Locals in Italy: Meet Marco, US Aficionado
It’s a funny thing, that greener grass on the other side… When I met Marco at a language exchange Meetup event in Florence, I was so...
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Sierra Busch
Apr 18, 20183 min read
Locals in Italy: Meet Fabio, the Authentic Tuscan
One of my favorite favorite favorite things to do is meet Italian people. I am always amazed by their genuine warmth and passion for...
Sierra Busch
Mar 28, 20182 min read
Apulia’s Traditional Easter Treat
In Italy, every holiday comes with a hundred variations of ways to celebrate, traditional foods to eat, and stories of how it all came...
Sierra Busch
Mar 23, 20184 min read
Top 5 Tools for Learning Italian Fast
I still remember the first thing I ordered in complete Italian (cioccolata calda, anyone?). The feeling of those beautiful sounds rolling...
Sierra Busch
Mar 8, 20182 min read
Locals in Italy: Handmade in Puglia
As much as I’d love to keep this on the DL, the artists represented in this artsy, handmade shop in Puglia are too fabulous to keep...
Sierra Busch
Feb 28, 20183 min read
Speak Like a Local, Think Like a Local: Italian Colloquialisms
by Paola Bassanese, Guest Writer Do you dream in Italian? If you do, you have made it! If you are not quite there yet, here are a few...
Sierra Busch
Feb 13, 20185 min read
The Surprising Lent Tradition in Italy We Can’t Stop Laughing About
I’m sure you know that as a traditionally Catholic nation, Italy follows the tradition of Lent, or in Italian, Quaresima. BUT did you...
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