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11. The Pizza Olympic Games (Culture Shot)

April 22nd, 2007

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Learn Italian with our eleventh Culture Shot, inspired by an email that we received about a week ago from Laura. She lives in New Zealand and a while ago she met a cool Italian pizza maker. His dream? To participate to the Pizza Olympic Games! “I thought he was kidding”, says Laura, “but he told me it’s for real! Are there such things as Pizza Olympic Games?” — There are, dear Laura, there are… and we’re telling you all about it. Enjoy!

Culture Shot - Episode Nr. 11

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• Difficulty Level Culture Shot
• Topics: food, games
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40. Let’s Play Tombola!

June 26th, 2006

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Today we are going to learn how to play tombola. But what is tombola exactly? Tombola is the same as the bingo game and it’s very popular in Italy among people of all ages. Tombola’s popularity increases during villages’ fairs in the summertime when it becomes an excuse for Italians to get out of the house and socialize. Enjoy this very relaxing lesson and feel the summer. Tombola!

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• Difficulty Level Beginner
• Topics: fun, games
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