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Sono Geoff – Part 2 Posted by Geoff on Feb 21, 2017
Wot I Lernd At Skool! – Kosa o imprato ha squola! My rather less than illustrious school career led me to a simple conclusion: I’m a ‘misfit’. La mia decisamente non tanto illustre carriera scolastica mi ha condotto ad una semplice conclusione: sono un ‘disadattato’. As a child, I naturally took my family environment to…
Dammi I Soldi! Posted by Geoff on Feb 15, 2017
People often ask me where I get my ideas for blogs, and it’s a difficult question to answer. Take today’s post, for example … Yesterday morning I walked out onto la terrazza in front of our house and happened to glance at the narrow strip of garden to the right. There, to my surprise, I…
The Foundlings – Part 2 Posted by Geoff on Feb 10, 2017
Here’s the English translation for Serena’s article I Trovatelli – Part 2 which was published earlier this week. I Trovatelli: la storia di come abbiamo trovato ognuno dei nostri gatti. The Foundlings: the story of how we found each of our cats. Jennifer L’anno seguente la mamma dei tre gattini, Gigia, Smokie e Bella, soddisfatta…
Sono Geoff – Part 1 Posted by Geoff on Feb 8, 2017
Every now and then we get requests for biographies, to which we tend to mumble non-committal replies such as ‘okay, when we have time’. But one of you, dear readers, has been nagging us incessantly for some time now (yes, you know who you are!). And so … here it is! In order to make…
The Foundlings Posted by Geoff on Feb 3, 2017
How did you get on with our article I Trovatelli? As you will have discovered, it makes extensive use of il passato remoto (the historical past), a tense which is far more common in written, than spoken Italian. Here’s my English translation: I Trovatelli: la storia di come abbiamo trovato ognuno dei nostri gatti. The…
Vanità Posted by Geoff on Jan 30, 2017
I listen to a lot of music, but very little of it is Italian. Unfortunately, I struggle to find Italian contemporary music that inspires me. Italy is a goldmine of art and creativity that belongs to the past, and let’s face it, that’s exactly what inspires so many tourists to visit this beautiful peninsula. But…
When The Train Runs On Time Posted by Geoff on Jan 23, 2017
Dear Readers, we feel that it’s important to keep you up to date with the latest Italian news headlines. Please read the following article very carefully. You can find the English translation by clicking on the word TRANSLATE at the end of the blog. Treno La Spezia – Livorno Arriva In Orario: L’ira Dei Passeggeri…