Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angelo tells us the fascinating story of how trulli are built. Some of the most characteristic trulli can be found in Alberobello.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Adriano's new idea is to open a factory in the south of Italy, a very poor part of Italy. Convincing his board is a huge challenge. He takes Karen and her camera around the southern part of the country to scout for locations.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Antonino has a visitor from Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast, who brings in some of the world-famous Sorrento lemons. They prepare whole-wheat spaghetti with a simple sauce featuring lemon rind and bottarga (salted fish roe).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Eva goes to see Dante but gets a nasty surprise. But things aren't as they seem, and explanations are forthcoming. Lorenzo, on the other hand, is in a particularly good mood.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We visit the land of the trulli, curious dry stone huts. Alberto Angela gives us some background about these unique dwellings.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marino meets Silvana and they start chatting by the sea. They discover that their professions are related (naturopathy and body-psychotherapy) and they enjoy sharing ways of looking at emotions and symbols.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
After the baptism ceremony in the Palatine Chapel, Adriano takes us to another historically and artistically rich site in Palermo: the Convento di Baida [Baida Abbey]. In Italian, the term convento is used more commonly than monastero [monastery] and may house either male or female religious communities.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Paola makes a quick decision upon meeting Grazia. Karen Bates comes back with some footage for Adriano to look at.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Eva knows Dante is keeping something from her, and she is a bit worried. Malù wants to talk to Lorenzo and he is a bit worried. The girls start making detailed plans for the caper.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
As opposed to the classical palaces of the powerful, with their throne rooms and great halls, Castel del Monte has some smaller and more intimate spaces, conducive to more personal encounters. Over the centuries, the castle was exploited in different ways, well into modern times.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Adriano's illness and hospital stay bring about a pivotal moment for relations between Grazia and her father, and not only them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Eva practices opening the safe, and Dante goes to the market, none too happy about his friction with Eva. He has an unusual encounter there.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto Angela takes us inside Castel del Monte and helps us imagine what it might have looked like when it was "alive." He uses the term piano nobile, which indicates the floor of a mansion where the noblemen or landowners lived, as opposed to the floors where the servants' quarters and kitchens would have been.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Edo is an illusionist, and with Eleonora's assistance, he shows us some tricks with newspaper cuttings and a deck of cards, all with Mount Vesuvius as a backdrop.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
After his encounter with Mauro, Adriano faints on the sidewalk. Grazia reads about his fainting in the newspaper and visits Adriano in the hospital.
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