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#45 La Romantica (English)

The elderly man sitting in front of me at the dinner table squeezes his eyes a little as he looks at me. We have been chatting for some hours already while enjoying the most delicious pasta and for the last couple of minutes I realise that he is trying to fathom me, the seemingly so …

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#12 It’s the little things… (English)

Imagine, you’re in a restaurant or in a bar somewhere in Italy, and you urgently have to go to the toilet. You follow the sign which probably leads you down a narrow staircase where you eventually find the toilet. One for the ladies, one for the gentlemen. Luckily, it isn’t occupied and you rush inside …

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#12 Het zijn de kleine dingen… (Nederlands)

Stel je voor, je bent in Italië in een restaurant of in een caféetje, en je moet nodig naar het toilet. Je volgt het bordje, moet waarschijnlijk half achter de bar langs een smalle trap omlaag en treft dan beneden inderdaad het toilet aan. Eén heren – en één damestoilet. Maar gelukkig, hij is vrij, …

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#12 Sono le piccole cose… (Italiano)

Immagini di essere in un ristorante o in un bar da qualche parte in Italia e di dover andare urgentemente al bagno. Segui il cartello che probabilmente ti porta giù per una stretta scalinata dove alla fine trovi il bagno. Uno per le signore, uno per i signori. Per fortuna non è occupato e ti …

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