The country I picked to research was Italy. It is located in southern Europe, right on the Mediterranean Sea. Italy is such an amazing country with so much culture! I chose Italy because I am 50% Italian and I have a lot of family there. Italy has a president and a prime minister. The president is elected by the people, and the prime minister is chosen by the president. The president is named Sergio Mattarella. The prime minister of Italy is Matteo Renzi, and he was elected in February of 2014. He is 39 years old, which makes him the youngest prime minister in Italian history. I think he is a good prime minister and he will do great things for Italy. Meals in Italy are very different from meals in the U.S., but a similarity is that families usually eat dinner together. Meals in Italy usually start at about 7:00 to 8:00 in the north, and can start as late as 8:30 to 9:30 in the south. The reason why they eat so late there is because they have a huge lunch there. I think this is better than the United States because we eat all big meals. Pizza and pasta both originated there. Music is also very important in Italy. Opera, pianos, and musical notation were all invented there. At music festivals in Sicily, a popular dance called a Tarantella is typically performed. Italy was a very interesting country to research. I learned a lot, and I hope you did too!
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I'm very interested in hearing what you have to say about Italy during your presentation, especially since you are half Italian! Many Europeans eat later in the evening-partly because they have a HUGE lunch. Their bigger meals are in the afternoon so that makes for time in the evening to get hungry. I would love to travel there someday and experience the culture!
ReplyDeleteI liked the dancing and the pizza about Italy it is so fantastic ya.
ReplyDeleteYou did an amazing job on your presentation! I thought it was interesting learning about how late some parts of Italy eat at. There is also many popular dances in India as well. You did an amazing job and I learned a lot by watching.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your blog. It is cool that you are half italian. It was also interesting how people eat dinner so late in Italy. I would not want to eat dinner that way because it is so late. Great job!
ReplyDeleteItalys culture is different and alike France because the both have a prime minister and a president but yours have a term of 7 years and mine have a term of 5 years also both of our country's are located in Europe
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job presenting and I learned a lot like how they use brick ovens to bake pizza and the certain dances. I also think it's cool that they eat dinner really late and for a long long time.
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ReplyDeleteYou did a good job presenting. It was cool to learn that Italy has a president and a prime minister just like Syria. It was cool to learn about how late Italy people eat and how they have a big lunch. Syrians do not eat dinner that late. I liked learning about the Italian dictator that worked with Hitler. It sounded like he was tearing the country down just like Bashar al-assad.
DeleteYou did awesome Sophie! I didn't know that the prime minister of Italy was Matteo Renzi! In Ethiopia, one of the main leader is Mulatu Teshome. Also, you said some popular foods are pizza and pasta, but in Ethiopia one common meal is mesir wat. In conclusion, I thought you did great.
ReplyDeleteYour county food is known for pizza and pasta mine is gyros.
ReplyDeleteI thought is was cool to learn about italy's food. because they have nothing like it in Madagascar. I thought the pizza was cool I like that kind of pizza. There is nothing like that in italy. the music is similar in Madagascar. Well I enjoyed your presentation I hope you enjoyed mine.
ReplyDeleteI thought that you had a really good presentation. I think it's cool how that Italy's most common food is pizza and pasta while Costa Rica's is the Casado which consists of fried plantains, eggs, lettuce, beans, chopped vegetables, rice, and either fish or chicken.
ReplyDeleteSophie I loved reading your blog! I was really interested about reading the food. Isn't bread an important part of Italy to? Good job!!
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