I happened on this Facebook page which seems quite new and has tons of useful information if you're planning a visit to the Sulmona area of Abruzzo.http://www.facebook.com/W
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Hello everyoneJust in case any of you are in the UK at the moment and within striking distance of Edinburgh next week, I'm running two workshops there on Saturday 28 July.
Sat, 07/21/2012 - 20:52
I’ve just posted to my Facebook page some information about the RAI TV programmes for immigrants which cover language and ‘civilisation’ material, and I thought it might be of interest to people here.
Sat, 07/14/2012 - 08:19
I have friends whose apartment in Florence is available for rent. It's 2 bedrooms and about 95 square metres. It's not a holiday property, so they're looking for a longish let.
Tue, 04/17/2012 - 09:03
I just posted this on my local forum, but thought it might be useful to others here.Since the weather is dull, cold and wet, I thought I'd ruin the day completely by going to my comune to get some information about how much I will have to pay for
Mon, 04/16/2012 - 12:00
Hello everybodyAm hooked on the Montalbano episodes (series 1!) being reshown in the UK at the moment, which my students love too and come each week to class armed with expressions they've picked up from the latest episode. Thank you RAI.
Thu, 03/08/2012 - 08:48
Picking up on Don's query in the Learning Italian thread, a decent monolingual Italian dictionary, like Devoto & Oli, will give you a brief idea of etymology. I also have a now ancient copy of Giacomo Devoto's Avviamento alla etimologia italia
Sat, 04/24/2010 - 16:43
I can't buy items online (flipchart/printer/monitor - so I need delivery) because I don't have a credit card issued in Italy. Faff! Anyone come across a way round this?
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 10:06
Afternoon everyone I have a friend arriving at Ciampino airport who needs to get to Tiburtina coach station and doesn't want the faff of public transport when she has lots of luggage. I seem to remember reading there was a set charge of 30 eur
Tue, 02/23/2010 - 12:20
Hello everyone I have two young students planning the big adventure to Italy later this month (!) and I'm sure there are lots of you out there who could offer advice (apart from wait until spring and get a newer vehicle, please!). I haven't dr
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 10:48
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Hi I used to work on Italian emigration when I was a university teacher of Italian. I'm now starting work on a history of emigration from the village I've bought a house in. I've come across a number of sites but they're in Italian. However try: www.abruzzoforum.com which has a genealogy section. Good luck, I'm sure you'll find it fascinating. Best wishes
Thanks for trying for more info, Alma. I'm not often in places with big toy shops, but I'll do an online search anyway. Salutoni
Such joy! I can play the quiz again - like watching paint dry on a bad day.... Thanks v much John & Toni. It wouldn't have occurred to me that it had changed 'label'. Salutoni
Thanks Alma and Ram. I'm wondering if the original board games have been eclipsed by electronic versions. If you wouldn't mind, Alma, could you ask where your Italian group leader got them from please? I'm going to Italy next week and it would save me time if I had a shop to aim for. I was really enjoying Chi vuole essere milionario on TV till Canale 5 became a scrambled channel, so it started me thinking about board games. Many thanks
There's a magazine called Oggitalia from www.elimagazines.com which has a selection of articles from a range of Italian papers and magazines and there is a CD which has some of the articles in audio too. You take out an annual subscription (which I think is about £15 for UK delivery, website will say for delivery elsewhere I guess). Elimagazines also have other Italian language learning mags, though lower levels are more geared to teenagers. You can get a lot out of them though. Salutoni a tutti
I've just caught up with this thread and thought I'd let you know I very successfully used my LG Renoir phone as a modem on my pay as you go Vodafone Italia SIM card for one euro a day this summer. I was only charged when I went on line and could get up to 500MB per day. I could even go on line several times in the one day and it cost me no more. The beauty of it was I couldn't run up a huge bill because it was PAYG. It was a summer offer, but the website seems to suggest it's 2 euros a day now, so it's still pretty good and no dongle/modem stick needed.I wish I could do the same in the UK... Salutoni