Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luigi makes it all the way to the bar, and once there, it is as his roommates predicted. He doesn't know what to order. He reflects on what metterci la testa (putting one's mind to it) means for him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luigi can't wait to get out of the hospital and is dreaming of drinking a toast once he's out. Amed puts on the brakes right away.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
One of the patients has a curious conversation with his doctor about diet.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This episode begins with the funeral of a patient, in the hospital chapel.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Amed gets ready to leave the hospital. Luigi gets his stitches removed and talks to a doctor about what he'll have to do in the future.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
It's time for Amed to leave the hospital, but he's not quite ready. There are various types of goodbyes happening.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Riccardo, the priest, is having a hard time. His mother is trying to help him in her way. Barbieri keeps bothering Giusi. The patient who seems to think he is a doctor gives Luigi some news.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luigi has to listen to an interminable list of possible side effects to the drugs he will be taking. Could it be that he is actually going home?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Two of the doctors meet up in the hall and get into a spat about which job is more noble, that of an oncologist or that of a surgeon.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luigi reflects on how so many Italians, though living in a marvelous place, would like to be somewhere else, do something else, etc. But there are exceptions.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luigi continues reflecting on how his illness changed his life in various ways, not all of them negative. Un passo alla volta (one step at a time).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
As he leaves the hospital with his wife, Luigi talks about how his perspective changed having had an experience such as he did.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
La ladra (The Thief) is a television series starring Veronica Pivetti, who plays Eva Marsiglia, a high level chef. But that's not all she does!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A man walks into the restaurant Il Frutto Proibito (Forbidden Fruit) sure that Eva will hire him as a cook, but before she can even think about it, she gets called away to take care of a situation with her son, Lorenzo...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A very exacting client and a very special dessert are the stars of this segment. Don't miss it!
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