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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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