Best Time to Visit Lake Como & the Top Must-See Villages
Varenna, Lake Como Lake Como is a beautiful and peaceful location, surrounded by picturesque villages and sumptuous villas; a wonderful place to...
Italian Grammar: Essere or Avere?
If you’ve been taking lessons for me for a while, you should be pretty familiar with the choice of the...
Italian Grammar: The Essere & Andare Dilemma
I often ask my students how their weekend was or a particular event I knew they had, and the answer...
Paolo & Francesca
The story of Paolo and Francesca is more than just a legend; their tragic love story still fascinates many people...
La Puglia
By now most of you know that my favorite region of Italy is Sicily; but close in second place comes...
Best Italian Idiomatic Expressions!
If you are bilingual or have ever studied a foreign language, you probably know how many idiomatic expressions each language...
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