Wow! Good for you!!! I'm impressed! i've been chipping away at Italian here and there for 20 bloody years but my life has continually blown up and involved a couple of divorces and 17 moves (7 of them international) - a bunch of health issues (still recovering 14 months after an injury and surgery, have been learning how to walk again) - so not made much progress!!

But things are finally settling in my life and this year is set to be a lot better than the last two decades, with room for Italian studies, too. Yay!

Thanks for an inspiring read. Good luck with learning Mandarin Chinese!!