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New York Times on Rome: Cinecittà and the Italian character

23 April, 2020

If you live in Italy and are at the start of your Italian adventure, you’re probably still in the phase of being confused about just how and why the Italian people put up with many things the people themselves complain…

Italian cooking: traditional regional vs national dishes – who wins?

23 April, 2020

Italian cooking will also celebrate 150 years of Italian unification this year, but the regionalism associated with traditional Italian recipes and dishes nearly always outweighs a nationalist interpretation of Italian cuisine. Over recent weeks, as Italy celebrated the date of…

Italian people: north Italy vs the south

23 April, 2020

To indulge in some stereotypes, while it pains me to say this, it’s quite possible that southern Italians are nicer than northern Italians. Or at least they have a “warmer” temperament, due possibly to the hot climate and laid back…

Taxi driver returns $21,000 US to Italian tourist

20 April, 2020

An Italian tourist who lost about $21,000 USD in Euro cash, thousands more in expensive jewellery and some passports has just had a lucky break from a Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York. The cabbie found the money and jewellery…

Video: Italian hand gestures. How to express yourself in Italy

15 April, 2020

Italian people are famous for the expressive way of communicating. Now, they will often combine the Italian gestures in this video with fast-paced, angry soliloquys, hysterical outbursts, sweet, ironic smiles or even as part of general conversation when relating anecdotes,…

The real Italy: interview with taxi driver in Rome

8 April, 2020

Who better than a cab driver to tell the story of a city? In Rome and Milan, we start a series of interviews with Italian taxi drivers, to glean the character of these complex and fascinating Italian cities.Two different cities,…

Italy vs the tourists: disrespectful tourists ignored by locals

31 March, 2020

In a recent survey by Le vie del gusto magazine with Italy’s local mayors, it’s been revealed that despite the importance of tourism to the national economy, the relationship between local Italians and tourists in Italy is often fraught.The number…

Interview with Berlusconi escort girl Patrizia d'Addario on television

31 March, 2020

It is very very difficult to over-emphasise the incredible figures that Italian state producer Rai had on interviewing Patrizia d’Addario, the escort girl at the centre of the Berlusconi scandal. At peak, more than eight million people tuned in to…

Funny Italian video: football commentator Tiziano Crudeli risks heart attack for AC Milan

25 March, 2020

Italian football is an excitable sport for the Italian people, and their commentators, according to this video. Tiziano Crudeli is an Italian football commentator and die-hard fan of AC Milan football club (in Italy partiality is not prized - you…

New Year resolutions for Italians: less is more for show girls, boob jobs and the prime minister

22 March, 2020

A list of new year resolutions for Italy about Italian show girls, breasts and the prime minister? Most countries wouldn’t normally make one at a national level but we think we can sum up a possible 2010 promise for Italy…

Celebrating 150 years of Italian cuisine: dishes with the Italian flag

17 March, 2020

Italian cooking tradition is about as varied as they come: from north to south, the famous peninsula offers just about everything. Even the most famous Italian cuisine overseas has a local tradition from somewhere in the Bel Paese. In fact,…

Italian people: Riccardo Patrese, taking a spin with a formula one husband

14 March, 2020

As we said on Monday, going to an Italian football match, notably that of Inter at Milan’s San Siro, is a lesson in the Italian character and body language in particular. Anything from the hands behind the head in exasperation,…