Hi! I'm Mickey, and I live in Marietta, Ohio, USA. I'm new to this. I want to learn to speak Italian, just for fun and because it sounds so beautiful. I'm a college professor of English, so if you want to trade English lessons for Italian, that would be great. I'm an also an author, actor and playwright, and I love art, literature and music. I studied Russian in college many years ago, and I still know a little. I will take Italian lessons from a teacher on this site, but I also hope to make friends with native Italian speakers who are patient with someone who's never conversed in Italian before. And if anybody would like to improve their English, I'd be very happy to help any way I can. Thanks, everybody!