If I had a nickel for every time someone told me that they used to speak a language but then didn’t use it enough and then lost it, I’d have at least a few nickels. While I always take these comments with a grain of salt, as people’s interpretations of “speaking a language” vary greatly, I always find them interesting. While my great passion for the Italian language does play a role in my usage of the language, my continual engagement with my language goes beyond that…

While I’ve been wanting to learn Spanish for several years, I kept putting it off. Though the future is now and it’s time to begin the journey toward trilingual. Though why did I wait and why is now the time to begin?

While Duolingo is incredibly popular, it is not the app you think it is and it is not doing what you think it is helping you do (learn).

There is nothing quite as quintessentially Italian as the aperitivo. It is a common belief that the aperitivo is the same as Happy Hour, but, this could not be further from the truth. What is the aperitivo, and more importantly, why do I miss it so much?

There is an incredibly effective way to learn and acquire a foreign language. It’s right in front of you, and is actually how you learned your native language. But how did you do it?

Alcohol plays a large role in both American and Italian cultures, though the ways in which we consume it differ. Furthermore, there is a massive difference in the quantities that each culture consumes. What are these differences and why do they exist?

Traveling changes people. In my opinion, this is one of the main allures of travel: change. Traveling allows us to leave not only our homes and routines but also our comfort zones and experience new places, foods, people, and cultures. This was one of the things I was looking most forward to before my stay in Italy. That is, throwing …