Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Do you wash your feet in a bidet?

found in bathrooms all over Italy...

What NOT to do with yours...

Here's what you REALLY DO...

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/10/18/bidet-use.aspx?x_cid=20150406_ranart_bidet-use_facebookdoc

MONUMENTS EVERYWHERE

BORROWED FROM: (and pronunciations I added)

How to Say: Monuments in ItalyHow to Say: Monuments in Italy

Silvia Donati | Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 00:40

One of Italy’s most attractive features is the range of incredible monuments built through
the centuries that can still be admired today.

If you are planning a trip to Italy, it is handy to know the Italian word for some of the most
common monuments and sites.

Start with this list:

Chiesa / Cattedrale / Duomo / Basilica – church/cathedral, as in Chiesa di Santa
Maria della Vita, Cattedrale di Lecce, Duomo di Monreale, Basilica di San Pietro.

Torre – [TORE -EE] tower, as in Torre di Pisa

Castello – [CAH - STELL -LO] castle, as in Castello Sforzesco (Milano)

Ponte – [PON-TAY] bridge, as in Ponte Vecchio (Firenze) or Ponte dei Sospiri
(Venezia)

Palazzo – [PAH- LAH- TZO] palace, as in Palazzo Ducale (Venezia)

Cappella – [CAP - EL- LA] chapel, as in Cappella Sistina (Roma)

Piazza – [PEE- AHH- ZAH] square, as in Piazza del Campo (Siena)

Fontana – [FON-TAN-AAH] fountain, as in Fontana di Trevi (Roma)

Teatro – [TEE-AT-TROW] theater, as in Teatro Antico di Taormina

Villa – [VILL - LAH] villa, as in Palladian Villas of Veneto

Statua - [STA-TWO- AH] statue, as in Statua del Nettuno (Bologna) or Statua
del David (Firenze)

And last, but definitely not least, Colosseo – [COL - OOH- SEE- OH] Colosseum
(il Colosseo è un anfiteatro – the Colosseum is an amphitheater, in fact it is also
known as the Flavian Amphitheater).

- See more at: http://www.italymagazine.com/news/how-say-monuments-italy?utm_content=buffer783cb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.
com&utm_campaign=buffer#sthash.fNaAowXu.dpuf

Silvia Donati | Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 00:40

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Don't be a Fashion Faux Pas in Italy

TRY TO FIT IN...

http://www.themoderngladiator.com/2014/06/05/fashion-faux-pas-what-not-to-wear-on-vacation/

http://theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=9759&browse-by=Culture-Customs&level=Style-Fashion

MORE EUROPEAN - GOOD CHOICES...

Adjustment to a new Country and Culture

Some quick tips on adjusting, from my favorite free English language Italy publication, The Florentine.

It is available on FaceBook, too...

http://theflorentine.net/articles/article-view.asp?issuetocId=9868

You can get a free subscription here: http://theflorentine.net/index.asp

Good for your family to read while you are traveling - especially the highlights of what is happening in Florence.

Lost of great archived articles for students:

http://theflorentine.net/articles/articles.asp?browse-by=Florence-forstudents