Touring, events, places and traditions
La festa di San Valentino – Valentine's day
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Feb 12, 2021
Valentino was an Italian Christian bishop, born in Interamna Nahars, now Terni (a town in central Italy, about an hour and a half from Rome)
How to effectively build a working day on remote work with family and children at home
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Oct 16, 2020
In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many employees were sent by employers to work remotely.
“Tartufo”: the white gold of the gods: history, traditions and uses
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Oct 28, 2019
Tartufo is an underground mushroom, a sort of “black and white gold” known since the ancient times.
Ferragosto: una tradizione italiana
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Aug 13, 2019
The 15th of August in Italy is a very important bank holiday that happens in the middle of the summer holiday. It’s a day dedicated to picnics, barbecues, celebration in restaurants and at home!
Learn Italian in Italy's experience, diary of a holiday
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Jun 28, 2019
On Saturday the 1st of June we kicked off the 2019 summer season with our first course in Bellaria Igea Marina, an iconic seaside resort on the Adriatic coast in northern Italy
Learn Italian in Italy’s experience, diary of a holiday with italian tutor on the mountains
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Jun 28, 2019
On Saturday the 1st of June we kicked off the 2019 summer season with our first course in Bellaria Igea Marina, an iconic seaside resort on the Adriatic coast in northern Italy.
La colomba di Pasqua – an italian tradition
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Apr 15, 2019
I am sure you have tasted the Panettone, the traditional Italian Christmas cake, widely popular even abroad. You may not have heard, though, of “La Colomba di Pasqua”, the traditional Italian Easter cake.
Father’s Day
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Mar 19, 2019
As in some other catholic countries fathers are celebrated on March the 19th, St. Joseph day. The husband of Mary the Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
La festa della Befana
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Jan 04, 2019
Christmas atmosphere in Italy is kept until the 6th of January when Italians celebrates Epiphany but as well an ugly old witch called Befana.
Christmas in italy – a month of festivities
Posted in Touring, events, places and traditions on Dec 21, 2018
Christmas is a major holiday in Italy… which means Italians celebrate lots of great, Christmas traditions! Across Italy, Natale tends to be a family-centric holiday
Gabriele
I am a 42 years old certified Italian teacher with a degree in politics and a PhD in modern history.
