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[i]Lingua[/i] is the Italian word for language and also for tongue

July 21st 2007
A few of you have asked how I’ve been doing with the language barrier. I can say, for the most part, that I’m doing pretty well, and though the learning curve is steep, as long as I hear/ understand 60-75% of the words spoken to me, I can keep up with the conversation. A few exceptions… The oddest thing happened to me the other day. Language has been playing all kinds of tricks on me. T ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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Patrick Brogan

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It was August, September, October, November, December 2006 when Amanda and I talked of quitting New York and moving to Italy. Always it was "next year, save up, we'll make time next year to do it." Winter 2007 turned into spring and there we were at dinner on Seventh Avenue one late April evening when we said what the heck are we waiting for, the time is now. So we quit. And we moved out. Now we're in Veneto, IT and life ain't bad. I know you've thought about the same and you've got tons of excuses why you can't travel the world for more than your vacation allotment. Well, all excuses... full info

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