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First day of Italian lessons… Tuscan villa style! First day of Italian lessons… Tuscan villa style! 🇮🇹☀️📚

Teachers Sara and Giusy from Cultura Italiana Arezzo ventured out of their Arezzo classrooms and into the Tuscan countryside to bring Italian lessons directly to us!

And really… who needs a classroom when you can study Italian all’aperto under the Tuscan sky or inside in the cool air conditioning with a view of the pool? 😎🏊‍♀️

From where I’m sitting, I’m already hearing lots of laughter, lots of conversation and LOTS of Italian! 

The villa is officially buzzing with italiano… and we are off to a fantastic start!

Vivi l’Italia, parla italiano! 🇮🇹

#StudentessaMatta #LearnItalian #ItalianImmersion #ItalianInTuscany
DAY 3 of our Tuscan Language Adventure began brigh DAY 3 of our Tuscan Language Adventure began bright and early... poolside!

Our yoga teacher from Arezzo, Dimitra led us through a morning yoga lesson, but naturally, this being an Italian immersion adventure, we were learning our yoga terms in Italian along the way!

Respira... inspira... espira... allunga... rilassati...

Who knew Italian grammar could be practiced in downward dog? 

After yoga, there was time for a little sunning, swimming and relaxing by the pool before switching gears for afternoon out door Italian lessons.
Still on Day 2… of or Tuscan language immersion pr Still on Day 2… of or Tuscan language immersion program - Studentessa Matta and Cultura Italiana 

 Then it was on to Pienza for gelato, breathtaking Val d’Orcia views, a little shopping, and plenty of passeggiare senza fretta. 

But perhaps our most triumphant discovery of the day?

IL SUPERMERCATO!

Because when you’re actually living in a Tuscan villa, somebody has to make sure there’s coffee, yogurt, fruit, eggs and all the essentials for breakfast!
DAY 2: Montepulciano, Pienza &... the supermarket! DAY 2: Montepulciano, Pienza &... the supermarket! 🛒😂

Our Learn Italian in an Italian Villa in Tuscany adventure rolled right down the road today to Montepulciano and Pienza!
First stop, Montepulciano, where we wandered the beautiful streets and worked up an appetite for lunch at Ristorante Romantico, run by retired Arezzo calcio player Daniele. 

A little Arezzo connection followed us into wine country!
Day One of our Learn Italian in an Italian Villa i Day One of our Learn Italian in an Italian Villa in Tuscany adventure!

We packed our bags, said arrivederci to Arezzo, and headed out into the beautiful Tuscan countryside to settle into our fabulous villa for a week of Italian, food, wine, friendship, and la dolce vita!

And what better way to kick things off than with a wine tasting right at the villa? 🍷

Our first evening, Julien Robillard, founder of Vinbriaco.it, guided us through some wonderful local wines, sharing stories, flavors, and plenty of Italian along the way.

Then we simply wandered from wine tasting to dinner... because dinner came to US! A delicious catered meal served right in our very own Tuscan villa. 

Italian immersion lesson #1: Move to the countryside. Pour the wine. Mangia bene. Parla italiano. Repeat. 😜

And this is only the beginning!

Vivi l’Italia, parla italiano!
Let’s go Matta per italiano!
Just call us Michelangelo! 🇮🇹😂 What better way to Just call us Michelangelo! 🇮🇹😂

What better way to spend a rainy day in Arezzo than inside Laura Ghezzi’s art studio, learning the centuries-old art of painting a fresco?

Mirella and I traded umbrellas for paintbrushes and spent the afternoon completely absorbed in color, plaster, pigments, and a little Laura Ghezzi magic. 

Laura G. is a fountain of knowledge about the fresco technique, and we had such a blast learning, painting, laughing... and watching our masterpieces come to life!

Meet our creations:

La Dama con l’ermellino
La ragazza con l’orecchino di perla

And just like that… two new capolavori were born in Arezzo! 🎨✨

#StudentessaMatta #Arezzo #LauraGhezzi #FrescoPainting #ArteItaliana LearnItalianInItaly Tuscany Toscana ViviLItalia ParlaItaliano

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