Sorry for my late reply, I have been (and still am) super busy.
What kind of work exchange are you talking about?
Uncle Roger wrote:The Bible (both Testaments I reckon) has a lot of passato remoto.
"Fu in quel tempo", "Dio creò la terra", "In principio fu il verbo".
For the memorisation side of things, anybody not doing spaced repetition is doing themselves a major disservice, please please please give it a try.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVf38y07cfk
Anki is my favourite. Give ready-made content a try, but you get the most value from doing your own.
https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/italian
Ccaesar, given that you are a Danish native speaker I might be interested in work exchange.