If you followed the news recently, you have certainly learned that Italy has experienced an unusual cold weather lately, that has literally paralyzed half of the country (and sadly caused many victim...
Do you enjoy playing bowling indoor? If so, how about playing Bocce outdoor? If you don’t know this game, here is the opportunity to familiarize with a social activity originating from Italy. I...
If you have read our eBook Italy from the Inside you probably know that our goal is to give practical tips and insights about your vacation in Italy. We don’t really deal with places to stay an...
As you can learn from our eBook Italy from the inside there are many possibilities to reach Venice from the airport: you can either take the bus to Piazzale Venezia, or to Mestre train station and th...
A few days ago, I attended a Christmas potluck with some Italian friends and since I was in charge of bringing un dolce (Italian term to define a dessert) I decided to make the pandoro farcito con cr...
There’s one thing Italians associate with Christmas every year and that’s the lavender box of the pandoro Bauli. The Bauli brand has been around since 1937, when Ruggero Bauli open...
The Teatro alla Scala of Milan – more commonly called La Scala – is universally known, even by those people who have never been there. The so-called “Temple of Opera”, is located in...
Ok, ok, I admit it, the only participant to the contest was actually me, but since this was a big personal challenge, I really felt like a winner when my Nutella tart turned out to be not only delici...
How do you name the different parts of the human body in Italian? My daughter Silvia Tosolini (who was 7 when I filmed her) invites you to learn how to pronounce them correctly. Please let her if you...
December is a magical time in Italy, the Christmas spirit is everywhere and people are immersed in a world of colorful lights and jolly sounds. Every 6th of December, Trieste celebrates San Nicolo...
Art lovers will enjoy the recent release of the Uffizi Gallery masterpieces as gigapixel photos fully accessible from your computer. A consortium of Italian and multinational brands has funded the pr...
What I’ve always loved about Venice is to get lost in its calli (narrow pedestrian streets) and find out unusual things on the way as a result. This happened also during our last trip to this magnifi...
I recently went to a Pizzeria with some friends and finally, after years, I was able to enjoy one of my favorite desserts: the profiteroles.Profiteroles are small round puffs either filled with pastr...
There’s something I really don’t understand: why in the world in Italy a teenager who is only 16 years old can assume alcohol with the consent of the Government, when everybody knows that most deadly...
What is like doing grocery shopping in Italy? How do you call the various food items in Italian? My daughter Silvia Tosolini, 9 invites you to a tour of an Italian supermercato.Let her know what you ...
During the past year many changes have been made to the Italian school: the reintroduction of one main teacher, the mandatory use of a uniform, the grading of the students’ behavior, just to say a fe...
Have you ever considered spending an extended period of time in Italy? If you are like me, you probably did many times. And if you've kids, you might have shelved this dream considering all the compl...
As a follow up to the announcement of our new eBook release, I'm delighted to share that we've partnered with Expedia to donate 100% of our eBook proceeds collected through June 30th, 2009 to Opportu...
We're happy to announce another fresh update of our popular eBook Italy From The Inside: the Definitive Survival Guide for Travelers.We have been hard at work to verify the accuracy of all our tips, ...
If you like our blog and you are on Twitter, now you can follow us at @ItalyFromInside.Twitter is a fast growing micro-blogging platform where people share ideas and information in just 140 character...
Here is a creative and fun way to impress your friends who are eager to see your Italy photos.My colleagues at Microsoft Research UK have released an inexpensive application called AutoCollage, that ...
Several years ago, my wife and I decided to produce a photo CD of our home town Trieste, a beautiful city and port in northeastern Italy near the Slovenian border. We collected numerous pictures and ...
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook central Italy (Abruzzo region) early Monday, April 6th. As of today, officials said that as many as 179 people had been killed, at least 1,500 injured and te...
My daughter Silvia Tosolini, 8 and son Alessio, 5 share a few language tips about some traditional Italian Christmas sweets and food.To all readers of our blog and customers of our eBook, we wish Buo...
I'm constantly impressed by the fast pace at which Microsoft and Google are innovating in the mapping technology space.Some time ago I created a short video tutorial describing the two online service...
We received a pleasant note from a school in Rochester, NY that my daughter's videos are being used in classroom to teach Italian to 4th and 5th graders. They kindly asked us if we could focus a new ...
One of our readers asked us if we could elaborate on the subject of romance. As Italian is considered by many the language of love, there is a wide spectrum of words and phrases you could use to say ...
How do you order a coffee in Italy?Will you be able to get away by mixing a few semi-Italian terms coined by Starbucks such as "Venti", "Misto" or "Frappuccino"? Not really...As you may expect, there...
How do you name the different parts of a car in Italian? My daughter Silvia Tosolini, 7 is happy to help you finding that out. Enjoy!- Can't see the video? Watch it from YouTube- iPod version (MP4 - ...
Here is an exciting technology that will help you bring to life hundreds of photos of Italy and convert them into an immersive interactive online experience.Microsoft has finally publicly released Ph...
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