Verb conjugation of "fiorire" in Italian

The third and forth largest economies in the world are growing due to the fact that the countries were investing large resources in education, including foreign language acquisition. English, in this case, was the dominant language.
I have even met someone who invited me to come and visit. It was an older couple who were renting apartments for language students. Well, actually there are agencies that offer the same as this couple, but I'm open.
Thanks again for your letter. For now, the weather here is like it is in your country, ice cold. I will write you a letter in Spanish and in English. So you can compare the sentences.