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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/01/2014 - 04:44
Are you dreaming of flying to Italy right now? Perhaps you are indeed about to fly to il bel paese – or, sadly, you have just flown back home. Since summer is…
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by Barry Lillie | Sat, 08/30/2014 - 04:00
[In the picture: Vincenzo Nibali, the Sicilian-born road bicycle racer, winner of the 2014 Tour de France.] Sometimes, it seems that everyone in Italy is…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 08/25/2014 - 08:59
The viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is on everyone’s social media feeds these days, so this week we thought we’d teach you how to say ice in Italian: ghiaccio.…
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by Barry Lillie | Sat, 08/23/2014 - 04:00
Today we shall give you some language tips for dealing with money matters, whether on holiday or in the first stages of buying a property in Italy. If you…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 08/18/2014 - 08:49
We know money can’t buy happiness, but at least it can buy a trip to Italy, so this week we teach you how to say money in Italian – soldi. By the way, the…
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by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 08/11/2014 - 05:20
In the summer, we like to spend as much time as we can all’aria aperta (in the open air). So we picked aria (air) as our Word of the Week.  The word aria in…
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by Barry Lillie | Sat, 08/09/2014 - 04:00
Taken from the Latin, brevis, meaning short, abbreviations are everywhere. So here’s a handful of Italian ones with their meaning in brackets that you may come…
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by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 08/04/2014 - 09:01
Northern Italy hasn’t gotten too much of it this summer yet, but it seems the weather conditions are improving and the sun, il sole, is shining again! Sunrise…
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by Barry Lillie | Sat, 08/02/2014 - 03:30
[Photo Steve McCurry] Turn on any television series or film where there’s an Italian character and it won’t be long before you hear the word ‘family’. The…