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Author Archives: AJ Cattapan
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 12: Il Tempo Vola (Time flies)
How could it possibly be that I have only one more full day left in Rome? Where did the time go? I’m sure to my mother it must seem like I’ve been away forever, and while I miss my family, … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta: Day 11 – Ho scritto un libro. (I wrote a book.)
Today’s Italian class was a continuation of our lesson on passive voice verbs, but we were also talking about books and libraries. During the opening part of our lesson, we had a series of questions to ask a partner about … Continue reading
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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 10: Niente speciale (nothing special)
Tonight’s blog post will be short because nothing too unusual happened today. In the morning, I stumbled my way through Italian class. (We’re learning passive voice verbs. Ugh!) After class, I stopped in Chiesa Nuova for some quiet prayer time. … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 9: Sulla Collina (Up the hill)
Today I went uphill both figuratively and literally. Let’s start with the figurative. After a weekend of mostly speaking English, it felt like I had to shake my brain back into Italian. Even walking to school this morning, I was … Continue reading
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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 8: Buon Compleanno (Happy Birthday)
Today was Katie’s birthday. Celebrating your birthday in Rome is pretty special, but I was hoping we could find some ways to make it extra special. As you know, things don’t always work out as planned. We started by meeting … Continue reading
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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 7: Cucinare (To Cook)
Today I got to do something I’ve been waiting a year to do. Those of you who have been following me for a while may remember that during last year’s trip to Rome, I took a cooking class. However, it … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 6: Una tipica giornata a Roma (a typical day in Rome)
For today’s blog post, I’m joining with the Spin Cycle blog prompt over at Lemon Drop Pie. Our prompt for this week is to talk about our typical day or our routines, so I’m going to talk today about a … Continue reading
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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 5: Non funziona (It doesn’t work)
Last night I couldn’t finish my blog post because the wifi in my apartment seemed to cut out. After a frustrating hour or so, I went to bed around midnight. Four hours later I wa awakened by a weird nightmare … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 4: Nulla Pazza (Nothing crazy)
Last year, I was blessed to see Pope Francis give the General Audience while on I was on pilgrimage (btw, check out The Catholic Traveler for great Catholic pilgrimages). After Katie and I got our tickets for the General Audience, … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 3: Non posso parlare
Today I lost the ability to speak Italian. Well, only briefly. I did okay in class today. We had a student teacher visiting our room, and our teacher asked us (in Italian, of course), “Who is she?” A couple people … Continue reading