Buondi. I’ll keep this very, very short as I have an online Swedish lesson in 40 minutes. I’ve been tidying up the next vocabulary page in the club’s vocabulary section. This one’s advanced, I’d say ‘very advanced’, besides being extremely boring. So I added a ‘Study Tip’, and in doing so hope to have spiced […]
Need an ambulance in Italy? Think of infinity
No, I’m not (on this occasion) being sarcastic. If you’re visiting Italy, and suddenly start feeling rather odd, then you should call an ambulance. But which emergency number to use? Italy has a variety to choose from. We used to have a list stuck to the phone at home, just in case my wife dropped an […]
Do you remember May 2012?
Do you remember the twentieth of May 2012? I admit, I didn’t recall the exact date (or even the year, if I’m honest). But the events of that night, and what followed, have stayed with me. We were woken up at around four in the morning by an earthquake, the first I’d ever experienced. The […]
Italian words for describing objects and an exercise to try!
Buondì. Finally, it’s ‘dicembre’! That would explain why I’ve woken up in a good mood. ‘Arrivederci novembre’, but not too soon I hope. Man, I hate that month. Also, I have an online Swedish lesson this morning at 10.00. It’s a rare moment of the week in which I’m the taught not the teacher (at […]
Poco sano, calorico, ma gustoso!
Buondì. Today’s free Italian lesson covers pairs of words for describing food. To which I’ve added a delicious recipe, kindly sent in by one of our members. It’s vegetable-based and vegetarian – just the thing to help you get in shape before the Christmas/New Year festive period… That said, I confess that ‘oggi’ I had […]
Like baking? Send me your ‘ricetta per una torta Italiana’
I’m late again! Don’t ask why – it’s too painful. But in a word, taxes. Having spent most of the morning getting my knickers in a twist, I’m now in a rush. There are lessons to plan, homework to mark, and I was rather hoping to do my Swedish homework before tomorrow morning’s online lesson. […]
What’s for dinner, dad?
Buondì. It’s venerdì, thank goodness, so I’m working at home. After I’m done here, I have an online Swedish lesson (with a new teacher – the other one’s on holiday). I confess, I’m a little apprehensive, which is daft, I know, as I’m the customer this time… Ask me on Monday how it went! When […]
Mind the borseggiatore!
As promised, I’m late today. I was about two hours getting to the hospital for my routine test, checking in, actually getting the test, waiting to be handed the results, and then getting home again. Then another two hours trying to work out what the doctor’s report meant. In Britain, doctors talk mostly in euphemisms […]
Back to the same old, same old
Thanks to the hundred and seven people from around the globe who took a leap of faith (or hope, or maybe just a metaphorical leap) to book a free trial lesson during last week’s promotion. If that includes you, ‘bravo’! By now, you should have heard from Lucia about organising your one-to-one lesson. If not, […]
It’s never too late, until it is
Sunday morning, and it’s a beautiful sunny November day in my part of Italy. Lunch is safely in the oven, so I’m sat at the kitchen table listening to the sounds of my youth, in memory of poor Malcolm Young, co-founder of Australian rock band AC-DC, who has died far too early at 64. ‘Highway […]