This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 164.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns

and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of

Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes,

history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures

there, you've come to the right place.

Ciao, benvenuti friends. Today we're going to have a quick Italian lesson with my friend Michelle Froller, also known as the Intrepid Guide.

It's always a good idea to learn some of the language before you visit any country, and especially Italy, such a beautiful language.

Now, in my mind, it's basic good manners. But sometimes people don't know

where to start or how to go about it. So there's a few ways you can do this. Lots of people like

the free app, Joylingo, others like a more structured online course, and others like to listen

along to podcasts or watch YouTube videos. But if you want a fun way to learn Italian

quickly before your trip, Michelle has developed a method to get you travel ready with the key

phrases and words that you'll be using when you finally make it to Italy. She's going to share a few

of them today with me as her student. Feel free to practice along with us and you can find out how to take

this one step further at the end of the show. We'll get started after this quick break.

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