Comments on: calabrian women’s summit 2007

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:53:11 +0000

Since my boyfriend doesn’t speak English very well… well pretty much not at all just a few phrases, we only speak in Italian. Although I did learn in extremely quickly, and I now understand it really well, I have to admit that being exposed to it 24/7 while in Italy can be very overwhelming. The summer of 2008, I was there for 3 months, and my ears were just aching for some English to be heard. During the day I would listen to the Italian news while my boyfriend was at work. When I could no longer stand listening to Italian, I found the BBC and listened to that to keep me sane. And expressing yourself at time is very challenging and frustrating, especially if you can only speak Italian with the other person you’re speaking to. Sometimes I just want to blurt it all out in English, but then my boyfriend will never understand what I said. lol

I totally understand the ‘scopare’ and ‘fico’. I confuse fica and fico all the time and not even on purpose. There’s also il freno, which can be confused with a curse word in my boyfriend’s dialect (add an ‘a’ at the end instead of the ‘o’ and nasalize the ‘n’)

Hahaha…I hear you. My OH doesn’t speak English either. It’s been a great way to learn more Italian
.-= Catherine´s last blog ..Canto della Terra =-.

By: Bleeding Espresso » calabrian women’s summit 2008

Bleeding Espresso » calabrian women’s summit 2008 — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:03:46 +0000

[...] Last weekend Cherrye of My Bella Vita, Dawn (blogless! scandalous!), and I met up at Il Cedro in Catanzaro for our 2nd annual Calabrian Women’s Summit. Remember how much fun we had last year? [...]

By: bleedingespresso.com » surviving long distance relationships: guest blogger cherrye

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:17:38 +0000

[...] first guest blogger is my fellow American in Calabria who you’ve heard about before, Cherrye of My Bella [...]

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:01:00 +0000

Andie, love this internet thing–and blogging makes it all the better!

By: andie summerkiss

andie summerkiss — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:28:00 +0000

I agree with you. Internet is such a great media to meet new people, and it improves our chances of finding great people to be friends with. I am so happy for you.

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:37:00 +0000

Thanks ladies for your comments; it was such a blast!

Right now Cherrye is in the States, but when she comes back, we’re on it

By: Karina

Karina — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:20:00 +0000

Sounds like a great time. Are preparations in order for the next summit?

By: Miss Eliza

Miss Eliza — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:22:00 +0000

mmmm… i could use a weekend like that. sassy ladies with nothing to do but eat, chat, and drink wine sounds like HEAVEN.

By: Shan

Shan — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:53:00 +0000

Sounds like a great summit. Loved seeing the pictures.

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:52:00 +0000

In fact, I have the same sentiment this week!! I’m going to a girl’s weekend for bloggers in Germany. i adore the blogging world for this.