Corn Nuts at the Cultural Center
/My quest for Italian citizenship begins with the B1 language exam at the Italian Cultural Society. There were a few, er, hurdles. Some of them crunchy.
Read MoreMy quest for Italian citizenship begins with the B1 language exam at the Italian Cultural Society. There were a few, er, hurdles. Some of them crunchy.
Read MoreOur kids are getting an education the likes of which we dared not dream.
Read MoreWhen Siena returned from her two week stint at language school in Arezzo, I realized that what she got from the experience was far more than an increase in Italian knowledge.
Read MoreOur 2018 return to Spello, and the changes we found there.
Read MoreWebsite for Michelle Damiani, author of Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, the funny and heartfelt memoir of an American family living in Spello, as well as Santa Lucia, a page-turner set on the Umbria border.
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