Little introduction to a novel I am writing Down-under & Upside-down tells my travelling experience in Australia and New Zealand. Here are described every day’s events, fights with my fellow travelers, National Parks, sexual relations, remarkable landscapes, the disarming aesthetic sense of the Ozzies, tears of joy and still open wounds. From reading the Lonely Planet to planning the trip, from Rivai to Ayers Rock, through London, Sydney, and Auckland, this book actually aims to help me not to forget one year constantly lived in the fast lane. And, perhaps, the vision of a 50-meters long RoadTrain and a step laid too close to a venomous snake will make the reader fond of that big red desert Country that is just... down-under and upside-down.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hi. Well, I am new here. I found this website only few minutes ago, but it seems to be very nice. I hope I can help someone else learning my language, and in exchange I ask for a little help to improve my knowledge of foreign languages. I speak English, Spanish, French and a little German, and I want to improve them all. Moreover, I am writing a kind of novel and I am trying to translate it in English, Spanish and French. It would be great if someone wanted to spend a couple of minutes a day reading a paragraph and pointing out my mistakes. I am sure I will be fine in this new family and I look forward to start helping someone to learn Italian, as it is not that easy to visit my Country if you do not know our language (generally speaking, our English is so bad)! So, nice to know everybody and... hope we will be good friends! :) See you soon, Matt