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How Are Weddings Celebrated In Italy? Some Authentic Italian Wedding Traditions

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During our language chats, my students and I talk about many different topics.

Depending on what each student likes, we talk about sports, books, movies, daily life, politics, travels, and lots of other fun stuff. I have to admit that, if the student is interested in the topic, I love chatting about Italian wedding traditions because I always find it fun to compare them to those of other countries.

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[Italian Books] I leoni di Sicilia by Stefania Auci

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I have another good Italian book to recommend and I am super happy about it! 

As you may know very well since I constantly repeat it in my posts, I am always on the hunt for good Italian books to recommend here on the blog and, when I find one, I am truly delighted.

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[Italian Grammar] How To Use Bene, Buono, Bravo and Bello

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I have been helping students practice their Italian for quite a while now.  

And by doing so, I have noticed some recurring patterns: students tend to make the same mistakes and usually struggle with more or less the same grammar topics.

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[Hidden Italy] A walk around the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan

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One of the goals of this section of the blog is to help you discover off-the-beaten-track Italian locations.

I have specifically created this ‘Hidden Italy’ series to write about places that you might not know or that might not be on the usual not-to-miss list of Italian destinations.

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[Italian Vocabulary] Common Latin Phrases Used in Everyday Italian

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My husband has developed a small obsession with Latin, lately.

He is not a scholar nor has any knowledge of the language, he just finds that Latin is a more elegant and austere language than Italian so he throws Latin words here and there, in his conversation.

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