Tag: Family Life

Learning Italian as an Adult: Where to Start?

October is when language courses start. Schools publish their fall schedules, the local adult education center opens registration, and the conversation groups that went quiet in August start meeting again. It is the easiest month of the year to begin. Most people who move to Italy arrive with good intentions

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What is School like in Italy?

For families who moved to Italy and enrolled kids in local schools, the first weeks bring small surprises that no enrollment form mentions: short days, new words, unfamiliar habits at the school gate. By the end of September, the grembiule (smock) has acquired its first ink stain and the parent

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