Our Girl In Sydney

The Classics rock! Two things that helped me – first, the sooner you ditch made-up text book Latin for Roman writers, the better. Use English translations to help, and start off with something fun, like Catullus’ poetry. This will help you get a feel for how Romans used the language, and is also ten times more interesting. Also, don’t worry about pronunciation. Latin’s a dead language, so the only place you’re going to speak it is with other geeky Latin types, and even they can’t agree on proper pronunciation.

Take the easy road and go back to French? (peutetre)
Be obscure and pick Latin back up? (Togas are so fetching)
Go with Italian as a compromise? (Ciao bella!)
Or something completely different?

The world is a tasty place. I want to find out just how tasty it can be. And the best bit is that I can combine the relaxation of cooking with a pinch of experimentation and a healthy dollop of creativity. And I get to scoff the results when I’m done. Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too?