What are you doing?

I don’t even know. It’s from a book about languages my friend’s been reading. (it’s creepy that I can understand it …)

It was actually invented with that purpose: anyone who spoke any European language should be able to understand esperanto. It was meant to be a lingua franca.

STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING Y’ALL AND TELL ME IF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS

I,understand about a half of it, I speak some dutch

“What Happened? Did your computer catch a virus? Did you suddenly develop BSE [mad cow disease]?”

Between German, English, Latin, a bit of French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian that was actually pretty readable to me.

I speak English and a very little spanish, and I can read it. 

Super legible and I love it.

There are a few movies done partly or entirely in Esperanto, the most famous probably being Leslie Stevens’ Incubus (1966), a horror film starring William Shatner!

I only speak two languages (English and Spanish) and I got this loud and clear

I have actually understood the 98%. I am impressed! :D

BAGHERIA - VILLA ARAGONA CUTO’

Verso la fine del 1700, diminuendo le scorrerie dei pirati turchi, i vari principi e nobile palermitani spostarono la loro residenza estiva a Bagheria dove vennero realizzate per accoglierli bellissime ed eleganti ville. Il principe d’Aragona fu uno di questi che realizzò, in un luogo allora isolato,  una splendida villa che poi vendette ai principi Filageri di Cutò, una delle famiglie nobili siciliani più antiche e gloriose. Il Principe di Lampedusa, l’autore del libro “il Gattopardo”, discendente per parte materna dai Filangeri, vendette la villa a dei borghesi locali che la cedettero in seguito al comune di Bagheria. E’ difficile trovare foto relative all’interno della villa trasformata in museo, solo l’instancabile Francesco (www.francescoinviaggio.it) riporta nel suo sito alcune foto del suo bellissimo interno, ricco di pavimenti in maiolica, e stupendi affreschi dell’instancabile ed onnipresente Borremans.

Towards the end of the 1700s, diminishing the raids of the Turkish pirates, the various princes and noble Palermo moved their summer residence to Bagheria where enormous and elegant villas were built to welcome them. The prince of Aragon was one of these who built, in a place then isolated, a splendid villa which he then sold to the princes Filageri di Cutò, one of the most ancient and glorious Sicilian noble families. The Prince of Lampedusa, the author of the book “the Leopard”, a descendant on his mother’s side from the Filangeri, sold the villa to local bourgeois who sold it to the municipality of Bagheria. It is difficult to find relative photos inside the villa transformed into a museum, only the tireless Francesco (www.francescoinviaggio.it) reports on his site some photos of his beautiful interior, rich in majolica floors, and stupendous frescoes by the tireless and ubiquitous Borremans.

Moments from Amalfi by NINA TEKWANI

Live from Sicily! Yesterday, after closing our two-week private tour (What a wonderful time I had with the family!), I headed to Salemi, a truly undiscovered treasure in Trapani Province. I met with @visitborgosalemi to learn more about this fascinating town and how we can collaborate to share it with @experiencesicily clients. I’m thrilled about the possibilities! Grazie Valerio per la tua ospitalità! #salemi #trapani #hiddencorners #castle #castello #sangiuseppe #saintjosephsday #saintjoseph #flowers #wildflowers #experiencesicily #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #sizilien #italy #italia #italien #sicilyvacation #sicilians_world #ig_sicily #instasicilia #gf_italy #siculamenteDoc #sicily_tricolors #ig_visitsicily #Sicilia_PhotoGroup #smallgrouptours #traveltogether #authenticsicily #smallgrouptoursitaly (at Salemi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwy0LU4lulA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11jl03du21kbi