How did you know italki?

What is the difference between "even","also" and "too"(at the end of a sentence)?

Perché volete imparare l' italiano?

Your favourite country

Which is your favourite country (except yours) in the world? Why?

Duolingo???

What do you think about Duolingo? Is it a helpful method to learn languages?

A wonderful surprise I am reading an interesting book about the eruption of Vesuvius, that buried Pompeii in 79 A.D. The author is the paleontologist and science writer Alberto Angela. This book shows the life before the eruption and tell the stories of real people, really existed in Pompeii and Hercolaneum at that time. It is extremely interesting: do you know that the Vesuvius wasn't as high as today? It didn't seem a volcano! Do you know that the archeologist discovered a murder before the eruption in Hercolaneum? Well, last evening I was thinking about those places that I wanted to see again, when my boyfriend called me with a surprise: tomorrow we're going to Naples and surroundings! It will be a long travel by car (I live near Turin), but I am very happy!

My family's Christmas traditions. I don't know whether it's the same in all over the world, but in Italy every region, every town and every family have their traditions. In my family Christmas starts on the 8th of december, when we decorate the Christmas tree and put up a Nativity scene (we call it "Presepe") in our house. On the Christmas' Eve (la "Vigilia") we meet at my grandmother's for lunch. Christmas'Eve is a "giorno di magro" (literally "thin day" which means "day without meat"), so we make and eat a traditional Christmas' Eve dish from Mantua, "tortelli di zucca" (fresh pasta filled with pumpkin, mostarda and amaretto biscuits). I live in Piedmont, but my grandparents were from a village near Mantua: that's why we eat this dish. At midnight we usually go to the church to attend Mass. After the Mass, some "Alpini"(Italian alpine troopers) offer hot chocolate, frició (piedmontese fritters), whipped cream and "vin brulé" (red hot spicy wine). The day after, on the 25th, we unwrap our presents and then we usually have lunch with all my family at my house. We always eat home-made "agnolini in brodo" (fresh pasta filled with meat and served in hot bouillon) and "cappone ripieno (filled capon). At the end we eat the traditional Italian sweets for Christmas: "Pandoro" and "Panettone", often served with Mascarpone cream. This year I'm going to make the Pandoro and the Panettone by myself. In the afternoon, we usually play cards and converse in front of the fireplace.

My ideal kitchen Kitchen is my favourite room of the house. My ideal kitchen is located in a very big room. When you enter, you can find some shelves on the right, with a lot ok kitchen books on them. In the middle of the room, there is a big table where you can eat with a lot of friends. At the centre of the room, there is also a big kitchen island, with the cookers on it. On the left, there are a fridge and at least three ovens. On another furniture there is a flaming red mixer. In a corner there is a small leavening chamber where my yeast doughs can rise at a warm temperature. Next to it there is a blast chiller. There is also a big window that looks on a small vegetable garden with Mediterranean plants and lemon trees. Lower, there is the blue Mediterranean sea.

Ciao! Come si dice "andare fuori di testa" in inglese?