Sobre a Escola Torre di Babele – Roma
O idioma italiano, até a década de 70, era muito frequente no Brasil, principalmente porque haviam cantores com imenso sucesso nas nossas rádios como Rita Pavone, Pepino di Caprio e tantos outros que encantavam os bailes dos adolescentes e as “vitrolas” das casas.
Um dos meus projetos era estudar, por algum tempo, um idioma no país [...]
My experience in an Italian Language School in Rome
This year I went to Rome for one month and had one of the best experiences of my life without spending a fortune.
I really wanted to come to Rome again (I had already been to the school the year before) but I couldn’t afford to come to Rome and pay for the course, so when [...]
Going Old School… A Rome Tour Guide for non Italian Speakers
Pebble stone roads, birds chirping, grass blowing in the wind, ancient ruins standing off in the distance of a massive field. Via Appia Antica is truly the ideal escape from the noise of a city and easily accessible in under ten minutes using public transport.
This previous weekend a group of students from the school [...]
Here are the lucky winners of Torre di Babele’s First Photo Competition
The ranking grid did it’s job. At 12.30 pm of Wednesday June 3, 2009 we stop receiving votes for the photo competition.
It was fairly easy to see people’s vote and the favorites won right away. However, the board of directors at Torre di Babele took some more time to deliver about the other 9 prizes [...]
Torre di Babele’s Photo Competition is Closing
It’s been quite a fun experience to have a photo competition. I must confess after a year designing the competition engine behind the blog, I thought no one would participate. We discuss it from all angles with programmers trying to make as easy as possible for you to participate. The reaction though, was immediate. It [...]
Pizza Evening in Rome. San Lorenzo Student Quarter
In return for attending Italian lessons and labouring tirelessly for the school I get free pizza and wine every couple of weeks. Such is the hardship of life in Italy, where the youth, unable to find jobs, will work for 6 months unpaid, and the rest are called ‘Bamboccioni’ (or lazy) by the politicians, while [...]
Cultural Program: The Roman Forum
While studying Italian in Rome students often spend the afternoons going off to the Colosseum, or the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain………..
….Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna, or Villa Borghese and other sites of historical, architectural or cultural interest. In fact for an English person like me who would rather sit in the sun in a [...]
The best way to learn Italian, Socialising!
It’s the first day of their Italian language course, and students are already socialising in the bars and discotheques of Rome! Tonight it’s San Lorenzo Cafe, in the student quartiere, close to the University of Sapienza where many Italian students go out. As the school organizes a social calendar students from different levels and classes [...]