Category: Culture & Lifestyle
Posts about culture in Italy. Festivals, religion, etiquette, language, and more.
Snow in Rome – Roma Sotto La Neve [Photos]
I’m not much of a winter person. That’s one reason I like Rome so much. It rarely snows here. The last time was in 2012 – six years ago. Despite that, I have always wanted to see Rome with a dusting of snow. This morning, I got my wish and then some. The snow started…
Cityscape of Matera, Basilicata
Today’s photo comes from the stony, surreal cityscape of Matera, Basilicata. I was reminded to post about the 2019 Italian Capitale della Cultura after yesterday’s announcement proclaiming Parma the Italian cultural capital for 2020. We’re currently in the Year of Palermo. Palermo, Matera, Parma…future winners are sure to be dazzling examples of all that Italy…
Mercato Nomentano, Rome
Snapshot of a Saturday morning shopping at the Mercato Nomentano, one of the few remaining traditional, covered markets in Rome.
The Best Things to Eat in Palermo, Sicily
I Can’t Believe I Ate All of That On Such a Short Trip
From Foreign Language to Lingua Franca: Italian Immersion Programs in Italy
Take your Italian language skills to a new level with an Italian immersion course in Italy.
Paris Through the Eyes of a Roman [Video]
The video from Ritals does a humorous job of explaining what makes Rome great even in the face of Paris’s beauty and comparative orderliness.
Five Favorite Flavors From Ferrara and Modena
To ring in the New Year, my family and I rented a farmhouse for a few days on the outskirts of Ferrara. Thinking back to the trip, the timing wasn’t ideal. Ferrara was freezing and on New Year’s Eve, the fog was so thick on our drive into town to watch the fireworks over Castello…
