magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

first day of my summer italian class. nice small class, only eight or nine people (mostly middle-aged women). it seems like it will be sort of a split focus on grammar and conversational italian. the grammar part was fine, but i felt like i didn't have nearly the vocabulary that i needed for the conversational part. but i was surprised with how much i did understand. and even if i feel a little left behind, just the exposure to it should make me a little better prepared for rome next year.