This series focuses on Fluent Forever’s alphabetical list of the 625 most commonly used words in any language, presented 10 words at a time with their Italian translation. “Not all words are created equal: we use certain words far more often than others…We get a lot of mileage out of our most frequent words…With only…
Author: Stacy Pollard
Prayers & Piazzas: part travel guide, part travel journal, celebrating all things Italy.
Italy Love
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BookLove: The Dianne Hales Edition
My FAVORITE book on Italian Culture, La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales, has been named Amazon’s #1 Bestseller in Travel, Italy. To celebrate, I’m re-posting my book review here, which first ran in December 2014. Auguri, Dianne!
Traveling Italy with Margie
“Congratulations, Stacy, you are one of the winners…” is an email I have received never… before last week, when I got an email stating exactly that! I was thrilled just to win something, and even happier when I realized that the message was from Margie Miklas, blogger behind the popular Margie in Italy blog, and author…
Someone to watch over me
I’m not sure what the street sign means exactly, but logic tells me that it’s a warning to drivers or pedestrians. But never fear, at this potentially treacherous corner, there’s someone to watch over us all. ❤ I love the little niches and altars that are ubiquitous in Italy. They make me feel safe,…
Week 4: High Frequency Words
This series focuses on Fluent Forever’s alphabetical list of the 625 most commonly used words in any language, presented 10 words at a time with their Italian translation. “Not all words are created equal: we use certain words far more often than others…We get a lot of mileage out of our most frequent words…With only…
Lots and lots of Locks.
The view from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy, is stunning in every direction. Yet despite all of the eye candy within site (the Arno river, two other breathtaking bridges, all in the shadow of Brunelleschi’s famous dome), the question going through my mind was, “what’s with all the locks?” Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons I…
Happy 70th, Vespa!
Auguri — best wishes — to Vespa, an Italian classic for 70 years this month! Above: It looks like an ad, but it’s just an average Friday on this Florence sidestreet. Below: Another orderly daytime lineup of motorini, this time in front of the remnants of Sant’Orsola convent in Florence, where (Mona) Lisa Gherardini is thought to…
How I Study Italian: Updated for 2016
“…the thirtysomething student [who was Leonardo da Vinci] copied vocabi italiani (Italian words derived from Latin) into his notebooks, filling page after page of the Codex Trivulzianus, his earliest manuscript, which he referred to as “my book of words.” Even as Leonardo neared age forty, he was still working at conjugations, copying “amo, amas, amat” as diligently…
Italy in One Word
Especially fitting is that the two characters in this dialogue are speaking of Italy. ❤ The post Italy in One Word first appeared on Prayers and Piazzas. For more Snapshots from Italy, please click here.
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