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    Partenope: The Siren Who Gave Life to Naples

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    Exciting things happening in Tuscany for Italian Learners this fall – 2026

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    Italian Expressions “Unpacked”: How to Sound More Like a Native Speaker

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    Minerva of Arezzo Comes Home: 2026 Exhibition, History, and Meaning of the Statue

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    The Chimera of Arezzo – An Etruscan Masterpiece & Mythical Marvel

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    Dead in the Lake, Alive in the City: The Ever-Returning Ghost of Lucida Mansi

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    Hello Lake Garda! An Italian homestay with Claudia in Desenzano

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    Meet Lisa! New Italian Homestay Teacher in Florence Joining the Matta Community

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    Italian Homestay in Treviglio with Chiara – Learn Italian Between Milan and Bergamo

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    Florentine Marbled Paper – The Art of Carta Marmorizzata and Italian Language Immersion

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    Carmela’s Roman Holiday: Learn Italian in Garbatella with a Matta Homestay

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    Experience Italian Language & Culture on Lake Maggiore with Lucia!

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    Comics, Ghosts & Neapolitan Charm: Commissario Ricciardi returns in illustrated form!

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    Fall is in the air—let’s power up your Italian!

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    Announcing TWO 2026 Matta Italian Programs in Arezzo & Rigutino, Tuscany

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    Announcing TWO New Italian Homestays! Stay in the home of your teacher in Treviglio near Milano & Foggia in Puglia

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    Gaeta, charming seaside town: Where Sun, Sand, and Serenity Meet

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    Learn Italian in Florence! Join the 2025 Matta Language Program!

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    Giostra del Saracino Giugno 2025 – Un weekend medievale a giugno ad Arezzo.

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    “Walk in Italy Day City Experience” – Learn Italian While You Travel

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    Packing for my return to Italy and Arezzo with Italian Idioms & Excitement!

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    Una giornata da matti! The Race of the Candles in Gubbio

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    Italian Immersion in Arezzo & Florence 2025 – Learn, Live & Love Italy with la Matta!

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    Battaglia delle arance – Carnevale di Ivrea: Pronti! Lanciate le arance!

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    La Matta meets the Bittersweet Life: experiencing Italy via podcasts & guided programs in Tuscany & Rome

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    2025 Learn Italian in Florence and Arezzo with Matta Immersive Language Programs

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    Italian Language Homestay on Lake Garda: Learn and Explore with Claudia

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    The Talented Ripley: Chills, Beauty, and Italian Charm!

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    Video Flashback to 2016! 9 years later, Matta Arezzo Language Programs are still going strong!

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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
C’è una bella tempesta in arrivo qui ad Arezzo! ⛈️ C’è una bella tempesta in arrivo qui ad Arezzo! ⛈️ Sento già i tuoni e il cielo sta diventando di un blu violaceo, come un brutto livido. 😳 Sono tornata a casa giusto in tempo, prima del diluvio!

Almeno farà scendere un po’ la temperatura… quindi, non tutto il male viene per nuocere! 😂🌧️

There’s quite a storm rolling into Arezzo! ⛈️ I can already hear the thunder, and the sky is turning a bruised purplish blue. 😳 I made it home just in time, before the downpour!

At least it’ll cool things down a bit… so, every cloud has a silver lining 😂🌧️”

Frase del giorno: “non tutto il male viene per nuocere.”- literally: “Not all bad things come to cause harm.” (nuocere = to harm or hurt) o more idiomatically ”every cloud has a silver lining”

#Arezzo #Toscana #TempestaInArrivo #VitaInItalia #StudentessaMatta
Paola and I are here in Tuscany and counting down Paola and I are here in Tuscany and counting down the days! 

Our Tuscan Villa Program begins THIS SATURDAY!
Mirella from Canada gets the prize for early arrival and has already been getting a head start on la dolce vita with us here in Arezzo! 😎

Soon we’ll all be together under one Tuscan roof… learning Italian, exploring the countryside, sharing meals, sipping a little vino, and putting all that Italian into practice! 🇮🇹🍝🍷
A few bottles of wine may have been consumed at th A few bottles of wine may have been consumed at the Cena Propiziatoria… 🍷😇

Just a few.
What a weekend in Arezzo! 🇮🇹🏇 Jousting day! The f What a weekend in Arezzo! 🇮🇹🏇 Jousting day!

The four quartieri battled it out in Piazza Grande for the ultimate prize: la Lancia d’Oro, the Golden Lance. ⚔️✨

And the winner was… Porta Sant’Andrea! 💚🤍

Beautiful day. Beautiful event. And such fun sharing all things Giostra with Mirella from Canada, introducing her to the traditions, rivalries, pageantry, and pure Arezzo energy!

As for me? I’ll be back next June to do it all over again. Because apparently, one Giostra is never enough! 😂🏇🇮🇹
Last night was the Cena Propiziatoria in Santo Spi Last night was the Cena Propiziatoria in Santo Spirito 💙💛🏇

The whole quartiere was out in force to cheer on our jousters before today’s Giostra del Saracino… and of course, there was more singing, dancing, feasting, and celebrating late into the night! 

We had an absolute blast introducing my student Mirella from Canada 🇨🇦 to all things BLUE & YELLOW… and I think it’s safe to say she’s officially caught the Santo Spirito spirit! 💙💛

Today… SI CORRE! 🏇⚔️ Forza Santo Spirito! 💙💛💙💛

#SantoSpirito #GiostraDelSaracino #Arezzo #CenaPropiziatoria #QuartiereSantoSpirito VivaArezzo ArezzoToscana StudentessaMatta ViviLItalia ParlaItaliano

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