Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Grandma Enrica is not there to rant about Doctor Zanin's presence in the household. Instead, she has a worrying incident to report, regarding Ciccio. Guido gets involved.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Guido manages to catch up with Ciccio on the train. Ciccio doesn't want to talk, but Guido talks about when he was Ciccio's age and engages him. Back home, everyone is on tenterhooks, hoping Ciccio will come back.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Neither Guido nor Nonno Libero can sleep, so they both gravitate to the kitchen. They start getting comfortable with each other, and one way to do that is dare del tu (to use the familiar form of address).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Now that they have broken the ice, Nonno Libero and Guido get down to talking about important things. Maria and Annuccia spy on them from the stairwell.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lele Ju isn't feeling well and Guido offers to help. Grandma is observing Maria and Guido with suspicion. Grandpa Libero wants to tell Guido a long story, but it might not be the best moment.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We learn a bit more about Alberto's personal life, as some friends come to see him. Grandpa Libero finally gets to tell his story to Guido, and Annuccia has some pointed questions for her grandma.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Guido is at work and finds himself treating an interesting patient. Grandpa Libero is starting a vegetable garden, and Grandma Enrica shows up.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Libero and Enrica don't see eye to eye, but in addition to that, Enrica makes allusions she doesn't fully explain, and it leads to more incomprehension. Maria takes Lele Junior to the health center and Guido examines him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto's girlfriend, Gemma, goes to his house with the pretext of a broken cell phone. Guido and Marcello meet up in the morning at a coffee bar and the subject of acting comes up. They have very different memories of a play they were in as kids.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Gemma goes to talk to Adriano about her frustrations with Alberto. Guido has some news to share with Maria about Lele Ju.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Guido tries to talk to the Martini family about Lele Ju's intolerance, but Enrica dominates the conversation and doesn't hide her mistrust of Guido.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Enrica's words must have hit home because Libero has a bad dream involving Guido and Maria... He gets out of bed to check out the situation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Maria and Guido take Lele Ju and Annuccia for a horse and buggy ride to explain to the kids that Lele Ju will have to eat special food. Libero goes to see his daughter at the restaurant to talk about Enrica's offer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto goes to pick up Lele Ju at a friend's house. Gemma and Adriano show up and have something important to say to Alberto.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alberto takes Lele Ju home. Cettina and Lele Ju go to the supermarket, but Guido comes along to help in finding products that are gluten-free. There's an interesting encounter at the yogurt stand.
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