Category Archives: Language & culture
Buying property in Italy
Part 1 Under the Tuscan Sun This is the first of a series of posts dealing with the purchase by North Americans of property in Italy. Italy has always been a very popular vacation destination for North Americans. Today, as … Continue reading
Learning words in a foreign language
Many people believe that the most important thing you must do in order to learn a second or foreign language (FL) is to learn a heap of new words. As Steve Martin famously remarked “Boy, those French! They have a … Continue reading
Life changing experiences
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. -Henry Miller I’m convinced that having fun is the primary reason most people travel to Europe. I think this applies to just about everyone – it’s not just girls … Continue reading
How do you spell travel(l)ing?
I’ve discovered something you veteran blog writers have known for a long time: it’s easy to write the first draft of a post but far more difficult and time consuming to produce a “final” (ha!) version. I already knew that writing is … Continue reading