Learning a new language is always a good challenge to fix a different pronunciation and phonetics. Very often some sounds are really difficult to repeat in order to produce the right native sounds.Sometimes it takes so much time to practice and you never feel confident and enough brave to start a conversation because of those awful sounds. Dealing with…
To see stunning summer views in different directions across the Bay of Naples, Italy you should visit the point of land protruding from the Sorrento peninsula known as Punta del Capo. Many wealthy Romans built holiday villas on the panoramic points along the Sorrento coast and so it is not surprising that there are the extensive remains of a 1st…
Doing some dedicated research on the ancient town of Isernia, about 30 minutes away from Agnone, our base at Live and Learn Italian. I always knew Isernia was there, not least to use the train station, but I had not explored the old town until last summer. It was a revelation – originally settled over 700,000 years ago, it then…
When you take the Strada delle Crete, the road that leads down from Siena towards the south, the last strip of Tuscany before Umbria, you need to drive carefully. Every 100 metres or so there will be somebody who has pulled their car to a halt along the side of the road, and is taking photographs, totally enrapt, unaware of…
Cin Cin: an exclusive Italian evening for our students 4 regions 4 different wines Come and taste some of the best wines that Italy produces. Italy is the land of fine wines and good food. In this tasting we will sample some of the best wines that Italy has to offer paired with tasty simple Italian food. The tasting will…
Italian Cinema workshop: part 3 After the success of our last cinema workshops, this third part is intended to present the Italian cinema through the eye of the women. Italian women directors, actresses and stories will be presented in our new workshop. This short-course is designed for intermediate and upper-intermediate students of Italian. The aim of this course is to…
An exhilarating double-bill of Maximalist Avant-Bang colliding with Italian Samba-Rock! Match&Fuse is a multi-lateral European music network. Using an imaginative tour-swop model, M&F has exported and imported over 150 ensembles through 9 European countries since 2011. M&F has created audiences for daring music, stimulating cross-border dialogue and bilateral cultural exchange. This forthcoming UK tour is no exception….: May 21 – BRISTOL:…
Ciao, the adventure continues! Destination: sea … Saturday: Gallipoli and the Punta della Suina, mar Ionio! I enjoy the beauty of the crystal colors and the enchanting sea of Gallipoli with the famous beach Punta della Suina. Gallipoli, known as the “perla dello ionio” (pearl of the Ionian), was besieged in 900 AD by Saracens, which gives the town plan.…
When we think about Spring, we usually think about rebirth, blossoming flowers and growing plants. But during the Spring months we usually expect also a changeable and unpredictable weather. That’s why it’s advisable to wear several layers of clothing – that is to say vestirsi a cipolla (“dress like an onion”) – and to take an umbrella before going out.…
It so happens that the 2 oldest continuously family-owned firms in the world are Japanese – One constructing shrines and holy buildings since 578, and the other, inn-keeping since 718. And the 3rd oldest continuously family-owned business in the world is in Molise, Italy – in the small town of Agnone where my grandfather’s cousins have been making bells since…
