Because they are difficult to reach--lying off the main sea routes--the islands of Filicudi and Alicudi have maintained their natural beauty.

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.

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.

It's time for spring cleaning. Marika shows us how, and more importantly, she gives us the names of the tools we'll need.

Daniela explains how easy it is to form the plurals of feminine nouns, even if you don't know their meaning.

In the end, Lara decides that Luca Manara isn't such a bad commissioner after all. She might even tell him that to his face... sooner or later.

Antonio introduces us to the authentic Neapolitan pizza. He's right there in a famous pizzeria called Escopocodisera [Esco poco di sera] (I rarely go out at night), where Peppe, the pizzaiolo (pizza maker), demonstrates his art, step by step. Buon appetito!

Francesca is showing Daniela how to play Briscola. Fulvio joins in to describe the atmosphere of a real game of Briscola between two experts. Who do you think will win? Daniela or Francesca?

Alessio hasn't given up trying to get to Obuda, but although he manages to find a train station and a train, things aren't so simple.

What are the rules for the masculine plural articles? Daniela explains them to her class, and to us!

Although Commissario Manara's has resolved the case, his unorthodox methods are unacceptable to his superior, who threatens to have him transferred to the hinterlands of Sardinia.

Ciccio gets a talking to from Lele, and there's a barbecue in the back yard with Lele's in-laws. They're somehow very impressed with the foreign housekeeper's homemade Neapolitan pizza!

In this segment, cooking is seen as an art form, starting with a white plate as the artist's canvas...

While sitting in the park, Francesca teaches Daniela how to play Briscola one of the most famous and popular Italian card games. You can learn, too!

Taking care of Saverio has fallen to his zio (uncle), Alessio's mean boss. After being treated badly for the umpteenth time, Alessio decides to grab his backpack...