I found this book in a bookshop at the Roma Termini train station today. It contains my two biggest interests; trees and history, so I decided to get it. I've been frustrated at my lack of progress with the Italian language in almost 4 months of living in Firenze. I am hoping that this will be the first book I read entirely in Italian. It took me over an hour but I've read the first four pages and I can understand a fair amount before needing to pull out the dictionary, so I consider it a successful project so far. A favorite line I've come across;Un giorno mio padre mi disse che la nostra storia รจ come una forza alle nostre spalle, che ci incalza senza farsi riconoscere, ma che detta il modo in cui viviamo la nostra vita.
which roughly translates to...
One day my father told me that our history is like a force behind us, that is pressing without being recognized, which dictates the way we live our lives.
(thank you Google Translator)
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