Italiano

As many of you know, I am thoroughly and hopelessly obsessed with Italy. Along with that obsession comes one item from my list of "Things To Do Before I Die" - Learn Italian. In my attempts to accomplish (or at least start) my goal, I've been reading this and this, side by side. It's been very interesting thus far and I've learned a lot of scriptorial terms like "avvenne" which means "it came to pass". I just know that'll come in handy ;)
Along with that, I found this website called Fluenz, and have been doing this Italian sample session over and over. I now feel quite comfortable ordering a glass of water (un bicchiare di acqua) at a restaurant. Wahoo! Ok, so it's not a lot, but it's progress and I'm doing molto bene (very well) if I do say so myself!