Buondì. This is the third mercoledì of our lockdown here in Bologna. The weather app on my smartphone tells me that it’s ‘molto nuvoloso’, and a glance out of the window would confirm that, had my home office, which is carved out of a corner of our garage, any windows. The temperature will reach a […]
2020 Spring Sale: Your Lockdown Italian Skills Workout!
Buondì. If you’ve been attending an Italian evening course in your town, or were about to set off to Europe for an Italian course in Bologna or another Italian city, a rethink might be required. No more classes for a while, course cancelled – what a shame! My neighbour is a lifelong, body-building, gym rat, […]
2020 Spring Sale: Save 20% on Italian Lessons and Ebooks!
Buondì. I couldn’t resist sprinkling the title of today’s article with twenties (plenty of twenties!) Such opportunities are rare. Anyway, I’m sure you get the idea – the Spring Sale starts today, which means you can, if you were so inclined, save oodles of ££ when stocking up on online Italian lesson credits and motivating […]
Time to unsubscribe from OnlineItalianClub.com??
Buondì. On Friday we’ll be starting our ‘Spring Sale’, which means saving 20% on online Italian lessons, ebooks for learning Italian, blah, blah, and blah. But enough of the marketing! There’ll be plenty of that, for those who can’t resist a bargain or need something to do during their lockdown/quarantine, in the articles our system […]
The dog must be alive
Buondì. Day 7 of our lockdown, and not getting out of bed until nine on a Monday morning somehow didn’t seem like a luxury. We particularly feel the restrictions on going outside (obviously…) and so take any excuse to do so. Food shopping, for example, or taking the trash to the containers at the end […]
Friday 13th!!! (A good day to stay home and learn Italian…)
Buondì. But man, that really doesn’t look likely. Have you read the news? Mio dio. Worse still, it’s Friday 13th! I think I’ll stay in the house, so as to avoid doing anything unlucky. Wait, though. Because I’m in Italy, actually, I HAVE to stay at home all day! Just like yesterday, the day before, […]
The perpetual weekend
Buondì. Since yesterday, and for goodnesss knows how long, we’re on perpetual weekend here in Bologna. My wife has donned overalls, covered the furniture in plastic sheets, and is right now rollering the walls of our living room with white paint (they were, I admit, in a terrible state…) With two extremely-frustrated adult children at […]
Women’s Day-themed half-price ‘Book of the Week’
Buondì. Hope you had a pleasant weekend! But if not, at least that you, your family and friends, and the community you live in are corona virus-free. Here in Bologna we’re keeping calm and carrying on. There are infections, and there have been deaths, but we’re not amongst the unfortunate zones in northern Italy that […]
Why you should trash your rules
Buondì. I’m writing this with a strict time limit, as I have my fifth thirty-minute Spanish conversation lesson in less than two hours and I haven’t done any preparation for it. Obviously, it’s good practice to read through any notes the teacher makes, and ideally listen again to the audio recording of the lesson, if […]
Coming Soon at OnlineItalianClub.com
Buondì. Well, things are a little gloomy in Italy right now. Unless you’re a teenager, that is. In which case you have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to roam the streets until midnight each evening then sleep until lunchtime the next day (school’s out, due the virus worries…) But unfortunately, I’m not having such a great time […]