tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post8075707523789943572..comments2023-05-11T01:09:36.096+10:00Comments on Diary of a Wandering Student: Profiles in Transit: Teaching Italian by ImpatienceJessalyn Pinneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188095327138128369noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post-75611348679585911672010-10-18T11:56:01.923+11:002010-10-18T11:56:01.923+11:00Thanks Jools! I still don't understand the dic...Thanks Jools! I still don't understand the dichotomy between the gregariousness of Italian waiters and innkeepers and the surliness of Trenitalia employees. I think they go to a special, secret school to learn how to hide their natural Italian effusiveness and appear intimidatingly sullen.<br /><br />Loved your post about Barga - what a wonderful story, and memory.Jessalyn Pinneohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188095327138128369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post-46345568371869756992010-10-18T11:39:05.280+11:002010-10-18T11:39:05.280+11:00Hi Jess
Loved this! I also have attempted to lear...Hi Jess<br /><br />Loved this! I also have attempted to learn Italian over many years with mixed results. All the smugness you feel back home soon dissipates when you have to have a real conversation in Italy and you also have to suffer the humiliation of addressing someone in Italian only for them to take pity on you and reply in English! You might like this post I wrote on this sort of experience when I visited Barga a few years ago, a beautiful place it was too.<br />http://www.headingthere.co.uk/Blog/?p=808<br />Like yr description of the Trenitalia guards too! 'If it didn't take so much effort I would roll me eyes at you'!<br />Cheers<br />JoolsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post-10902010095803947032010-10-13T09:00:57.250+11:002010-10-13T09:00:57.250+11:00Thanks Aldo!Thanks Aldo!Jessalyn Pinneohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188095327138128369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287384554620779198.post-67620980278029203562010-10-13T05:40:42.570+11:002010-10-13T05:40:42.570+11:00Hey, I work with the CheapOair travel blog (cheapo...Hey, I work with the CheapOair travel blog (cheapoair.typepad.com) and we're interested in having you guest blog for us. Please contact me if you're interested. Thanks! Aldo.aldohttp://www.cheapoair.comnoreply@blogger.com