More than congratulations (congratulazioni) in Italy, people give auguri, or well wishes. In other words, it’s a way to wish someone…
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For those of you that aren’t familiar with The Huffington Post, it is an American news website and blog founded…
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As I was eating my cacio e pepe pasta out of a parmigiano bowl yesterday for lunch, I realized that…
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Kicking off tomorrow is the 11th edition of FOTOGRAFIA, Rome’s International Photography Festival. The festival promotes contemporary photography, and brings to…
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Get Out the (International) Vote: A Young in Rome PSA
by Maddie DeWitt September 19, 2012While living, studying, or traveling abroad, it can often be easy (and, for some, relieving), to forget about the election…
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In English, halitosis is the medical term for bad breath. In Italian, alito means a breath, and it is frequently…
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After multiple attempts at trying to understand what a mitomane is from contextual Italian usage, I finally had to just look…
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If you saw The Dark Knight Rises, the Batman movie, in Italy, then you must have heard/read the word seppellire a…
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Now that vacation is over, and everyone is getting back to Rome, it’s time for the Word of the Day…