by SIMONE CIONI | Jul 20, 2020 | Florence, Italian, Italy
The Situation in Florence After COVID – 19 Lockdown COVID emergency in Italy, and in Tuscany, in particular for us, is getting better in this mid-summer. We really went through hard times in the last 4 months but now we have learned how to deal with COVID and,...
by SIMONE CIONI | Mar 5, 2019 | Florence, Italian, Italian language, Italian traditions, italiano, Italy, Lingua italiana, Tuscan traditions
Shrove Tuesday, The Final Day of Carnival Today is Shrove Tuesday: Mardi Gras, which in Italian is Martedì Grasso. It is the highest point of the carnival: of excess and fun. In effect, the word Carnival comes from the idea of getting rid of food to clean ourselves...
