Keeping Italy alive from home-5 immersion tips

Italian is a way of life that we Italophiles try to imbibe. Since most of us have not visited Italy for months or possibly years, we’re all aching to go back and feel that life again. Right now the prospects seem to be limited or almost zero. So instead, let’s live like an Italian, keeping Italy alive from home with these 5 immersion tips! Give it a read and tell me how many you follow.

Keeping Italy alive from home – 5 immersion tips

1. Start your morning with the Moka Pot

My husband and I start our day with fresh Indian coffee in an Italian moka. I emphasize that my mornings instantly are better at the thought of my gleaming and well used tricolor moka pot.

After all, what can be better than the gurgling sound of the Bialetti Moka Pot before I begin to check my work calendar!

Mornings with the moka pot are the best way to immerse in the Italian lifestyle from afar. Follow me on my IG Stories as I share my daily morning coffee routine. It’s a fun way to keeping the Italian in me alive!

2. Cook like an Italian

Cooking Italian food at home is the best way to keeping Italy alive at home. There’s so much regional food to explore, know and understand bit by bit when it comes to “Italian food”. I rarely share my cooking on social media but I’m a considerably good Italian cook.

For instance, when it comes to making pasta, I always make it al dente, thinking of my Italian friends who might judge me for keeping it “la scotta”.

I also try to use Italian olive oil and passata (uncooked purée) when I cook. We get Mutti’s delicious passata easily here in Delhi.

While I’m not really a cookbook person, I know a lot of you are. So I recommend you to check these Italian cookbooks if you’re trying to immerse in the Italian lifestyle through food.

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3. Explore the Rai Play App

Another way for keeping Italy alive at home is immersion with the Rai Play app. You will find this on your App store/Play store. It is one of the best and most underrated ways to watching Italian television at home. While not all the programs are possible to view on Rai Play, there are enough that are free in my region. I often see the Italian news just to keep in touch with what’s going on in Italy and also hear the sound of the language.

Download the app and start watching and immersing in the Italian way of living. You’ll love it!

4. Book a conversation on Italki

Another excellent way to keeping Italy alive at home is immersion with Italki. A language learning platform, Italki is the perfect way to bringing the language at home. If you can’t afford to go for a full language immersion program, book a conversation lesson on Italki costs for as less as $5!

5. Enroll at the Local Italian Cultural Centre

Another fabulous way to immerse to keeping Italy alive at home is to enroll at the Italian Cultural Centre in your city. All the big cities have these centers that are directly affiliated to the Italian Embassy and maybe now even the small towns (it depends where you are!).

These Cultural centers have regular events, movie screenings, exhibits etc going on. Nowadays, a lot of it is done virtually and is therefore another excellent way to keeping Italy alive from home!

Apart from these 5 immersion tips, what else do you do? Comment below to share! 🙂

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