Also this year Christmas has passed and I guess by now you’re all getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve. So, in this article I want to talk about some of the elements you need if you want to celebrate New year’s eve like Italians do. RED UNDERWEAR – BIANCHERIA INTIMA ROSSA If you have …
Italian culture
What to cook for Christmas – Italian recipes
Are you spending Christmas in Italy? Let me give you a friendly advice: eat lightly on Christmas’ Eve or you won’t survive Christmas lunch. This is serious, I’m not jocking. Let me give you an example of how an Italian mind can work when you use the words Christmas and food on the same sentence. …
Famous Italian artists – Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, mainly known as Caravaggio, was a famous Italian painter of the 15th century. He is particularly known for his alternative style, which combined both Naturalism and Tenebrism. Born in Milan, Caravaggio began his apprenticeship as a painter in 1584 under the Milanese painter Simone Peterzano, who in turn had been the …
Five Italian books you might like
Reading is one of the best ways to acquire new vocabulary. Indeed, in books words are presented in context, and this makes it easier for readers to understand their use and meaning. Moreover, with the advent of ebooks and e-readers – like Amazon’s Kindle – acquiring new vocabulary is even simpler, since you have instant …
American stereotypes about Italians (Part 1)
I already talked about some stereotypes other cultures have about Italians in a previous article – Eight common stereotypes about Italians. However, searching the web, I came across a video entitled “Some questions Americans have for Italians”. I decided to watch it, and I found out that many of those questions are based on American …
