Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Mondello is where the people of Palermo go to the beach. Adriano tells us about how the place came to be, and about a gastronomical specialty called the arancina.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The Naples soccer team is the most popular team in Southern Italy, having won a very high number of games. They have an estimated four million fans worldwide, many of whom come to this shop to buy jerseys.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip talks with the doctor about a crushing defeat at the supermarket, where his brother Supervip, again, rescues the day.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
It turns out Lenni's will contains some surprises. Someone important is excluded completely and another person, quite unexpectedly, is included. Meanwhile, Caterina is puzzled by Doctor Masini's behaviour the day of Lenni's death.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The picnickers are joined by another couple, who have just returned from a trip to India. After a brief disucssion about Indian food, they all agree that Italian food is the best in the world.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Eleanora explains how tambourines are made and plays a few notes from the Pizzica and Tarantella dances. The Pizzica was used in the past for exorcising the possessed.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Sara wants to eat the fridge because of boyfriend trouble and Palla has a ringing stomach.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Our two picnickers are talking about their pets. The woman has a nice dog and the man has a grey cat. How about you? And which do you like better, dogs or cats?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Learn Italian and how to tango at the same time! Adriano, with the help of his girlfriend, Vladi, a professional dancer, explains the basic steps of this dance, which has its origins in the ghettos of Buenos Aires.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Our two picnickers are hungry, but before having something to eat they take out a bottle of wine and talk about how it should be tasted.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Claudio Capotondi, sculptor, takes us into his "thinking room" and talks about the process of taking a block of marble and turning it into a work of art.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
"Stella Stellina" [Star, little star) is a lullaby which repeats the names of farm animals and lulls children to sleep.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara visits the dead professor's daughter and it becomes ever clearer to Manara that the mother's alibi won't hold.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
The seasons divide up the solar year. In astronomical terms, a season is the interval of time between an equinox and a solstice, which is why there are four seasons, each of which lasts three months independently of geographical location. Adriano describes the seasons in Sicily, where he lives.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Minivip is on the couch telling his doctor about trying to save an ungrateful princess in the forest, when his brother swoops in to save the day.
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