by DHales | Apr 14, 2014 | culture, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
piazza “What do you miss most about Italy?” I asked my first Italian teacher in San Francisco many years ago. “La piazza,” she said so wistfully that I thought for a moment it might be someone’s name. After years of passing time in piazza, I now understand her...
by DHales | Jul 3, 2012 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
piazza town square “What do you miss most about Italy?” I asked my first Italian teacher many years ago. “La piazza,” she said so wistfully that I thought for a moment it might be someone’s...
by DHales | Jul 15, 2011 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
In this guest blog, Silvia Bascelli explores the role of the piazza in Italian life. La Piazza The Town Square by Silvia Bascelli There is a very famous film starring Totò, a comic genius of the fifties (un genio comico degli anni cinquanta), called Totò,...
