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Italian Style Preserved Olives Posted by Serena on Nov 23, 2015
Suddenly our normally quiet little village is very busy. People who don’t live here, but have land in the area, are coming and going every day: it’s time for the olive harvest. The first step is to clear the terraces on which the olives are planted of dead leaves. Then the nets are spread beneath…
The Empty Headed Italian Blogger! Posted by Geoff on Nov 16, 2015
Cari lettori, stamattina ho la testa proprio vuota, mi pare di non riuscire a scrivervi una bella introduzione … quindi, incominciamo subito con il vocabolario di oggi: vuoto e pieno Dear reader, my head is really empty this morning, I can’t seem to manage to write you a nice introduction … so let’s get straight…
My Father’s War – Part 4 – POW Posted by Serena on Nov 10, 2015
Chapter 3 of my father’s memories ended with his arrival at a French POW camp in Marrakesh, Morocco, in June 1943. Here are some of his recollections from the three years he spent as a POW in North Africa. Links to previous chapters: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 C’è un episodio che mi ricordo…
Argh Boom Clunk … Eeek!!! – The Translation Posted by Geoff on Nov 5, 2015
In my article Argh Boom Clunk … Eeek!!! I asked you to try and associate various fumetto (comic book) sound effects to their descriptions. Obviously, the sounds themselves are of no real practical use, the purpose of the exercise being the comprehension of the descriptions themselves. Here are the descriptions once again, but this time they…
Italian Quiz – October 2015 Posted by Geoff on Oct 19, 2015
This month’s quiz is based on material from our recent posts. The focus is on vocabulary and dialogue. Part 1 is fairly easy and part 2 is quite advanced, but if you follow our blog closely you should find all the answers you’ll need. Have fun! Part 1: Vocabulary revision (easy, you’ll find all the…
Something’s Afoot! Posted by Serena on Oct 16, 2015
I recently wrote a short dialogue about buying shoes in Italy called ‘In A Shoe Shop In Italy’, which somehow ended up becoming a series of short stories about Carmela and her Italian shoe obsession: Chapter 1 , Chapter 2, Chapter 3 Well folks, you too can now develop your own Italian footwear obsession with my handy…
Carmela’s Italian Footwear Obsession – Part 2 Posted by Geoff on Oct 7, 2015
When the train pulled out of La Stazione Di Mantova just before midday, Carmela was still on board. Mantova had been on her list of ‘luoghi da visitare’ along with the name of an expensive shoe shop and a conveniently located bank, but having told the young vigile that silly story about visiting her poorly…