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Late one chilly evening last September, I excused myself from a small group huddled around a campfire to peck at and mumble into my phone. No way was a camping trip going to make me miss my Italian ...

My wife and I moved to Italy in 2019 and I knew I'd have to improve my skills with Italian. But when I got there, I had a hard time learning the language. After adopting our dog, people were ...

In most big cities and heavily touristed areas in Italy, hotel and restaurant staff, shopkeepers, and museum attendants will almost certainly speak at least some English. But venture to smaller towns ...

Recently, Duolingo has switched from its hearts system to an energy system, where every lesson costs a bit of energy. Energy ...

I'm taking Italian lessons, in part because it's a beautiful language and culture, and in part because I'm headed to Italy this fall. Speaking French fluently and Spanish decently already, it's been ...