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Weekblog #112: 2021, Italy’s year, and mine too

Christmas is over already, and I truly hope you had a wonderful time. No matter where, how and with whom you have celebrated it, I especially hope that you have felt grateful, free and happy. That you were able to count all of your blessings, realising that the silver lining is always there, no matter …

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#89 And the Italians saved the day (English)

“In the small town of Roermond alone, located on the Meuse in the province of Limburg, 550 Dutch families had to evacuate this morning. The water here reached a record level, and around six o’clock in the morning the inhabitants were woken up with sirens and megaphones”. This quote comes from the liveblog of the …

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#88 L’Italia chiamò (Italiano)

Che serata. Che emozione. Dopo 53 anni, gli azzurri sono di nuovo i migliori d’Europa. È vero, l’Italia ha vinto la finale degli Europei contro l’Inghilterra. Ma che partita è stata. I nervi erano palpabili nell’aria per tutto il giorno e quando le strade e le piazze hanno cominciato ad affollarsi verso le otto, si …

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#32 Un’opera d’arte (English)

Last Friday, Rome would have been the centre of Europe. In the Stadio Olimpico the 16th European Football Championship would have been kicked off. Millions would have watched impatiently how 22 men, one visibly nervous, the other with an almost surreal calmness over him, had walked towards the centre spot, Italian children walking besides them, while the …

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#32 Un’opera d’arte (Italiano)

Venerdì scorso Roma sarebbe stata il centro dell’Europa. Allo Stadio Olimpico sarebbe stato dato il via al 16° Campionato Europeo di calcio. Milioni di persone avrebbero guardato con impazienza come 22 uomini, uno visibilmente nervoso, l’altro con una calma quasi surreale su di lui, avessero camminato verso il centro, i bambini italiani che camminerebbero accanto …

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