Parli Italiano? In case you don't, do you speak Italian?Un po'. I had some Spanish in high school and college and between that and dating a girl from near Bologna for a couple of years, I can do okay when I go visit the cousins in the old country. Italian and Spanish are pretty close, and where they differ they differ consistently so with some Spanish you can usually guess the Italian or at least communicate.
My family is from way up north, almost Switzerland. Mountain people. We're going again next October.
This is the town.
This the church where my great grandparents were married.
Un po'Il mio è un po 'arrugginito, no, è molto arrugginito! Se non lo usi, lo perdi.
Italian and Spanish are pretty close, and where they differ they differ consistently so with some Spanish you can usually guess the Italian or at least communicate.
The two languages are similar. I speak Italian but can follow conversations in Spanish and pretty much understand what is being said. The only problem I've had is when we've been to Pamplona, Spain. In that immediate region I found communication difficult. They use the letter x in many of their words and it throws me off. It isn't like any Spanish I've read or heard before. Imagine, me speaking a mixture of broken Italian and English all wrapped up in a Southern accent. I could always tell if I was way off with my question or comment by the look on the locals faces! LOL! Our Spanish friends would bail me out after they got a good laugh:)
My family is from way up north, almost Switzerland. Mountain people.
Beautiful country in the Alps. That's an understatment, the scenery is breathtaking! I lived near Naples, but have been all over Italy and Europe. Learned to ski at Roccaraso, in Abruzzo. Most people can't envision a place to ski in central Italy.
We're going again next October.
I hope you have a wonderful time:) We try to get back back every couple of years. My mother and two of my siblings and their spouses went in June this year, but we couldn't make it this time. We're shooting for September, 2012. We stay two or three weeks, which is just long enough for me to get back into speaking Italian with ease, and then it's time to come home again. DH wants to know if we're going to have to carry an empty suitcase again to bring back shoes when we go next time. What can I say? They make the best and I can only buy them every two or three years....LOL! It's a female thing:)
This is the town. This the church where my great grandparents were married.
Grazie per le immagini, sono belle!
I hope Santa and Befana both bring you and yours what you are wishing for this year.
Buon Natale!
Sunshine