Learning a foreign language

[Jack2jack]

My French is as basic as it comes, but has come in handy a few times, although I've come unstuck a few times, when they think you're fluent in the lingo, only to realise you're a bit clueless. I love italian and Italy, and I did start to learn a bit more during lockdown but didn't get very far, will have to give it another go some day.
It makes us a bit lazy knowing that English is widely spoken elsewhere, to a degree.

Yeah, I love Italy too. Positano is probably my favourite place I've visited anywhere, a breathtakingly beautiful place. Your last sentence says it all though about English being so widely spoken. I was in Iceland a few weeks ago and had conversations with a supermarket checkout girl, the young lad who made my pizza in Domino's and the bloke who helped me sort out the misbehaving petrol pump I was trying to use miles from anywhere, which were all just like any conversations I could have had with their counterparts in Somerset, in fact, their English may well have been better! In all the time I was there, I didn't come across anyone who didn't speak very good English.

The Amalfi coast is on our list of to do's, absolutely stunning, our last visit to Italy before covid hit, was a place called Rapallo, nearby, only a short boat trip away is Portafino, beautiful place, well worth a look imho.

 

[Squarebear]

Thanks all. As a starter I've just kicked things off on Duolingo (I'd previously tried it for learning Welsh from scratch but it wasn't a success).

A long time ago, somewhat naively, I jumped on a flight to Brazil only to discover mid flight that I was unlikely to meet any English speakers there. I didn't. But by heck I learned a lot of Portuguese, especially whenever my tummy was empty.