In Italian, you're given a whole slew of ways to make your tall tales sound all the more interesting and believable. Attach these handy dandy suffixes to your favorite noun and _really_ express how you feel. Itty Bitty Teeny Weenie Things This is the toughest of the three sections because there a
3 CommentsAfter nearly two years of owning my car, I just now looked into why I can't legally drive into central Reggio. As of January 1, 2007, only cars classified as "Euro 4" can enter the city. This is all an attempt to cut down on the level of smog that accumulates, especially in the winter from every
3 CommentsLet's talk money. In the two years that I've been here, the dollar has dropped from about $0.88 to $0.73 in comparison to the Euro. Two years ago I was able to withdraw €270 from my US bank account, which equaled somewhere around my daily ATM limit of $310. These days the maximum I can withd
3 Comments??Note: I'm still importing old blog posts and this is the last post on my old blog from Apr 4.?? Simona and I were scheduled to volunteer at the cinema last night, but with her in France, I had to take on the crowds all by my lonesome for the first time. The cinema is a small community-owned thea
1 CommentThe word "euphoric" comes to mind when I write or update the site and think about the clunky, near-command line manipulation that was required with my last design to make even the smallest change. I can write half a post then save it as a draft to finish at some later date, which may be la-dee-da t
No Comments"_Riuscire_" and "_potere_" are two words that I continue to mix up in conversation and none of my Italian books effectively explain the difference. Both verbs basically mean "to be able to do something", but the usage is very different. For example: *_Riuscire_* *"Non riesco a venire da te quest
4 CommentsThe temperature has risen a lot lately and every morning I usually leave the balcony door open to let some fresh air in. I sat down at my desk to get some work done when I heard a screeching sound coming from the hallway that I didn't recognize. I figured that the cat was dragging something arou
4 CommentsAs a native English speaker, learning to roll my Rs while speaking Italian is still an ongoing battle. Some days they'll roll out better than a native and some days my tongue simply goes on strike. One of the toughest combinations of words that I've encountered is the dreadded N-R tag team. For i
3 CommentsI haven't written much in the last few months, not because I didn't have anything to talk about, but my old blog design prevented it! A single post with photos took more time to create than the entire website took to design and build. The design was entirely experimental, and I believe that I coul
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