"Under the Tuscan Sun" is one of my favorite movies. It stars Diane Lane who plays a newly-divorced writer who is rediscovering what it means to be happy. On a whim, she buys a villa in Tuscany. In Italy. It's a money pit but turns out beautifully. She didn't want to go there in the first place; but when she does, she stays.
I want to go to Italy. I've been toying with the idea of buying Level 1 of Rosetta Stone in Italian and trying to learn the language. This from the person who barely passed first year French in high school. But Italian is such a flavorful language! I can hear the pure zest for life and leisure in the syllables and syntax of the words. I want to learn it.
Have you ever wondered how Spanish, Italian, and Greek speaking people can speak so quickly? Are Americans lazy in their speech because it's rare I ever hear anyone speak English that quickly! The more I delve into the English language, the more I see how very complicated it is in the pronunciation of synonyms. And spelling! My goodness but we have some twisted ways to spell things! I mean "have" and "give" should both be pronounced with long vowels if we follow the rules...but they're not. And that's just one example.
But I digress.
So my wish tonight (even though I haven't wished on a star or a wishbone) is to someday travel to the land of the Caesars and Venice and olives and real spaghetti by people who know how to cook a meal...not a snack. I want to see Rome and the ruins. I want to see Venice and the canals (although I've seen the ones in California). I want to swim in the Mediterranean. I want to see the Italian Alps. I want to sip wine at an Italian winery. I want to soak in local color (not like Lucy did in the wine vat, either).
Italy is not the only place in the world I want to see...but it's a start.
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