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La Dolce Vita
As I sit writing this last blog, I can hardly believe that these past five weeks are already finished. My time has been so jam packed with events, sight seeing, classes, and dinners out that I never had the time to register that it would ever end.
While it has been short, it has totally [...]
New Italian School Video
Hello Everyone,
Well our dear video editor, Toshimaru Hatano, came out with new shots of the school and added it to the school video. So to all of you out there that would like to take a trip down memory lane, or would like to know how our school looks like, here is the new video [...]
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 [...]
Rome Hall of Fame: The vineria, Campo di Fiori
Every Friday and Saturday night this elderly mandolin player graces the restaurants and drinking establishments of Campo di Fiori. In Piazza Navona there’s a 5 piece jazz band that plays alternate weekends, adding to the romantic atmosphere. A mime artist visits centro storico at a predictable time each evening. If you sit on the Spanish [...]
“Here your ice cream. Tootsie-frootsie ice cream.”
… the memorable line in the Marx Brothers’ ‘A Day At The Races’. Chico poses as an ice-cream vendor, as a cover from the cops, when he is actually selling racing tips. In probably the funniest scene in the movie, Chico gives Groucho a tip on a horse, but in code, so that Groucho has [...]