First check your building..

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

In this photo: a scene from Bicycle Thieves, a film by Vittorio de Sica. If you are going to hide in a building, it is a good idea to look at the sign on the front of it first; this could be the moral of the following story from ANSA: read more

See more here:
First check your building..

Bathers find Roman cargo boat

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Casual bathers between Torre Borraco and San Pietro in Bevagna on the Gulf of Taranto [Puglia] found the remains of a Roman cargo boat two hundred metres from the shore on Tuesday. They immediately alerted the authorities and now experts are examining the wreck.

Read the original: 
Bathers find Roman cargo boat

Thousands gather for penitential rite

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Over 150,000 people gathered in the small town of Guardia Sanframondi [Campania] on Sunday to watch a penitential rite that takes place every seven years on what has become known as the “giorno di sangue” [“day of blood”].

Read the rest here: 
Thousands gather for penitential rite

Take care with the double consonant

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Custom Teaser:  The double consonant in Italian is important and you will always hear it clearly pronounced.

Read more here: 
Take care with the double consonant

Warm seafood salad

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Custom Teaser:  The night before you plan to make the salad, soak the mussels and clams in a bucket of cold water with the bay leaf and one half of the lemon…

See the rest here:
Warm seafood salad

How to say "to the" and "at the"

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Custom Teaser:  We’re going back to grammar this week because it’s time to learn how to say “to the” and “at the”. Words by Pat Eggleton We’re going back to grammar this week because it’s time to learn how to say “to the” and “at the”

Read more from the original source:
How to say "to the" and "at the"

De Niro returning to film in Italy

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Robert De Niro is said to be in final talks regarding a starring role in the film “Manuale d’Amore 3”, reports “Variety”. The first two “Manuale d’Amore” films [2005 and 2007] were hugely successful at the Italian box office. The films, directed by Giovanni Veronesi, tell the stories of the stages in relationships in four “chapters” featuring different main characters

Read more: 
De Niro returning to film in Italy

Scusi and permesso

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Custom Teaser:  When do you say “scusi” and when do you say “permesso”? Words by Pat Eggleton We use “scusi” to draw attention , for example if we want to stop someone to ask the way: Scusi, signore /signora, dov’è il municipio, per favore? – Excuse me, where is the town hall, please

Continued here:
Scusi and permesso

Summer romantic film – Stealing beauty

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Custom Teaser:  This 1996 film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot has it all: mystery, tragedy, romance, humour and, of course, Italy. Words by Pat Eggleton “The most beautiful place to be is in love.” This 1996 film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot has it all: mystery, tragedy, romance, humour and, of course, Italy. Liv Tyler, in her first starring role, is Lucy Harmon, a nineteen-year-old American who sets out for Italy with two purposes:

View original post here:
Summer romantic film – Stealing beauty

Amalfi coast town remembers 9/11

Friday, August 13th, 2010

In this photo: Scala ( Salerno Province )

Original post:
Amalfi coast town remembers 9/11