{"id":4500,"date":"2020-05-04T13:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4500"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:01:17","slug":"italy-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/italy-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Italy: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting the coastline of Riomaggiore, assembling a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.venetianmasksociety.com\/How-to-Make-a-Venetian-Mask_ep_38-1.html\"> Venetian mask<\/a>, or creating your own Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagazzettaitaliana.com\/history-culture\/7637-glass-art-of-italy-mosaic\">mosaic tiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museivaticani.va\/content\/museivaticani\/en\/collezioni\/musei\/tour-virtuali-elenco.html\">virtual tour<\/a> of the Vatican\u2019s collections.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Italy include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roman Holiday (1953)<\/li>\n<li>Eat Pray Love (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Life is Beautiful (1997)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Ponder the ancient gladiator and ship battles that took place in the Colosseum, icons of the Italian renaissance, or Italy\u2019s turbulent World War II past. Then, tour some of Italy\u2019s ancient history and modern marvels with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CecZb5DjGKg\">virtual reality video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Room with A View<\/em> by E. M. Forster<\/li>\n<li><em>Under the Tuscan Sun<\/em> by Frances Maye<\/li>\n<li><em>The City of Falling Angels<\/em> by John Berendt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3AAdKl1UYZs\">cooking class<\/a> with your travel group, or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try focaccia, bruschetta, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/recipe\/oven-polenta-with-roasted-mushrooms-and-thyme\">polenta with mushrooms<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nCall up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/course\/it\/en\/Learn-Italian\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nItaly has the most UNESCO World Heritage sites in the world\u2026there are 55 in total!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting the coastline of Riomaggiore, assembling a Venetian mask, or creating your own Italian mosaic tiles. Need more inspiration? Check out this virtual tour of the Vatican\u2019s collections. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Italy include: <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/italy-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4501,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4500","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4502,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4500\/revisions\/4502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}