Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne finds a little memento that seems to ground her. Her dad is having a hard time, though. The lyrics of the song in the background seem to mirror what's going on in Dafne's head.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne and her father are on the train together. She seems happy, he a bit less. They get off and start hiking.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Little by little, as they walk and talk, Dafne and her father make discoveries about each other, even deeply personal ones.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne doesn't mince words in criticizing her father, but she is there for him, a sort of anchor. It gets late and they need food and lodging.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne and her father have dinner at the lodge and make conversation. But then they hear some talking in the other room and wonder what's up.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne's father finally has someone to talk to, and describes his feelings when Dafne was born, and how they evolved.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne and her father leave the lodge and resume their hike on an uphill trail.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
While they are hiking, Dafne's father gets a curious phone call. It brings up the subject of smoking, which Dafne does not want to let go. Later, they meet up with some forest rangers, and Dafne asks for some first-aid items for her foot.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne has no trouble chatting up a storm and making friends with the two forest rangers. She and her father get dropped off near the cemetery.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne and her father get to the old family homestead. Dafne goes about opening it up as they talk about her mother and how she loved the place.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne has a unique gift for her father.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
When you blend spices from exotic places, you are a kind of magician. A pinch of this or a pinch of that can make all the difference.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This is not meant to bash vegans. It's just meant to be funny. Italian, with its masculine and feminine nouns lends itself to giving objects, and in this case vegetables, human characteristics. Maurizio Crozza is a comedian. The name he uses — Germidi — is a play on words: Germi (seeds) and soia (soy).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Imagine being on vacation and having to fly home during the pandemic. That's what happened to Melania who got stuck in Madrid on her way home from Venezuela.
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