Erasmus ProjecT youth@home .in-Italy

1. ERASMUS+
youth@home-
in.europe7° mobility-Pragersko, Slovenia
2/02/2020-8/02/2020

2. ITALY

3. Italy is a European country consisting
of a peninsula delimited by the Alps.
It is located in south-central Europe.
It shares land borders with France,
Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and
the enclaved microstates of Vatican
City and San Marino.
Its capital city is Rome, in Lazio
region.

4. Italian cuisine

5. The Mediterranean diet forms the basis of Italian
cuisine, rich in pasta, fish, fruits and vegetables
and characterised by its extreme simplicity and
variety. Dishes and recipes are often derivatives
from local and familial tradition rather than
created by chefs. Ingredients and dishes vary
widely by region.

6. Desserts have a long tradition of merging local
flavours such as citrus fruits, pistachio and
almonds with sweet cheeses like mascarpone
and ricotta or exotic tastes as cocoa, vanilla and
cinnamon.
Gelato, tiramisù and cassata are among the most
famous examples of Italian desserts, cakes and
patisserie.

7. Como
Elisa & Francesca
Erasmus ++

8. Lake
Lake Como, also known as Lario, is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area
of 146 square kilometres (56 sq mi), making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda
and Lake Maggiore. At over 400 metres (1,300 ft) deep, it is the fifth deepest lake in Europe
and the deepest in Italy.

9. During christmas holiday projectors are installed in the historyc centre that
project stories and lights with father crhistmas, elves, polar bears and
christmas tree. Last year Como was elected the most illuminated city in
Europe.
Christmas Holydays

10. Setificio
Paolo
Carcano
Our school

11. HISTORY
Setificio “Paolo Carcano” was born in Como in 1869.
In 1975 the Institute moved to its new location, the current one.
The school now offers two separate training courses, technical institute and
scientific high school, characterized by the common purpose of transmitting an
in-depth technical-scientific and humanistic training, in line with the indications
of the European Union.
PAOLO CARCANO

12. ITALIAN STEREOTYPES
TRUE OR FALSE?

13. Italians are the worst
drivers in the world
TRUE OR FALSE?

14. Italians are the worst
drivers in the world
FALSE
We could be the worst drivers in Europe, but
surely not in the world. We hear the driving in
China is pretty awful too.

15. Italians always eat spaghetti
with meatballs
TRUE OR FALSE?

16. Italians always eat spaghetti
with meatballs
FALSE
We do not eat spaghetti with meatballs. Maybe
with other types of pasta, but never with spaghetti
– This is probably because you have to cut
meatballs to eat them, and you can not risk cutting
the spaghetti, too.

17. Italians LOVE coffee
TRUE OR FALSE?

18. Italians LOVE coffee
TRUE
We do actually love coffee, or at least the
majority of Italian people love coffee. But it’s
not true that ALL Italians love it.

19. All Italians use the phrase
‘Mamma Mia!’
TRUE OR FALSE?

20. All Italians use the phrase
‘Mamma Mia!’
FALSE
‘Mamma Mia!’ is not such a common
expression.

21. Italians talk with their
hands
TRUE OR FALSE?

22. Italians talk with their
hands
TRUE
Italians do actually use their hands when they
talk. A gesture is part of a concept, and even if
we try to not move our hands while talking, we
cannot resist.

23. Italian families are
huge!
TRUE OR FALSE?

24. Italian families are huge!
TRUE
Italian families are very large. Until the previous
generation it was common to have more than
6 children. Lunches and dinners with the entire
family are not rare in Italy: happy weekly
reunions with just ‘a few uncles’. More or less
40 people.

25. Italian people are
really friendly.
TRUE OR FALSE?

26. Italian people are
really friendly.
TRUE
We are generally quite a bit friendlier than
other cultures, but don’t assume every single
person will be lovely to you: we all have our
bad days.

27. Italians = Pizza, Pasta
and Mandolino
TRUE OR FALSE?

28. Italians = Pizza, Pasta
and Mandolino
TRUE/FALSE
As you saw earlier, Italians do actually love
pizza and pasta but can someone explain
to me what exactly a mandolino is?

29. ITALIAN STEREOTYPESSo, as you can see, not all of the well-known
Italian stereotypes are true, and those that
actually are may not apply to every single
person. Most of them come from our love for
food, which, remember, is and always will be
true.

30. The end