Ilaria is from Lido di Venezia, a small island near Venice. She tells us about the specialties they offer at the bar where she works, a bar that makes its own desserts. How about having a "Spritz" at the bar?

In this video, Andromeda tells us about her love for animals and especially for her three cats: Nina, Shiva, and Lawrence. She compares them with people since these cats, like all animals, have recognizable human behavioral traits.

Alberto has a wine shop at the Lido di Venezia and he tells us about his world renowned business, which exclusively sells local and Italian wines.

Jake, Matt and John form Radio Smile, a new Italian Rock Band. They show us their new space and promise to keep all their fans updated on their activities.

Sofia is eight years old, and lives in Palermo. She likes going to school, doing her homework, and going out with her mother and friends. She tells us about the last film she’s seen at the cinema. She also recites the alphabet and counts.

First, we meet a young couple: Christian and Michela. They live in Tuscany and are engaged to be married. Both are from Basilicata, where they have come on holiday. Next, we meet three friends. They're all happy to live in the sea-side town of Maratea.

Serena, Milena and Flavia tell us about how they spend their days on the beautiful beach of Maratea. The girls and their friends come to this popular beach on hot summer days as well as on winter days, just to get together and see one another.

Ezio Lottieri, a lover of music and especially the Rolling Stones, always carries his harmonica with him. In this video he tells about his experience at the Dedalo Festival 2009, where he met the well-known artists Davide Ravera and Patrizia Ferrarini. Ezio performed various songs with these two artists at the Festival in Caltabellotta.

Ezio recalls that Davide, a well-known artist, asked him to join him in playing a song at a festival. Davide had written the piece and it's called "Road to Hell." Obviously Ezio accepted.

Angela is a thirty-four year old Sicilian woman who talks about her unusual job. She’s a street artist who performs as a clown and as a fire dancer. For a hobby she collects vintage clothing.

Valeria Parrella talks about how light and hope are central elements of her writing, even in the most difficult stories. The journey then continues to Salerno, where a meeting with writer Diego De Silva offers an insight into his career and the themes of his novels, touching on social reality, irony, and human relationships.

Valeria Parrella talks about her relationship with Naples and her way of writing about it, based on direct observation and listening to people, far from the usual stereotypes. Her writing stems from an "intermediate" point of view, close to everyday reality.

Valeria Parrella talks about her intense and contradictory bond with Naples and the neighborhood she lives in. The full-time innovative Donna Assunta school overlooks the sea, but faces Nisida, the juvenile detention center. Naples, she says, is not a city you can just live in and ignore, and has become for her an inexhaustible source of literary inspiration.

Author Valeria Parrella talks about the connection between her novel Almarina and various locations within Naples: Nisida (a volcanic islet that houses a juvenile detention center) and Bagnoli (a seaside neighborhood of Naples). What emerges is the portrait of an intense and contradictory city, marked by working-class identity, the sea, and the reality of juvenile prison.

Sandra now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in North Carolina. She is still working and loves it. She and Marika discuss some Italian expressions about the value of work and about how their friendship has lasted all these years.