Translation of apasionado

I am hungry for some news and pictures. How is life in New York? Like in the movies? If so, do you have an extra room for a week or two? Michelle, Charlie and I returned from Italy after having a great vacation.
She even compares the hills across the station with the belly of a pregnant woman by saying that they do look like white elephants. Maybe she thinks that way but I am not really sure about that.
Let me understand further: If you go through the 'vocabulary builder' in the left menu and choose new lesson it works faster than when you get there through the list of all lessons? Did I get this right?