Summary
For an idyllic summer after I had finished my degree I went to Florence University to study Italian. It was a time of great personal expansion as well as an opportunity to improve my language skills.
I had signed up for a month's tuition, a fraction of the full course. I decided I wanted to go the distance. So I left the expensive pensione in which I had been staying with a group of other British students and went to the British Council to look for somewhere cheaper.See the full content of this document
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Why I Beg to Differ with Lonely Planet
They found me a room in a large house close to the centre, run by a tiny, grey-haired 'padrona', a landlady with a razor sharp brain who ran her establishment with the brisk efficiency of a sergeant major and the indulgence of a favourite aunt.
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