Telling the truth I did not know there was an Italian version of Cinderella story. This is one of my favourite movie and now that I finished to read “The Cat Cinderella” written by Giambattista Basile I am so upsat to know that Zezolla kills her step mother. This fact ruined my love for this … More Have Courage and Be Kind

How much weird is “The Miller’s Prologue and Tale?” I would have never expected a tale of this kind in this book. Probably the author wanted to represent the society of that time, or the lowest social class’ habits and love. For example, the fact that John, who is an old man, married a young … More Where he went to finish the romance ?

I think the today Honors class was very interisting. I read one of the questions from the slides: “why The Divine Comedy was written in dialect and not in latin?.” My answer is: Dante and his work is considered the birth of the Italian language, he used the Tuscany dialect and not the high language (latin) in … More The Beginning of Our Language

I always want to write a lot of things on my blog that it has become a sort of a personal diary, so I am sorry if I am boring you in reading my post, but I like writing. First of all, today I woke up so happy because a friend of mine invited me … More “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” — Caroline Bingley, Pride and Prejudice

I have always been interested in astrology. I love the starts, the moon, the planets, and the comets probably because they seem to me something magic, like when you see a comet and you express a wish, a dream. Or when in a summer evening, lying on a field with your friends, you look at … More Under a Starry Sky – Eclipse

28 days left!!! I am so excieted to see my family, hug my dogs, eat Italian food, going out with my friends, walk trough the streets of my city, go to the beach, and so many other activities to do. However, in these four weeks left I still have two presentations, one speech, and five … More “L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle” (Dante, 145)

Telling the truth I am a little bit disappointed about the translation of Inferno. In Italian is completely different: every word has a lot of meanings and it is something very different from the books we have read until now in the Honors class. It is hard to explain it, but I want to try because the … More “Amor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdona” (Dante, 21)

On March 29th started the ice-skating world champioship in Helsinki, Finland. Today, they showed the last competition for the women and Carolina Kostner, the best Italian ice-skater, gets fifth. I am a little bit sad for this result but I think, for her age and her story, the 5th place is a great one. Evgenia … More A Little Bit of Ice

Another week is beginning and it is the last one of this wonderful month: March. Yesterday, my host family made me a surprise. They celebrated, as they called it: my “1/2 birthday”. Since they celebrated all the birthday of the other guys and not mine because my birthday is in September, they made this surprise … More “The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue” – Confucius