The 2016 opening ceremony of Salerno's Luci d'Artista, which in the captions is literally translated as Artists' Lights, but which is billed by the city as Salerno Christmas Lights. The ceremony mostly takes place in the Villa Comunale, Salerno's public garden.

There are so many beautiful spots in Italy. Umbria is next on our list!

Marika starts off her 3-part series on particles, otherwise known as function words. In this segment, she mostly concentrates on the locative function of the particle ci.

We're at the end of an episode, the case has been solved, but things don't get tied up quite as neatly as everyone hoped.

The Piccolo Coro Antoniano sing a Christmas song with quotes from English and German favorites.

Daniela talks about verbs that require the preposition di (to) before another verb in the infinitive.

Jacopo has given up on everything. Sara is having more success than she banked on.

The case has been solved. But emotions are running strong for the women in Luca's life. Each has her own joys or sorrows to come to terms with.

Daniela talks about combining verbs in the infinitive with conjugated verbs where no preposition is needed in between them. She also talks about using the conjugated verb "to be" followed by an adjective plus a verb in the infinitive, again, with no need for a preposition in the middle. For more on this, with examples, see this lesson.

Marika's friend, Anna, is back to wish us all a Merry Christmas, and to share what Christmas means to her.

The children's choir sing Una notte senza età [A Night Without Age], composed by Gianfranco Fasano, with lyrics by Mario Gardini.

Marika provides more useful expressions that employ the verb mettere [to put]. Mettere a posto [to put in order, to tidy up] is one that is used on a daily basis.

The truth comes out, and many of the mysteries are revealed.

The Bologna-based children's choir, the Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano, sings a Christmas song.

Natoli is not thrilled at all with Paolo's apartment, nor with his idea of what's for dinner.