Talking Politics
As I said the other day, I felt like my Italian skill was not improving. Therefore, rather than shying away, I decided to talk a lot to...
Italia in Un Piatto
Today, I had my first cooking lesson ever! The course is called "Italy in one plate," meaning that we get to make a little bit of food...
Learning a New Language
I'm going to state the obvious: learning a new language is hard. I think we are at a plateau in terms of our Italian skills. During the...
Observations Sunday #3
Today, I am going to jump straight into this. Here we go! 1) The Italians nail the dessert game every time. Gelato, biscotti, cannoli,...
Teacher's Favorite
Having taught Italian kids (4-8 years old) for two sessions, I now understand why teachers have favorites. So a group of us SYA kids go...
Reliving the Anger
So this morning at school, we watched an Italian movie called "Diverso da Chi?" which means "different from whom." To summarize, the...
Different cultures? Different families?
After dinner, my host mother screamed at my host brother (who is 7) for doing God knows what. But the noise level got to the point where...
The Ideal Day
Okay, it maybe wasn't the ideal day, but it was pretty close. So the school day went fine like always: everyone suffering from listening...
Observations Sunday #2
Today, the theme is anything related to transportation. Here come the five observations for this week! 1) The bus schedule is weird....
Being Etruscan
Yesterday, we went to Cerveteri, a town with a significant amount of Etruscan tombs and artifacts that have been and are yet to be...
