2. ITALY CULTURE AND LANGUAGE

3. ITALY – “THE BOOT”

4. ITALY – THE FLAG

5. ITALIAN LANGUAGE - FOODS  Pizza  Spaghetti  Lasagna  Gelato  Pepperoni  Pasta  Tortellini  Calzone  Maccaroni

6. ITALIAN FOOD - CHEESE Parmigiano-Reggiano (imitated by Kraft as Parmesan) Mozzarella

7. ITALIAN LANGUAGE  MACCHINA  BICICLETTA  FORMAGGIO  TUTTI  NON C’É MALE  UNA VOLTA  CIÀO  MOZZARELLA  DA SOLITO  A = CAR  E = RED  I = BE  O = ROW  U = BLUE  CI = CHICKEN  CE = CHANGE  CH = KICK  GH = SPAGHETTI  GI = GINGER

8. ITALIAN LANGUAGE – MUSIC INFLUENCE  OPERA - “WORK”  PIANO-FORTE - “PIANO”  Piano – Soft  Forte - Loud  BRAVO - “GOOD”  A CAPELLA – “AT THE CHAPEL”

9. ITALIAN LANGUAGE – MUSIC INFLUENCE  BASSO  PRIMA DONNA  ALTO  CANTO  PIANO  PIÚ PIANO  PIANISSIMO

10. ITALIAN LANGUAGE – FAMILIAR WORDS  FANTASTICO  POSSIBILE  FRUTTA  ATTACCO  IRATO  SPIRITO  VACANZA  PARCO  AUTOMOBILE

11. ITALIAN LANGUAGE – SCIOGLILINGUA Trentatré trentini entrarono in Trento Tutti e trentatré trotterellando Trecentotrentatré trentini entrarono in Trento Tutti e trentatré trotterellando Tremilatrecentotrentatré trentini entrarono in Trento Tutti e trentatré trotterellando

12. ITALIAN LANGUAGE – SCIOGLILINGUA  Sopra la panca la capra canta. Sotto la panca la capra crepa.

13. ITALY – WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE

20. ASCOLI PICENO

21. PIAZZA DEL POPOLO

22. ASCOLI PICENO

23. LA QUINTANA

25. ASCOLI – LA QUINTANA

26. ITALY – WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE

31. ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE CIÀO - The word derives from the Venetian phrase sciào vostro (in Italian schiavo vostro) or s-ciào su literally meaning "I am your slave". Used in 30+ countries as a form of “hello” and/or “goodbye”.

32. ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE MARCO POLO – VENETIAN

33. ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE

34. Cinquecento Old and New circa 2010

35. ITALIAN – WORLD INFLUENCE 1984 Testa Rossa “Red Head”