I never thought I’d be learning Italian in my 40s, but here we are! It’s been a process that I’m thoroughly enjoying and it’s challenged me to use my brain in ways that I haven’t in quite some time! I’m nowhere near fluent, but in about six months I’ve made some conversational progress so I’m sharing my story along with some tips and tricks for learning Italian! Background In Junior High and High School, I took three years of Spanish as it seemed to be the most practical of the few languages my school offered. I did…okay…ish. It took me a long time to wrap my brain around conjugating verbs…