To take a break from the hustle and bustle of Rome, there is a place waiting for you, just 40 minutes away, where horses and cows graze in the wild, and where there is plenty of interesting flora and fauna to observe: The Sorbo Valley.

Pimpa gets curious about a yellow spot in the daytime sky. She goes to find out, and who does she meet up with at the observatory? Somebody very reminiscent of the astrophysicist, Margarita Hack. Check out our documentary about her.

Why is Armando wearing a pink suit? Pimpa does some research. She and Armando make up some words at the end of the episode.

Pimpa goes to the beach with Olivia the duck. Olivia gets lost but is helped by the shrimp Onin.

Marika explains about the risks of global warming, fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect and what we can do to lessen the damage being caused.

Marika talks about the difference between normal climactic events and extreme climactic events such as flooding, storms, and droughts.

Here's the story of the Italian version of "killing two birds with one stone."

Italians talk about the weather a lot, and in particular, the winds that come in from different directions. Marika gives us the rundown.

Pimpa ends up going to the Amazon to visit some friends and make some new ones. The trip is long and not without its problems.

What is climate change? What are the elements that make up climate? Marika begins answering these questions.

Today, Pimpa learns about rhyming because she hears a word mispronounced. In the word nuvole (clouds), the accent should be on the U, but Mara the butterfly says "nuvòle" to make it rhyme with sole (sun).

In this video, Marika explains plenty of expressions with the word bocca (mouth). Listen for the double C!

There are a lot of Italian expressions using la bocca (the mouth) in a literal or figurative way. Marika tells us about some of them

Autumn is coming and it's time to paint all the leaves on the trees. Pimpa goes out to see how it works and then goes into the woods to visit her friend the Dormouse. They both go to school together.

There are quite a few expressions having to do with the ear and Marika gives us plenty of examples. Let's keep in mind that the plural of orecchio is orecchie, in other words, a masculine singular noun with a feminine plural. But in some places, people use the masculine plural orecchi.