by SIMONE CIONI | Jul 20, 2020 | Florence, Italian, Italy
The Situation in Florence After COVID – 19 Lockdown COVID emergency in Italy, and in Tuscany, in particular for us, is getting better in this mid-summer. We really went through hard times in the last 4 months but now we have learned how to deal with COVID and,...
by SIMONE CIONI | May 13, 2020 | #italianonline #teachingitalianonline, Florence, Learn Italian in Florence, nEWS pAROLA
The Situation of Our School With The Pandemic Get by in a difficult situation like the one we are experiencing Who would have expected it? A catastrophic and painful event has practically brought this country’s economy to its knees, and so many other countries...
by SIMONE CIONI | Feb 28, 2020 | Florence, Italian, Italian language, Learn Italian in Florence, Lingua italiana, Tuscan traditions
An Italian Language Museum in Florence The Italian cultural institutions in Florence have decided to open a museum completely dedicated to the Italian language in the next few months. And of course, the city that deserves it more than any other city in Italy is...
by SIMONE CIONI | Feb 3, 2020 | Florence, Italian, Learn Italian in Florence, Tuscan traditions
THE BLACKBIRD DAYS IN ITALY The Coldest Days of The Year In Italy, at the end of January, there are the so-called 3 days of the MERLA (mother blackbird would be the perfect translation in this case). These days are generally, the last three of January, the 29th, 30th,...
by SIMONE CIONI | Jun 3, 2019 | Florence, Italian language school, italiano, Leonardo, Lingua italiana, Tuscan traditions
Leonardo, a Great Italian Dreamer Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, artist, inventor and above all a dreamer: a genius. Born in 1452, in a tiny village near Vinci (Anchiano) – in the province of Florence, Leonardo approached the career of an artist as...
by SIMONE CIONI | May 28, 2019 | Florence, Italian, Learn Italian in Florence, Lingua italiana, Tuscan traditions
Easter in Florence The Florentines And The “Brindellone” For the Florentines, Easter is mainly the “Brindellone”. That is the monumental wagon that crosses the streets of Florence on Easter morning, pulled by two white oxen with red plumes, to arrive in Piazza Duomo,...
