Lotje Lomme studied History in Bologna and Italian and didactics in Utrecht. She has been teaching Italian for 15 years, and has provided several online training courses for This is Italian and gives private lessons Italian and NT2 for Italians. Online and in person in Schoonhoven. She also baked Italian cakes for a Dutch café, interpreted for an Italian artist, translated poems by Alda Merini, made fresh lasagna for the Thuisgekookt Foundation, and guided Italian tourists through Keukenhof.
Popular author Silvia Avallone lives in Bologna, the city where many of her stories are set. I read Da dove la vita è perfetta (translated as Light of Life) and L'amicizia (translated as The Friendship). I recently had the opportunity to ask her a few questions on the theme of friendship between women. Your books devote […] More
Being proactive, a go-getter, hands-on. Recruitment vacancies, I'm always a bit allergic to them because I'm a bit lazy myself and I feel nostalgia for a time I never knew. That of my grandfather and grandmother, who could still have a job without being available 24/7 and who had time […] More
Feminism is fashionable in Italy. As a bibliophile, I like to keep an eye on Italian publishing houses and there is a lot being published at the moment about women's history, women's rights, and women authors. That really interests me (see this article about Italian writers). Paola Cortellesi's film C'è ancora domani also surfs […] More
World Women's Day on March 8 is alive and kicking in Italy. A real holiday with mimosa, special menus and congratulations. For this occasion I would like to highlight some Italian women. Some women you may know some of. As I lay in bed thinking about this article, all sorts of women came into […] More
This week I delved into the possibilities with AI to learn Italian. Using Google's Gemini (the new version of Google Bard) and OpenAI's ChatGPT, you can create an account yourself and try the smart prompts below. What are the benefits of learning a language using AI? And what […] More
