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10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Liguria (When It Will Be Possible To Travel Again)

05/28/2020

In this post, you'll find ten reasons to visit Liguria next time you come to Italy
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At the moment, we don’t know when it will be possible to visit Italy again. 

We hope it will be soon but we have no clue. This makes writing about traveling a bit weird because you are giving recommendations to people who are not able to follow them – for the moment, at least.

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How To Enjoy Learning A Language Again (After Studying It For A Long Time)

05/21/2020

Learning a language is a very long process, that takes lot of time and dedication. Here's how to enjoy learning a language again after studying it for a while
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Learning a foreign language is a very long process. 

Fluency in a foreign language doesn’t happen overnight, unfortunately, but it takes years and years. In most cases, it takes all your life to master a language, and actually, that process never ends.

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[Family Recipes] Bunet, a Piedmontese Delicacy That Smells of Chocolate and Sundays Past

05/14/2020

In this post, you'll find the recipe for bunet, a traditional Piedmontese pudding-like dessert, a real treat and delicacy
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When I was a kid, Sunday lunches at my grandmother’s were a very big deal. 

My father worked shifts, sometimes he had to work at weekends too, and we didn’t get to celebrate every Sunday together, which meant that the Sundays he was home were really special days.

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[Italian Grammar] The Verb “Mancare”: How To Use It and How It Works

05/07/2020

In this post, you'll find an explanation about how to use the verb mancare in Italian
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As you may know very well, piacere is a very tricky verb, one of those Italian verbs that seem so easy yet cause lots of problems. 

This is why last month I wrote a blog post explaining how to use piacere and some other similar verbs. Actually, the post was mainly focused on piacere and some people asked me if I could focus a bit more on the other verbs working in the same way.

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Expats in Italy: Chatting With Giovanna, a New Yorker Who Now Calls Ischia Home

04/30/2020

In this post, I chat with Giovanna, a New Yorker who has moved to Italy and blogs about her life in Ischia on her blog, The Limonata Lounge

[Update: Giovanna passed away in September 2024 and the her energy and beautiful smile will forever be missed]

I am very happy today because I get to chat with an expat again.

Today, I have the great pleasure of chatting with lovely Giovanna, a lady from New York who now lives on the beautiful island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples. I have virtually met Giovanna on Instagram and I have to admit that the fact that she lives in Ischia immediately caught my attention. 

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Filed Under: Life in Italy 4 Comments

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My name is Cinzia and Italy is the place I call home.

Books feed my soul, music fills my days and travelling makes my life richer. I am a day dreamer, tireless walker and believer in the power of little things.

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