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Celebrating the Festa delle Donne, 8th March
This weekend Italians are preparing to celebrate the Festa delle donne, otherwise known as International Women’s Day, with Mimosa flowers, cakes and festive events. The revelries are a little...
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Italian fashion for designer dogs!
Venetians love their dogs, that’s plain to see. They dote on them like another child, carrying them around and taking them everywhere including into bars, shops and even restaurants. And why not,...
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Beware the Ides of March!
Caesar : Who is it in the press (crowd) that calls on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, Cry ‘Caesar!’ – Speak! Caesar is turn’d to hear. Soothsayer : Beware the Ides of March. Caesar :...
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The birth of Italy, 17th March 1861
Italy has a history that stretches back thousands of years and includes the Etruscans of Tuscany, the ancient Roman empire and Charles the Great (Charlemagne), otherwise known as the “Father of...
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Celebrating Father’s Day with San Giuseppe, 19th March 2015
With the internet and social media still a-buzz with talk of “synthetic babies” and debate over what makes a “tradtional family” its perhaps timely that today is, for many countries including Italy,...
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Venice Ghetto, 499 years old
The Italian language has given us many words. Pizza, pasta, primadonna, opera, ballerina, soprano; the list goes on and on! But did you know the Italians also gave us the word ghetto, meaning enclave...
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Italian 101 – How to say Happy Easter
Easter, or Pasqua, is a big deal for Italians, a very big deal. As big, if not bigger than Christmas. So as Lent, or La Quaresima, has drawn to a close, Good Friday is over and the bakeries and...
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Festa della Repubblica Italiana – Italian Republic Day, 2nd June
Did you know that today, June 2nd, is a national holiday in Italy? Government offices, post offices and schools are closed across the land. And many archeological sites such as the Colosseum and Forum...
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Free entry to Italian state museums on first Sunday of every month!
We all like a freebie, right? Well how about free tickets to over 300 Italian state museums, gardens, monuments and archeological sites? Interested? Thought you might be!! Read on……. Free admission at...
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Learning Italian in Venice is easy!
Ever thought of learning Italian? You’re in good company! Over 200,000 people around the world take it up every year making it the fourth most studied language. And not only do language skills help...
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Italian 101 – How to ask where is the toilet?
Mens, Ladies and TRex toilets sign! Whether you call it the restroom, toilet, loo, WC, lavatory, throne, ladies room, commode, lav or bathroom, few phrases are as essential as knowing how to ask where...
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10 Essential Italian Destinations
Let’s face it we all have Italy on our bucket lists, don’t we! In fact, for me Italy is my entire bucket list! I love everything about it – the history, the beauty, the music, the language, the people,...
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