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Summer Vacations in Italy: Essential Travel Phrases and Tips

Summer Vacations in Italy: Essential Travel Phrases and Tips

Planning a summer trip to Italy? Unsure of what to do or in doubt about what to say in the most common situations?...
Blooming Vocabulary for springtime Learning

Blooming Vocabulary for Springtime Learning

La primavera (spring) is, by definition, the season of hope, life, and good vibes. In the northern hemisphere, la...
Romance Languages: What Makes Italian a Romance Language

Romance Languages: What Makes Italian a Romance Language

The Italian language is part of the big Romance languages family. Romance, or (Neo-)Latin, languages developed directly...
How to Celebrate Your Favorite (Local) Library

How to Celebrate Your Favorite (Local) Library

  There is no exact Italian equivalent for National Library Lovers’ Month. There is something similar, but...
Libraries in Italy

Libraries in Italy

In Italy, as everywhere else, libraries are places to borrow and read books, as well as great spots to host...
New Italian Words—2023 Edition

New Italian Words—2023 Edition

The end of December is *that* time of the year. If you’re visualizing panettone, pandoro, endless meals, well, yes,...
Italian Winter Words

Italian Winter Words

Winter vocab in Italy, as in many other countries of the northern hemisphere, is inextricably related to the cold,...
How to Make Panettone: Recipe and Traditions

How to Make Panettone: Recipe and Traditions

“Pandoro o panettone?” is one of the archetypical questions in Italy—like shower or bathtub, spaghetti interi or...
Discovering the Celebration of La Befana in Italy: A Traditional Holiday

Discovering the Celebration of La Befana in Italy: A Traditional Holiday

In Western Christianity, the Epifania [Epiphany], which falls on January 6, celebrates the visit of the magi to the...
Fall traditions

Italian Fall Traditions

How do Italians spend their fall? In addition to celebrating Halloween, Ognissanti, and il giorno dei Morti  in...