Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

This is a room for the discussion of travel plans or experiences and the culture of places you have visited or plan to visit.
garyb
Black Belt - 1st Dan
Posts: 1572
Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:35 pm
Location: Scotland
Languages: Native: English
Advanced: Italian, French
Intermediate: Spanish
Beginner: German, Japanese
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1855
x 5992
Contact:

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby garyb » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:11 am

Great posts! Naples is definitely on my list.
0 x

User avatar
Robierre
Green Belt
Posts: 293
Joined: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:35 pm
Languages: Speaking: Croatian (N)
Learning: French (C2), Polish (B1)
Using: English
On hold: German (B2), Italian (C1)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?t=941
x 382

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby Robierre » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:06 pm

Great report, thank you for sharing.

I plan to do similar trips in Italy (lived there almost two years) or France (currently living near the French border). My idea would be something like: (ideally) three weeks, very relaxed (some days you just don't want to do anything), without any previous plans and schedules, by train (or anything else that comes on the way), choosing cities and activities on the way (randomly, you don't know if you will spend just one day or a week in a city), avoiding tourism and concentrating on cultural experiences (theater, cinema, concerts, museums, whatever that includes the use of the language), doing things that locals normally do (reading daily newspapers, markets, local food). It sounds simple, but it's not easy to find travel partners that enjoy that kind of active trip (and it requires an advanced language level); most of the people I know would prefer to spend a weekend somewhere, browse the city center, buy some souvenirs and publish few selfies on facebook. :mrgreen:
1 x
Si ce n'est toi, qui le fera? Si pas maintenant, quand sera-ce?

User avatar
rdearman
Site Admin
Posts: 7231
Joined: Thu May 14, 2015 4:18 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Languages: English (N)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1836
x 23125
Contact:

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby rdearman » Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:48 pm

Robierre wrote:Great report, thank you for sharing.

I plan to do similar trips in Italy (lived there almost two years) or France (currently living near the French border). My idea would be something like: (ideally) three weeks, very relaxed (some days you just don't want to do anything), without any previous plans and schedules, by train (or anything else that comes on the way), choosing cities and activities on the way (randomly, you don't know if you will spend just one day or a week in a city), avoiding tourism and concentrating on cultural experiences (theater, cinema, concerts, museums, whatever that includes the use of the language), doing things that locals normally do (reading daily newspapers, markets, local food). It sounds simple, but it's not easy to find travel partners that enjoy that kind of active trip (and it requires an advanced language level); most of the people I know would prefer to spend a weekend somewhere, browse the city center, buy some souvenirs and publish few selfies on facebook. :mrgreen:


I'll go.
2 x
: 0 / 150 Read 150 books in 2024

My YouTube Channel
The Autodidactic Podcast
My Author's Newsletter

I post on this forum with mobile devices, so excuse short msgs and typos.

User avatar
Robierre
Green Belt
Posts: 293
Joined: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:35 pm
Languages: Speaking: Croatian (N)
Learning: French (C2), Polish (B1)
Using: English
On hold: German (B2), Italian (C1)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?t=941
x 382

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby Robierre » Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:32 pm

rdearman wrote:
I'll go.

Great! Do you prefer Italy or France? :mrgreen:
Maybe there will be other candidates, so we can form a group of travelers.
0 x
Si ce n'est toi, qui le fera? Si pas maintenant, quand sera-ce?

User avatar
rdearman
Site Admin
Posts: 7231
Joined: Thu May 14, 2015 4:18 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Languages: English (N)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1836
x 23125
Contact:

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby rdearman » Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:11 pm

Robierre wrote:
rdearman wrote:
I'll go.

Great! Do you prefer Italy or France? :mrgreen:
Maybe there will be other candidates, so we can form a group of travelers.

Either will do fine for me. I really need the practice. In fact I was planning on purchasing one of those EU wide train tickets that are valid for a month, and just travel the length and breadth of Italia and stop off were the mood struck me.
0 x
: 0 / 150 Read 150 books in 2024

My YouTube Channel
The Autodidactic Podcast
My Author's Newsletter

I post on this forum with mobile devices, so excuse short msgs and typos.

User avatar
Montmorency
Brown Belt
Posts: 1035
Joined: Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:01 pm
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
Languages: English (Native)
Maintaining: German (active skills lapsed somewhat).
Studying: Welsh (advanced beginner/intermediate);
Dabbling/Beginner: Czech

Back-burner: Spanish (intermediate) Norwegian (bit more than beginner) Danish (beginner).

Have studied: Latin, French, Italian, Dutch; OT Hebrew (briefly) NT Greek (briefly).
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1429
x 1184

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby Montmorency » Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:08 pm

rdearman wrote:
Robierre wrote:
rdearman wrote:
I'll go.

Great! Do you prefer Italy or France? :mrgreen:
Maybe there will be other candidates, so we can form a group of travelers.

Either will do fine for me. I really need the practice. In fact I was planning on purchasing one of those EU wide train tickets that are valid for a month, and just travel the length and breadth of Italia and stop off were the mood struck me.


http://www.interrail.eu
0 x

User avatar
rdearman
Site Admin
Posts: 7231
Joined: Thu May 14, 2015 4:18 pm
Location: United Kingdom
Languages: English (N)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1836
x 23125
Contact:

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby rdearman » Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:23 pm

Montmorency wrote:
http://www.interrail.eu

Yep, thats the one.
0 x
: 0 / 150 Read 150 books in 2024

My YouTube Channel
The Autodidactic Podcast
My Author's Newsletter

I post on this forum with mobile devices, so excuse short msgs and typos.

User avatar
sctroyenne
Orange Belt
Posts: 204
Joined: Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:06 am
Location: Montreal, QC (moved from the SF Bay Area living my dream!)
Languages: French (C2), Irish (beg-intermediate), Spanish (intermediate but mostly passive)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=767
x 757
Contact:

Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy

Postby sctroyenne » Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:56 pm

Montmorency wrote:
rdearman wrote:
Either will do fine for me. I really need the practice. In fact I was planning on purchasing one of those EU wide train tickets that are valid for a month, and just travel the length and breadth of Italia and stop off were the mood struck me.


http://www.interrail.eu


It'd be cool to have some forum group trips (or travel guides at least). I've heard that the train passes aren't generally worth it for Italy where buying point to point tickets the day of travel is still pretty cheap (would need to confirm that though). There was some website that I saw a long time ago that broke it all down by country - which ones require reservations in advance with passes which cost extra money (like France) and all that.

sfuqua wrote:Awesome post!
Keep it up!
If knowing Italian lets me eat some of that food, I'm starting studying...


Won't need to know how to speak very much if your mouth is just going to be full all the time anyway. :lol:
3 x


Return to “Travel and Culture”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests