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Practical Italy

A guide to navigating the practical things in Italy such as bus stops, road signs, buying tickets and shopping. From a beautiful Lake Como perspective.

​And also from a Padua perspective.

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26/1/2015

 
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The words you need to recognise are:
ricevuta - receipt
vino - wine
bibite - soft drinks (including water)
antipasto - starter or appetizer
primo piatto - first course (often pasta or soup)
secondo piatto - second course or main course
contorno - side dish (usually veg or salad)
formaggio - cheese
dessert - no need to translate!
caffe - coffee
liquori - liqueurs (like brandy or whisky, etc)
Note how euro prices are written with a comma: So 147 euros are 147,00.
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It's not that often that you are going to go for all the courses: antipasto, primo, secondo, formaggio, dessert (unless you are very hungry, have lots of time and money is no object!). Some restaurants have a buffet-type selection of antipasti which is a great way of sampling lots of different titbits.

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