Here is a continuation of my last Blog: Having taught Spanish students at summer school, here in England, for the past few years, my attention has been turned to Spain and the Spanish language. With my last two short holidays being to Barcelona and Madrid, I have had a great insight into the fantastic scenery, architecture, art and culture of Spain, but it is thoughts of Italy that come back to me time and time again. With all of the rising unemployment and economic troubles that have been spreading through Europe in recent years, I know that this may be an impossible task, but I want to find the way to turn a dream into practical reality. So many well qualified professional people in Italy are looking for the very limited number of jobs that are available – especially in my field of expertise - and many of them are leaving Italy in droves. Even if I was fluent in Italian, I know that I would be at the back of that queue. That said, thousands upon thousands of English speaking tourists visit Italy every year and they really want to appreciate the spectacular natural landscapes that Italy has to offer, yet the published tourist information that is available to them is really so bad. Etna, the Coliseum, Pompeii and so many other similar attractions are already well known to millions around the world, but has anyone really thought that just about every one of them possesses a common denominator – they are made of stone!!! Italy and I share this passion and my unique selling point is that I can fluently speak the language of stone. A presto
Un Terremoto
Here is a continuation of my last Blog: Having taught Spanish students at summer school, here in England, for the past few years, my attention has been turned to Spain and the Spanish language. With my last two short holidays being to Barcelona and Madrid, I have had a great insight into the fantastic scenery, architecture, art and culture of Spain, but it is thoughts of Italy that come back to me time and time again. With all of the rising unemployment and economic troubles that have been spreading through Europe in recent years, I know that this may be an impossible task, but I want to find the way to turn a dream into practical reality. So many well qualified professional people in Italy are looking for the very limited number of jobs that are available – especially in my field of expertise - and many of them are leaving Italy in droves. Even if I was fluent in Italian, I know that I would be at the back of that queue. That said, thousands upon thousands of English speaking tourists visit Italy every year and they really want to appreciate the spectacular natural landscapes that Italy has to offer, yet the published tourist information that is available to them is really so bad. Etna, the Coliseum, Pompeii and so many other similar attractions are already well known to millions around the world, but has anyone really thought that just about every one of them possesses a common denominator – they are made of stone!!! Italy and I share this passion and my unique selling point is that I can fluently speak the language of stone. A presto