Something that I find particularly stimulating about living abroad is to learn how the “other” views my country, its politics, society, people, and so on. In business, it’s not uncommon to find companies that promote themselves with the banner, ” What our customers have said about our products”, or something along those lines. The title of this post is intended to prompt Italian readers to consider what the “other” is saying about Italy, a task which has been made exceedingly simple since the advent of internet. The following links may be of interest to select readers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/weekinreview/07donadio.html?ref=todayspaper

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n05/ande01_.html

For anyone who wants to listen to clearly and slowly pronounced American English, this site is ideal: http://www.npr.org/about/.

Not only is the language clear, but the content is reliable, interesting, and at times even stimulating. You can find information on a variety of topics.

Anyone who has SKY can listen to a live NPR feed on channel 9600.

Fabbrì – Va bene, così??