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Happy Birthday, Rome!

by DHales | Apr 17, 2018 | Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Rome, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Buon compleanno a Roma! Founded in 753 B.C., Rome marks its 2,771st birthday on April 21.  If you’re in the city this weekend,  check out the special festivities, which typically  include  concerts, gladiator displays, a parade and...

Unearthing Ancient Rome in the Italian Language

by DHales | Jul 5, 2017 | Books, culture, Education, history, Italy, Rome, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  Lo scavo del Palatino The Excavation of the Palatine Some describe Roma as a plate of archaeological lasagna (un piatto di lasagne archeologiche), made of layers upon layers of history (strati su strati di storia). Clementina Panella, a professor of...

La Bella Lingua in Rome

by DHales | Sep 23, 2014 | Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Quando a Roma… When in Rome… As every visitor discovers, you can find everything and buy anything in Rome, including words (parole) for sale in a shop on Via Margutta. La città eterna (the eternal city) never ceases to surprise me. If the...
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