Andiamo in Italia. Study Italian in Arezzo in 2022 with Melissa

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Language. Culture.
Arezzo’s Jousting Festival…
and so much more!

2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo! Italian Language Program
June 12 – 24, 2022

2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo!
Italian Language Program Price: $4,150

The 2022 Program Includes:

13 Days / 12 Nights / 36 Hours Language Classes /
8 Dinners / Activities & Excursions / Accommodations

Join me in Arezzo next spring!

Matta Cultura Italiana Arezzo
2022 Program Enrollment

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Join Melissa and Paola Testi of Cultura Italiana language school in Arezzo June 12-24, 2022 to LEARN & IMPROVE YOUR ITALIAN! Immersing in language and culture and traveling with like-minded individuals is a great way to learn the language in a relaxed and friendly environment. My friends and teachers at Cultura Italiana Italian School in Arezzo and I are planning an exciting language and cultural program in the delightful hill town overlooking the Tuscan plains.

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2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo!
Italian Language Program
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Highlights of the 2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo! Italian Language Program include participation in the June Evening Joust – la Giostra del Saracino and the activities surrounding the festival including the neighborhood Cena Propiziatoria in the Santo Spirito Quartiere. Arezzo is alive with jubilation, costumes, and parades AND there will be dancing and singing in the streets! We will also spend an afternoon with a local fresco artist CREATING our own fresco painting to take home. Come along with me and get to know all my friends in Arezzo. It will be an experience you will never forget!

There will also be wine tastings, guided walking tours of the city to see artisan shops and churches, as well as Piero della Francesca’s frescos in the main altar of San Francesco. We will have a cooking lesson in the home of a local Aretina chef in her home and have excursions to Castiglione del Lago, La Fattoria la Vialla, Cortona, AND enjoy the hospitality of a local Italian family who will open entertain us for an unforgettable evening in their home.

The 2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo! Italian Language Program will consist of 13 Days & 12 Nights in Arezzo, 9 Class days (36 Hours of Italian Instruction), Unlimited Italian Conversation Practice, 8 Group Dinners, Welcome Aperativo, Art Fresco making class, Wine tastings, Cooking class, Accommodation at the charming Antiche Mura Bed & Breakfast run by the delightful Barbara Lancini. Each guestroom is air-conditioned, has fast WIFI, and breakfast is included in the B&B’s cozy dining area. The program includes excursions to Castiglione del Lago, La Fattoria la Vialla, Cortona, and free afternoons to wander and shop.

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2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo!
Italian Language Program Includes:

36 hours of Italian Lessons at Cultura Italiana Italian School
(9:00 am – 1:10 pm, with morning break)
Unlimited Italian conversation practice with teachers & Italian friends
13 Days/ 12 nights at le Antiche Mura Bed & Breakfast. Beautifully appointed rooms that feature, air-conditioning, a private bath, wifi, and internet access
8 Dinners which includes welcome dinner with aperitivo
All Breakfasts included
1 Cooking class in which we will prepare a 3-course meal including pasta, meat, sauces, vegetable dish, and dessert. We will dine on what we have prepared
Historical Walking Tours of Arezzo / visiting major churches / scenic neighborhoods: Porta Santo Spirito, Porta Crucifera, Porta S’Andrea, Porta del Foro, the Chimera
Participation in Arezzo’s Evening Joust Festival: Includes Seminars to learn more about Arezzo’s culture and history, A visit to the Santo Spirito Museum to see costumes of the Santo Spirito neighborhood / Visit to Lance maker bottega / Evening Spritzs while watching the Jousters practice, Tickets & Reserved seats to see the Main event in Piazza Grande
Participation in the Neighborhood Street Party — the Cena Propiziatoria – to celebrate with the neighborhood of Santo Spirito
Dinner in the home of a local Italian family
Fresco Painting Class – we will learn the technique with Laura Ghezzi an Aretina Artist & prepare a fresco to take home
Option to take an afternoon plein air water color painting class in the prato near the duomo
Wine Tasting / Dinner included at Pomaio Winery located in the scenic hills outside of Arezzo
Excursion to Castiglione del Lago
Excursion to La Fattoria La Vialla
Excursion to Stia
Free Afternoons to relax, shop, wander about the town

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All levels of language learners are welcome from BEGINNER to ADVANCED. Students will be placed in appropriate classes according to their language levels along with other International students attending Cultura Italiana Arezzo. All classes at Cultura Italiana feature a mix of grammar instruction, as well as Italian Culture, designed to take each student to the next level of speaking and comprehension.

Accommodations

We will be staying at Barbara Lancini’s Antiche Mura a B&B in Arezzo’s historic district, within 15-minute walking distance to the school. The rooms of the hotel are delightfully decorated and feature updated private baths, TV, Internet, Air Conditioning. If you wish to arrive a day early or depart a day later, Melissa can make arrangements with the B&B. Extra days spent at the B&B are considered out-of-pocket expenses and will be paid directly to the B&B.

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2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo!
Italian Language Program $4,150

Sunday, June 12 – Friday, June 24, 2022

Availability is based on first-come-first-served & a reservation is not guaranteed until the receipt of the deposit or full trip payment. A $500 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your reservation. Accepting reservations until May 12, 2022. (After this date, you can still sign up for the program, but we can’t guarantee accommodations at the Antiche Mura Bed & Breakfast. We will help find alternative housing options, but there may be a small price variation.)

The balance of the trip fee will be due approximately 60 days before the program start date (4/14/2022). You may also pay the full trip fee at the time of booking. To book with peace of mind and to safeguard your trip investment, in the case of a personal emergency or a family life event that might prevent you from departing for Italy, you may want to consider purchasing travel insurance through agencies as such as Travel Guard, AAA or American Express. Please read the Cultura Italiana Arezzo Language School/ Matta Refund Policy & Terms of Conditions.

For more information contact Melissa@StudentessaMatta.com

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Art Experiences: Painting frescos in the manner
of Michelangelo with Laura Ghezzi…

….and we will have day Excursions to Stia,
Castiglione del Lago, Pomaio Vineyards

2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo! Italian Language Program
Sunday, June 12 – Friday, June 24, 2022

Maximum participants: 10 people – couples & singles welcome
Number of Days: 13 days / 12 nights
Morning lessons: 36 Hours

Proposed activities by Day
Activities and timing of activities may change slightly. A final schedule of daily events will be posted a month prior to the beginning of the program.

Sunday, June 12: Participants arrive at the B&B (Day 1)
(Melissa is happy to coordinate shared transportation from Florence or Rome nearer to the trip start date once she has everyone’s flight schedules. She will also coordinate shared group van back to Florence and Rome at the end of the program. Group or private transport to Arezzo in a hired van will be out of the pocket expense.)
4:00 pm – Walking Tour of Arezzo – Churches and neighborhoods / Orientation with Melissa & a teacher from Cultura Italiana visiting Arezzo’s 3 main churches
7:30 pm – Welcome Group Dinner #1 (Trattoria in Centro)

Monday, June 13: (Day 2)
8:30 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana with a 30-minute morning break. (only Monday classes start at 10:00 to sort new students)
2:00 pm – Excursion to la Fattoria la Vialla / at 4:00 Wine Tasting and Big Pic Nic / Degustazione of the Natural Organic Products produced at Vialla. Group Meal #2

Tuesday, June 14 (Day 3)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
3:00 pm – 7:30 pm Fresco painting Lesson in the manner of Michelangelo with local artist Laura Ghezzi – we will create pieces of art that you can take home!
8:00 pm – Personal choice Dinner or experience dinner in Quartiere Porta Crucifera with Melissa “La cena dei maccheroni” about E20

Wednesday, June 15 (Day 4)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
1:30 pm – Excursion to Poppi and a visit to the Castle
8:00 pm – Group Dinner #3 (Trattoria in Centro)

Thursday, June 16 (Day 5)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Cooking Lesson in the home of Lalla: We will enjoy an aperitivo & prepare a 3-course meal. Includes pasta making, preparing sauces & vegetables, a meat course & dessert.
8:00 pm – Group Dinner #4 – We will dine on what we have prepared

Friday, June 17 – Cena Propiziatoria (Day 6)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
2:00-3:00 Seminario at the School to learn the history of Arezzo’s Joust
Return to B&B to relax
5:00 pm – Visit to Sign. Conti’s Bottega to meet the artist and learn how he creates the Golden Lances
6:00 pm – Spritz in Piazza Grande
7:00 pm – Visit to the Santo Spirito Museo guided by Roberto Turchi to see the neighborhood’s Golden Lances and medieval costumes
9:00 pm – Midnight – Cena Propiziatoria Group Dinner #5 we will join the neighborhood of Santo Spirito for the street festival outside the Bastion—for a 4-course meal with wine—as we along with the fans of the neighborhood cheer on the jousters with chants, song, and dancing

Saturday, June 18 – Giorno della Giostra del Saracino (Day 7)
7:00 am Primo Colpo di Mortai
10:30 am Ritiro della lancia d’Oro dal Duomo
11:00 am Secondo Colpo Mortaio – We will meet near the duomo to witness the Herald welcome us to Arezzo to witness the Joust / Parades begin
12:00 pm La Lancia d’Oro è in custodia nella sede del Signa Arrettii

FREE CHOICE LUNCH
FREE AFTERNOON TO RELAX WANDER CITY TAKE IN SIGHTS

6:30 pm Terzo colpo di mortaio Blessing of the Jousters we will meet in San Jacopo under the School to watch in the Santo Spirito Quartiere
7:00 pm – Assembling of Jousters and costumed players Piazza S. Domenico
7:30 pm – Quarto Colpo di Mortai Corteo/Parade goes to the Duomo
7:45 pm – Vescovo blesses the jousters in front of Duomo
8:00 pm – La sfilata del Corteo Storico processes through the city ending in Piazza Grande. We will meet in front of Biblioteca to watch the parade.
8:30 pm After the parade passes by, we will return to the B&B to refresh and eat piazzas in breakfast room before we enter Piazza Grande and take our seats
9:30 pm Quinto Colpo di Mortai Enter Piazza Grande / Flag throwing demonstration, Entrance of the Corteo Storico, and the presentation of the jousters.
10:00 pm The joust begins

Sunday, June 19 (Day 8)
Free Afternoon
5:00 pm – Group Dinner #6, Apricena Azienda agricola da Daniela : bio products, homemade food and wine in a fantastic country setting. We will socialize, play games and have fun! Ci divertiamo!

Monday, June 20 (Day 9)
10:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
2:00 pm Excursion to Castiglion del Lago
8:00 – Group Dinner #7 (Trattoria in Centro)

Tuesday, June 21 (Day 10)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
1:30 pm – Excursion to Cortona
8:00 pm 8:00 – Group Dinner #7 (Trattoria in Centro)

Wednesday, June 22 (Day 11)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
Free Afternoon
Personal Choice Dinner

Thursday, June 23 (Day 12)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
4:00 – Wine Tasting at Pomaio Vineyard & Catina
8:00 pm – Farewell Group Dinner #8 – We enjoy a dinner paired with Pomaio winery

Friday, June 24 (Day 13)
9:00 am – 12:50 pm – Language classes at Cultura Italiana
Baci & Abbracci / Departure from the B&B and Arezzo

How to Reach Arezzo

Transport to Arezzo: Arezzo is situated between Rome and Florence. Either airport is convenient and trains run frequently between the two cities on an hourly basis. Melissa is also happy to coordinate shared transportation from Florence or Rome nearer to the trip start date once she has everyone’s flight schedules. She will also coordinate a shared group van back to Florence and Rome at end of the program. Group or private transport to Arezzo in a hired van will be out of the pocket expense.

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2022 Matta Andiamo Arezzo! Italian Language Program Enrollment

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