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Various Flavors of Sicilian Granita

June 23, 2025 By Larry Aiello

In this video you will learn the various flavors of Sicilian granita that you can buy when you visit Italy. What is a granita? A granita is a semi-frozen dessert that you will often find in Italy, especially in Sicily.  They are made with various fruit flavors or even coffee or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learn Italian Tagged With: caffe, fragola, gelsi, granita flavors, Italian granita, limone, mandarino, mandorla, mango, melograno, menta, pistacchio, Sicilian granita, what flavors can you get for granitas

Palermo Cathedral versus the Monreale Cathedral

June 21, 2025 By Larry Aiello

In this video I am in Monreale a hillside town about a half hour outside of the Sicilian capital, Palermo. It may take 45 minutes if you rely on public transport.  This video will tell the story of the Palermo Cathedral versus the Monreale Cathedral through a story of a sibling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Palermo Tagged With: Cathedral of Palermo versus the Cathedral of Monreale, Cattedrale di Monreale, cattedrale di Palermo, Sicilian brothers rivalry, Sicilian sibling rivalry

Greek Roman Theater in Taormina Sicily

June 18, 2025 By Larry Aiello

Information about the Greek Roman Theater Taormina Sicily With views of the Mediterranean, Mount Etna, Calabria and the beautiful Sicilian countryside, a visit to the Greek-Roman theater in Toarmina Sicily is a must-see destination.   You can easily reach it from Catania or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sicily - Other Destinations Tagged With: brick construction, Calabria, Greek Roman, Mediterranean, Mount Etna, Sicilian countryside, Taormina Sicily, teatro Greco, Theater

How to say Necessity is the mother of All Invention in Italian

June 17, 2025 By Larry Aiello

How to say "Necessity is the Mother of All Invention" in Italian

In order to say "Necessity is the mother of All Invention" in Italian" the translation for the image below is as follows: La  povertà - the poverty (a feminine noun in Italian) É la madre - is the mother Di tutte le arti - of all the arts (invention) The saying … [Read more...]

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How to Pronounce the Letter G in Italian

June 17, 2025 By Larry Aiello

How to pronounce the letter G in Italian

In this video we will be going over how to pronounce the letter G in Italian. The letter G is pronounced differently depending on what vowel comes after the letter G. I will also be showing you the Sherbeth Gelato Festival that is held every November in Palermo, Sicily. The … [Read more...]

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The Problems with Palermo Sicily and What Tourists Don’t See

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An image trying to comically display an Italian narcissist which looks like it was taken along the Amalfi Coast - Un'immagine che tenta di ritrarre in chiave comica un narcisista italiano, scattata apparentemente lungo la Costiera Amalfitana.

Expressions about Narcissists in Italian

It seems like narcissism is rampant these days. We all know one or maybe even an entire family. Here … [Scopri di più... ]

Make it a good day - image of a pretty woman walking through Rome

Make a Good Day in Italian

Don’t wait for a good day to come to you. Non aspettare che arrivi il giorno giusto. Many people … [Scopri di più... ]

What does bancarella mean in Italian? It means street stalls and in this picture is an example of some holiday street stalls with vendors selling various items in Mexico City. Picture is from a blog post: https://learnitalianwithlarry.com/what-does-bancarella-mean-italian/

What does Bancarella mean in Italian?

In this video, I am in Mexico City explaining a little confusing but interesting nuance of the … [Scopri di più... ]

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Non c'è rosa senza spine
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