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Monday, November 23, 2009

L'Italia Oggi Vol. I

I am hopeful that if I start to think about Italy proactively, I will somehow find a way to travel there. Since finding my friend, Molto Bello Italia, I have learned so much already that perhaps it is simply a matter of money before I find myself on Italian ground. Ha, simply. Yes.

So here is Italy Today (L'Italia Oggi) Vol. I.

Lingua
I try to bug my teacher once a day for a new word in Italian. Of course, it is fairly useless without grammar instruction at this point. But even babies start talking with simple words.

duomo
te lo merit
modo minaccioso
buongiorno
baci
geniale
sistemati
in giro
principe azzurro
monella
fuori strada
una ragione per credere
vantaggi
mammoni
fa le fusa

Architettura
And this is the famous Teatro Alla Scala, theater, ballet, and concerts.

Duomo di Milano
The Gothic cathedral took five centuries to complete and is the fourth-largest church in the world. And it has a McDonald's directly across from it............that is so wrong!

Musica
And last but not least, I've found that working class blues music sounds quite lovely with an Italian accent. Take a listen to some original music from Italian musician Daniele Tenca.

Hmmmm harmonica, delicious no? I am so so sad I missed his performance in NYC! (And no, dear readers, this isn't my mysterious MBI, but he is a friend of his.)

You can hear more:
Daniele Tenca
Glory Days at Rimini 2009
Daniele Tenca Facebook

So this concludes L'Italia Oggi Vol. I. Pretty awesome. The only thing that would make it better is if MBI would consider guest-blogging or contributing with me. Then it would be autentico Italian education.

4 comments:

S. said...: I have lots of friends who've traveled to Italy...I have yet to hear a complaint. :-); November 24, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Girl in Carolina said...: I can't wait to go someday.

The scenery: beautiful.
The food: delicious.
The music: amazing.
The Wine: Intoxicating.
The Italian Men: ALL OF THE ABOVE ;)

You need an Italian guest blogger!!! Ahem..who could that be???; November 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Unknown said...: wow and WOW Beautiful the language of Love=Italy and yes yes i agree Mr Italy please guest post and let us all live vicariously through you...I mean you would be doing us a public service...helping the economy even by being our tour guide...oh won't you say you will...; November 24, 2009 at 3:09 PM
MissMelisaMae said...: Ok, so when are we leaving? Let me just pack my Uggs and scarf and I'm so with you! I love Europe.

Oh yeah, there's the matter of finding a sugar daddy to finance our trip. I'll get on it ASAP!; December 8, 2009 at 8:52 PM

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