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Thank you all for the lovely comments on this article. I have been asked to take this post down by someone involved and so I have done. My apologies to anyone who didn't have the chance to read my rev
News News News... By popular demand... we'll have an Extra Beginners Course at the College of Commerce! As I was saying in our previous post, the interest in Italian language and culture is getting m
A Carnevale ogni scherzo vale (any joke is allowed for Carnevale)! We have been celebrating Carnevale for a while in Italy and today is martedì grasso (fat Tuesday), last day before il mercoledì delle
It appears that in the last year, Italian became more and more popular among the people of Cork and the number of beginners has increased exponentially (in the school where I teach). So much so that t
My husband is an English speaker, I am Italian and, as many of you already know, we live in Cork, Ireland. Our son Kevin was born on 17 December 2010. We decided to raise him bilingual and we still st
Italian children won't go to school tomorrow and their parents won't go to work either as the Epifania (Epiphany) is considered a festivity in Italy. It is, in fact, an important day for us as we all
Did you have Panettone or Pandoro at Christmas? Are you ready now to celebrate Capodanno? Here are some Italian traditions about it. You probably already know that Capodanno is composed of two words a
Presepe o Albero di Natale... che tipo sei (are you a crib person or a Christmas tree person )? It is Christmas time and wherever you go in Italy you will find not only Christmas trees, but also our p
Canzoni Italiane... di Natale! It is Christmas' time and at this time of the year, in any shop you go to, Christmas' Carols are playing. What about Italian Christmas' Carols? You can find them, but
Tanti auguri di Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo a tutti! Do you want to send some Italian Christmas greetings this year? Perhaps, you'd also like to say Happy New Year and show off your Italian subjun
