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My Italian Has Improved. Here’s How…

I don’t speak fluent Italian. I don’t even come close. My grammar is suspect and my pronunciation can be way off.

But I’m better at communicating in Italian now then I was six months ago. In fact I’m probably better now than I was three months ago.

I haven’t formally studied in a school, or focused on [...]

L’appetito vien mangiando (Appetite comes with eating)

I can’t wait any longer. I’ve done everything I can, but I‘ve had no response. However, I have a plan B! 

So what was plan A?

Well I have a copy of Food and Memories of Abruzzo: Italy’s Pastoral Land by Anna Teresa Callen My idea was to publicise the book, which I think is [...]

Learning the language

This post isn’t strictly about Abruzzo, but it does reflect an important and obvious aspect of spending time anywhere in Italy; namely the Italian language.

 I think Italian is a beautiful language. It rises and falls with ideas and emotion. I have met many English speakers who appear to speak with one tone only but [...]