Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Don't miss the last part of Marika and Anna's encounter with Signora Giuseppina of the Trattoria al Biondo Tevere. You'll hear about a 56 year-old fridge, five weddings in one day, and sheep who do gardening.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika take you to a special shoe store that sells only Italian footwear, and only women's shoes.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Diego is very knowledgeable about his collection of women's shoes and handbags, all made in Tuscany, exclusively in genuine leather. He proposes models that are beautifully fashionable, but are at the same time comfortable enough to wear every day.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika sit on a park bench musing about how much they like real fruits and vegetables, and then they actually go to the market where a farmer tells them about typically Roman produce.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika are planning a dinner, and start out by making a shopping list. They have some major decisions to make about the antipasti (appetizers)!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika get to the shop (see part 1) and talk with Chiara who works there. She kindly explains a little bit about how mozzarella is made, and how it should be kept. You may be in for some surprises!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Get the scoop, along with Marika and Anna, on what types of mozzarella there are, and what they go well with on the dinner table.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Who doesn't like pizza? Anna and Marika talk about Rome's take on pizza—a rectangular kind of takeout pizza you can order by the slice, and white pizza. Anna talks about focaccia from Apulia. Buon appetito!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika take you right into the pizzetteria where Flavio explains how pizza is made.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Anna and Marika take us to Rome's Villa Torlonia. There's an old Swiss chalet type of house there with as its theme, owls and bats!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We continue on our tour of the Villa Torlonia grounds. Anna shows us the mansion where Mussolini lived from 1925 to 1943.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This is the final part of a walk through Villa Torlonia, in Rome, with Anna and Marika.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Find out what's so special about the restaurant where Anna and Marika are about to have lunch.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
What did people eat in Ancient Rome? Paolo, the owner of the restaurant, tells us about the history of the place and talks about the most popular dishes on the menu based on actual recipes from Roman times.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The journey into the past continues, and this time Paolo, the proprietor even tells an anecdote concerning American history. If you're wondering what American History has to do with ancient Rome, tune in!
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