... soprattutto per i beni culturali e i musei, dove siamo stati classificati in posizione inferiore a Cina, Francia e (sic) Stati Uniti. È un duro colpo per gli italiani che vedono il loro paese come il più ...
... assets and museums, where it follows China, France and (sic) the US. This is a hard blow to the Italians’ take on their country as being the richest in the world when it comes to culture and art.
While ...
... holidays a cheerful tangible side.
These markets have been replicated out of their land of origin to appear in other Italian towns. The stalls sell trinkets, Christmas decorations and what not that can ...
... dinner with my three friends at our usual restaurant. I see a middle-aged couple speaking Italian and I go to their table to meet them, but I’m rather disappointed at the short conversation that ensues. ...
... to the present-day Chinese infatuation for brand names.
As an Italian I couldn’t but feel flattered that so many fashion houses from my country have broken into the hearts of this vain lot. Although ...
... shots of WW2 and other significant events in the cold war years. What strikes me is the amount of national character expressed by the portrayed people: that was a time when Italians were Italians, the ...
... for walnut is so-and-so. Besides, a few words in Italian, a few in English amid many more in Romanian reveal that she’s used to dealing with a lingo that would put many others off. She also shows an address ...
... on, in Italian, as she wanted to practise what she’d learnt as a child when she used to spend the summer on the Adriatic coast. When the conversation became less matter-of-fact, however, she switched to ...
... rilevatore di metalli, a dirigersi verso l’uscita indicata dal tabellone per il proprio volo. Perché? Semplicemente perché era espresso completamente in italiano, al cento per cento, in un’epoca in cui ...
... be customary in northern Italian cooking: wheat, ricotta cheese, orange blossom water, cinnamon, vanilla, candied peel, and quite a lot of sugar. However, large retail chains have spread the use and appreciation ...