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Learn a Language, Join a Community
“He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own.” – Goethe In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian, an immersive, language-learning travel experience – offers an inside look into her company’s travel program, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cooking, Culture, Europe, Family, Food, Heritage, History, International, Italian, Italian American, Italian Food, Italy, Writer
Tagged Abruzzo-Molise, Agnone, Cultural Immersion, Culture, Immersion, International Travel, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestor, Italian Ancestry, Italian City, Italian culture, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian Language, Italian Life, Italian town, Italy, Italy travel, Language, Language Immersion, Language Learning, Molise, Southern Italy, Tourism, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Blogger, Traveler, traveling
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La Madonna di Loreto
In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian – offers a fascinating look into the culture and traditions of small Italian towns in the Apennine hills. We go up the mountain road, to 1421 meters, putting on … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Documentary, Europe, Family, Food, Heritage, History, International, Italian, Italian American, Italian Food, Italy, Photographer, Uncategorized, Writer
Tagged Appenine, Autumn, Capracotta, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christian Traditions, Donkey, Donkeys, Fall, Horses, Italian, Italian culture, Italian Food, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian Music, Italian Traditions, Italy, La Madonna, La Madonna di Loreto, La Transumanza, Madonna, Procession, Puglia, September, Sheep, Shepherd, Southern Italy, Summer, Traditions
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Book Review: The Girl from Venice
In need of a good beach read this summer? Check out Martin Cruz Smith’s novel, reviewed by NIAF in our Ambassador magazine. In Martin Cruz Smith’s most recent novel, the author makes a departure from his usual mystery writing and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Europe, Facts, Heritage, History, International, Italian, Italian American, Italy, National Italian American Foundation, NIAF, Travel, Venice, Writer
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Beach Read, Beach Reads, Benito Mussolini, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, European History, Fascism, Fascists, Fiction, Fisherman, German, German Occupation, Germans, Historic Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Hitler, Italian, Italian American, Italian History, Italian Resistance, Italian Resistance Movement, Italy, Lagoon, Love, Magazine, Martin Cruz Smith, Mussolini, Nazi, Nazis, Novel, Partigiani, Partigiano, Romance, Romance Novel, Salò, Simon & Schuster, Summer Books, Summer Reading, Travel, Venetian, Venezia, Venice, War, World War 2, World War II, World War II Fiction, World War II Novel, WWII
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Italian A Day – Charlie Del Vecchio
By Christina Del Vecchio Sizemore My father, Charlie (Marcellino) Del Vecchio was born January 9, 1911 in Rome, New York. Both of his parents had emigrated from southern Italy (Campania) at the turn-of-the-century, so he was a first generation born … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Writer
Tagged Charlie Del Vecchio, Italian, Italian American, Italy, Washington Post, White House
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