I think every country believes in some sort of bad luck, and every country has one or more ways to cope with it or to ward it off. Italy is no exception. So, today I’d like to talk about three Italian ways to ward off bad luck for good. Toccare ferro One of the most …
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The Italian Castle of Torrechiara
As you know, in Italy we have a good number of castles. One of the best preserved and interesting castles is the Italian castle of Torrechiara. The Italian castle of Torrechiara stands on the top of a rocky hill in Val Parma. The construction was started by the Count Pier Maria II de’ Rossi in …
Let’s learn ten Italian collocations
Collocations are a group of two or more words that almost always come together to create a specific meaning, like make trouble instead of do trouble or fast food instead of quick food. Different combinations may sound weird to a native speaker. So, learning Italian collocations is important if you want to speak Italian and …
The incredible talent of Artemisia Gentileschi
If we talk about painting and we look at the past, we notice that there were more famous male painters than female painters. This is because women had generally less opportunities than men at the time. One incredibly talented Italian female painter, who lived in the XVI century, was Artemisia Gentileschi. Let’s see her story. …
Italian expressions to use when your child doesn’t want to eat
Everyone knows that every child has some dishes they don’t particularly like, right? When I was little, for example, I didn’t really like certain fish, liver, bresaola, tripe, vegetables or cheese (these last two with some very few exceptions). Now, I could live without eating liver or bresaola but, as you know, vegetables are super …
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