Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano, a big Palermo soccer fan, highlights important dates and the many name changes for Palermo's beloved stadium.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano and his girlfriend Vladi demonstrate Jive dancing, a dance that in Italy goes by the name "Boogie Woogie".
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Learn Italian and how to tango at the same time! Adriano, with the help of his girlfriend, Vladi, a professional dancer, explains the basic steps of this dance, which has its origins in the ghettos of Buenos Aires.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Pasta alla carbonara is a characteristic dish from Lazio, and more specifically, from Rome. It's made with "humble" ingredients but that doesn't prevent it from being wonderfully tasty, and a favorite with pasta lovers everywhere. This is the Adriano's own version.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano finishes showing us how to make "spaghetti alla carbonara." Ingredients for 4 servings: 500 grams of pasta, 300 grams of bacon cubes, 4 eggs, extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, Parmesan cheese, and parsley.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Have breakfast with Adriano! He gives us a vast menu of possibilities for starting out the morning right.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano introduces us to his grandmother who lives in Palermo and with whom he has a close relationship. He's always welcome at her place, being assured of a nice nap, good company, and good food.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano visits Palermo's Monte Pellegrino, taking in the cypress and wild fennel perfumed air and enjoying the incredible panorama.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
How do three buddies, who happen to be oxen, get eaten by a lion? Adriano tells the tale, complete with the lesson to be learned. Have you guessed? It's one of Aesop's Fables.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano shares with us the story of the fox and the cicada. Apart from the usefulness of the story itself, there's a good selection of verbs in tenses we don't use every day, but which are used in storytelling.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Find out how Adriano spends his day, and how he stays in shape, even though he works in an office.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano has left his native Palermo and is now living in Dublin. He takes us to his favorite Italian restaurant in Dublin's downtown area.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano places his order at Dublin's Pinocchio restaurant, and it looks delicious.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano is not only charming, he was able to teach his new Polish girlfriend how to speak Italian in just a few months, with a little help from Yabla.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano tells us about the book he decided to write when he turned thirty. It is a collection of stories, anecdotes, and experiences, and also contains photographs.
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