Italian Fruit and Vegetable Proverbs and Sayings Posted by Serena on Jun 12, 2014
They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well, true or not we have exactly the same expression in Italian: una mela al giorno leva il medico di torno. However, perhaps because of our national passion for food, we have many more proverbs and idiomatic expressions involving fruit and vegetables. Let’s have…
Indifferentemente Posted by Geoff on Jun 9, 2014
Hand in hand, a couple watch the moon setting. Their love affair is over, there’s nothing left to say. The man waits for his lover to confirm his fears. “Do what you want with me, I know that I mean nothing to you anymore” he says, and begs her “give me that poison … if…
A Sleeping Sloth Posted by Serena on Jun 5, 2014
oggi ho l’energia di un bradipo a riposo (today I’ve got the energy of a sleeping sloth). These were the opening words of a short post on my friend Annalisa’s Facebook yesterday evening. Intrigued by this metaphor, I carried on reading, and … the rest of the post was so beautiful and sad that I…
‘Let It Go’ Made in Italy Posted by Geoff on Jun 3, 2014
Okay, let’s get something straight, no one does romantic better than the Italians, punto e basta! So, take the super romantic Academy Award winning song “Let it Go” from Disney’s Frozen, sing it in Italian with a few ‘small modifications’ to the lyrics, and you’re onto a winner. ‘Let it Go’ has been translated into…
Duelling Poets Posted by Serena on Jun 2, 2014
Introduction and photos by Geoff For some reason June seems like the kind of month that needs a poem … or maybe even two! These beautiful days of early summer, full of nature’s renewed activity and the return of colours and scents that we’ve been deprived of for months, seem to inspire creativity. We feel…
Elisa’s Apple Jam Posted by Serena on May 29, 2014
Yesterday afternoon, as I was looking in the fridge to see what ingreadients I had, I noticed an open carton of fresh single cream that needed using up. “Stasera faccio un bel apple crumble per dolce” ho pensato (“This evening I’ll make a nice apple crumble for dessert” I thought). But first I needed to…
A Very Typical Italian Joke Posted by Geoff on May 28, 2014
Uncle Luciano loves telling jokes, and every time we go out to the restaurant with him he manages to come up with some new ones. Here’s a joke that is very typically Italian as it uses for its theme marital fidelity and religion: Due uomini sono morti e si trovano all’ingresso del Paradiso, davanti a…