While I'm on the train I'm on the train right now and the two ladies sitting in front of me are talking about train trips. One of them tells that once she was at the station waiting for her train, but she was thinking about stuff and she got on the wrong train! She realized it after a while but the train had already departed. She took two hours to get off the train at the following station and come back. Quite a funny story! Hoping that it isn't happening to me while I'm concentrated in writing in Italki...

Spring is coming! Temperatures have increased in the last days and it seems like spring. I really like travelling when the weather is good and there are a lot of places where I want to go. I should buy some guidebooks for the next months!

Thursday evening It's a very relaxing evening, I'm watching tv; the most important Italian music festival is on television in these days. After I'll read a good book before going to sleep.

Winter days before Christmas I definitely love winter days like these: the air is cold but it's sunny and it's really enjoyable to walk around in the city centre. Christmas is just round the corner and everybody seems to be busy trying to find the right present for his/her loved ones: I like this atmosphere. By the way I should hurry up and get Christmas gifts too!

Biking in the wood Yesterday I went biking in a wood not far from my house. It was the first time that I went there and I really felt in touch with nature. The path was quite bumpy and there were some threes pull-up by recent windstorm, but I managed to go on thanks to my mountain bike. Sometimes it's surprising to find out that there are wonderful places very close to us and we've never visited them. Have you ever experienced this? Now I have to clean my bike because it's muddy!

The future of newspapers Newspapers' sales have significantly decreased in these years and probabily the trend isn't going to change. This is caused by the internet that allows people to find information quickly and whenever they want. To read newspapers is now becoming "old-fashioned" as our way of looking for news has rapidly changed. Even though we will miss to have breakfast while reading a nespaper hot off the press or to go to the news-stand: they were a ritual custom for many of us.

Practicing with a foreign language Hello everybody. I've signed up in italki out of curiosity and it seems funny and very useful. A lot of people help each other with the principle of sharing knowledge. This is totally different from the "traditional" way of practising with a foreign language and maybe it's more effective (I will tell you! lol) Internet is changing the way of learning in a very disruptive manner: in real time it connects people that are far away from each other and that have a common goal. I think that this is very inspiring. Any comments are appreciated :) Hope to talk to you soon. Bye.