Mi Piace Italiano!: March 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Mi Piace Italiano!

The Language Challenge

My thirst for all things Italian saw me learning the language at the Institute of Modern Languages at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.

My first course used the BBC text Talk Italian.

The second and third courses used Espresso 1.

Italian language links
http://www.iml.uq.edu.au/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/talk/

Mi Piacciono Biscotti!

Biscotti

The current issue of Italianicious (Vol.5 Iss.1 Autumn 2009) has a lovely selection of biscotti recipes. YUM!

(Dolci di Mandorle; Tozzetti; Dolci dei Morti)
Information about the magazine can be found on their web site

The island of Torcello is in the Venetian lagoon and reached by ferry from Venice. The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, located on the island has a wonderful programme on Byzantine mosaics. I visited Torcello on a freezing December day in 2006. I don't think I have ever experienced such a cold day, but the mosaics were worth the chill!

Links to Torcello
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torcello