Helen, has your love for Latin rejuvenated you really that much? (Not that I thought you were old…)
I know what my first latin book would be: “De magnalibus urbis Mediolani” [The wonders of Milan], by Bonvesin de la Riva, dated 1288 
I JUST CAN’T WAIT
I can see you’re really looking forward to moving to Milano! Spero che non finirai come il tipo nella pellicola, “Rocco e i suoi fratelli”, eh!? (–Joke–)
Seriously, be careful of the Parco Sempione -it’s the only place in the whole darned world where I’VE ever been mugged…:-0 (My advice would be: don’t go there at all unless you need to buy drugs!)
Adalberto, is this book actually available online (with audio files) or do you just wish to read it?
That’s one good thing about Latin - no audiobook in the language is ever going to have copyright issues!
Michele, non ho mai controllato se il testo del libro fosse disponibile online, e dubito che vi siano registrazioni su internet. Però sì, desidero leggerlo.
@ JayB
I have just moved yesterday. I don’t know the movie, but I’ve put it in my “to-watch” list, thanks then. As for pickpocketing and mugging (and drug purchasing)…well you can do it everywhere. Parco Sempione is pretty peaceful during the day. At night it’s better to have an aperitive, I bet. And if we want to go a little further, well I’m sure you can buy pot even in Parliament here…but that’s a whole different story
UPDATE: my brother always says the toilets of the Polytechnic institute host a lively market for smoke…students and professors are welcome 
Questo film, “Rocco e i suoi fratelli”, e’ un classico degli anni 60, credo. Communque devo confessare che non mi ha piacuto moltissimo quando l’ho visto.
Per quanto riguarda la microcriminalita’, si, hai ragione - di sicuro Milano non e’ peggiore di Londra o Parigi - probabilmente e’ migliore. Communque il “mugging”…(Come si dice questo in Italiano? la rapina??)…e’ stato una brutta esperienza per me.
E’ passato durante il giorno. Si potrebbe dire che sono abbastanza pazzo, ma persino io non sono COSI impazzito che andassi da solo in un parco nel centro di una grande citta’ durante la notte! ;-D
Pero’ la cosa non era molto molto grave - si trattava di gioveni delinquenti, non erano armati. Mi hanno strappato delle cose e basta…
Anyway, best wishes for your new life as a student. 
This course is a great start for German speakers:
Latein-Anfängerkurs (Wikibooks): Latein/ Anfängerkurs/ Lektionen – Wikibooks, Sammlung freier Lehr-, Sach- und Fachbücher
Two great Dictionaries Latin - German:
@hape
Besten Dank für Deine Links!
@Alex
please can you add the german/latin dictionaries from hape in the contribution befor?
Thanks for all your efforts!!
j;-)
Jolanda said: “@Alex […] Tanks for all your efforts!!”
Nun ja, aber ob der Alex Panzer braucht?? Vielleicht reicht ein Gewehr aus!! ;-D
(Sorry, schlechter Witz…)
@JayB
Sorry!
The “Check spelling” is still not working! 
I hope Alex will understand my English!!! I think he understand me, because he know me!
Don’t worry, everyone would understand that you just missed a letter in typing
It just reminded me of an old cartoon I once saw. In the picture there were two generals discussing an attack. The senior one says, “I’ll get you some heavy armour”. The second general replies, “Tanks?” The first one: “Don’t mention it old boy!”
Aber wie gesagt, ein ziemlich schlechter Witz…
@Jolanda: Da “Tank” auch ein existierendes Wort ist, kann die Rechtschreibprüfung diesen Fehler nicht finden! Da gibt es einfach Grenzen. Die Rechtschreibprüfung findet nur Wörter, die es nicht gibt.
@Vera
ja, ich weiss,dass" Tank" auch ein richtig geschriebenes Wort ist.
Aber ,dass bei mir der "Check spelling"Knopf nicht funktioniert ,ist eine alte Tatsache! Die neuste Variante ist,dass er mir bei kurzen englischen Wörtern arabische Verbesserungsvorschläge bringt!!Aber meistens kommt einfach eine Errormeldung!Ganz egal in welcher Sprache die Anfrage war!
Es ist einfach ein grosses Rätsel!!!welches bis jetzt niemand lösen konnte.
Es gab zwischendurch auch mal Tage,an denen es funktioniert hat.
@Vera
@Mark
Ich wähle jeweils die Sprache rechts beim Pfeil.
Ich benutze Firefox.
Übrigens hat es heute um 17.01(meine letzte Mitteilung) nicht funktioniert,aber jetzt ,als ich diesen Text überprüfte, hat es funktioniert.
Ich verstehe nicht, warum es einmal funktioniert und dann wieder 10 mal nicht.
@jolanda: Ich habe keine Probleme mit Firefox. Tut mir leid. Ich habe keine Idee, an was es liegen könnte.