by DHales | Jan 7, 2015 | Books, culture, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Life Rules, Italian Style On my first trips to Italy, I often felt that I’d unwittingly committed a faux-pas. No one chided me, but I could tell by a shopkeeper’s frown or a waiter’s roll of the eyes that I had done something unthinkably un-Italian. “If only I...
by DHales | Jun 5, 2014 | Books, culture, Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Motivi per amare l'Italia Reasons to Love Italy In a recent column in Corriere della Sera, the noted journalist and author Beppe Severgnini acknowledged that “alcuni aspetti dell’Italia ci addolorano” (certain aspects of Italy trouble us) or “ci...
by DHales | Apr 16, 2012 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Che vita da cani! It’s a dog’s life! “Non c’era un cane,” a friend said, describing a village so deserted that there wasn’t a dog (a soul). Usually you find every sort of dog in Italy: cane da caccia (hunting dog), cane da guardia (watchdog), cane da guida (guide dog...
