Out of my twenty-six years of life, I have lived twenty- four years in Italy, and the last two in Liverpool. It has been a total, radical shift that completely revolutionised my way of living, of relating to people, and most of all, talking

I fell in love with Italy when I visited Rome 20 years ago. I only understood a few words of Italian at that time but wanted to learn. When I came home, I tried learning for pleasure, with limited success, but continued exploring the country, learning a few more words each time.