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Holy Week in the Italian Language

by DHales | Mar 24, 2018 | Books, culture, Italy, Language, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Television, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

   La Settimana Santa  Holy Week In the week before Easter (Pasqua) pilgrims from around the world travel to Italy to commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (passione, morte e resurrezione di Gesù Cristo). Every region...

Passion and Pleasure on an Italian Journey

by DHales | May 4, 2017 | art, Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Rome, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

          “Was your trip for business or pleasure?” asked the customs agent at the San Francisco airport on my recent return from Italy.     “Business,” I replied. Then I paused to...

“I” Is for Isola in the Italian language

by DHales | Mar 10, 2014 | history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

isola island My favorite destinations in Italia are its islands. Over the years, we’ve moored in ports in Capri, Sardinia, Ponza, Ischia, and Elba. We’ve circled mystical Monte Cristo, the inspiration for Dumas’s novel and now a riserva naturale marina (marine...

Learning from Mistakes in the Italian Language

by DHales | Nov 7, 2013 | Food and Drink, Italy, Language, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Sbagliando si impara You learn from mistakes by Kevin Lomas I remember it well: Easter 2003. Armed with only the basics of Italian, I found myself at a family lunch, but not just any old family lunch — lunch with the Sicilian family of my partner Gaetano. Having...

Three Reasons to Fall in Love with Sicily

by DHales | Feb 6, 2011 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

La Sicilia I have yet to visit Sicily, although I hope to soon. In the meantime, I asked the folks at Go Ahead Tours what they love most about the Mediterranean's largest island., Here are their top three favorites Sicilian destinations — all part of...
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