are more fun than others. As someone who can remember the lyrics to countless 80s songs but not verb conjugations, I can totally get into the idea of learning a language through song.
As I’ve mentioned, the husband and I have been collecting Italian pop CDs for awhile. We especially love singers who enunciate their words enough for us to hear them (even if we don’t always understand them), and those who put the lyrics on the CD sleeves. Occasionally we’ve taken the time to translate songs, if only to get the gist of a favorite one or two. This produced funny results once when I translated a song I just liked because of its melody, and it turned out to be quite sexual, indeed…
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UPDATE: Unfortunately, it appears that the Living Abroad Report is no longer available online… At least at the moment. The links are all coming up blank, so it looks like this is one expat resource that has bit the dust.
I just found the Living Abroad Report, and have yet to really plumb the depths of the site yet, but I did add the blog to Bloglines. A few of the posts there caught my eye as potentially quite useful, especially to the husband (the poor dear who has to actually apply for the Italian jobs, unlike me who’s just kind of along for the ride), so I thought I’d share them here for those of you who are contemplating the jump as well.
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I’m knee-deep in research for the husband’s and my attempt at expat-hood, and I haven’t read this site yet, but I’m bookmarking it for futher inspection. I’m halfway through “Live & Work in Italy” by Victoria Pybus, and have “Living Abroad in Italy” (John Moretti) and “The Expert Expatriate” (Melissa Brayer Hess & Patricia Linderman) on my nightstand to follow shortly. I’ve decorated the Pybus book with little sticky flags to refer back to later. I’ve started sending emails to anyone I know who might be able to help with information
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I’m sure some pet owners are content to leave their dogs and cats with family or friends in their home country rather than deal with the hassle of getting the furry creatures to a new home abroad. For the husband and I, that’s not an option. Our three (yes, three) cats are family, and if we move to Italy, they’re coming with us. Whether they like it or not. (That’s the eldest, Jasmine, at the left - keeping me company as I write for the Italy Logue.)
The husband found a couple websites for
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Part of my “day job” at BootsnAll includes reviewing the applications for new members of our travel community. One morning a couple months ago, I saw an application that caught my eye, for what I think you’ll see are obvious reasons!
Emma Bird had applied to join the BootsnAll community, and as I read more about her, I learned that she’s originally from England and has been living in Italy for some time (Sardegna, to be exact). She’s quite the entrepreneur, and has a book out (now available in the US) called
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