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A Occhio e Croce: The Italian Way to Guesstimate

A Occhio e Croce: The Italian Way to Guesstimate

Learn the meaning of the Italian expression “a occhio e croce.” This blog post explains its use in everyday speech, fun cultural origins, and examples. Improve your Italian with Matta!

#StudentessaMatta #LearnItalian #ItalianExpressions #AOcchioECroce #ItalianIdioms #MattaLanguageTips #ImparareItaliano

Firenze ti aspetta! Unisciti al programma Matta di

Firenze ti aspetta! Unisciti al programma Matta di settembre 2025

Florence is waiting for you! Join the 2025 September Matta Program

Vieni con me a Firenze! Una settimana da sogno ti aspetta!Come with me to Florence! A dream week awaits you!
#FlorenceWithMatta #ItalianLanguageImmersion #ItalianMeFlorence #MattaFlorence2025 #studentessamatta #StudyItalianInItaly

https://www.studentessamatta.com/florence-matta-italian-language-program-2025/

A occhio e croce! — Un’espressione italiana tu

A occhio e croce! — Un’espressione italiana tutta da... indovinare!

A Occhio e Croce!"— An Italian Expression That's a Total Guessing Game!
#AOcchioECroce #ImparareItaliano #ItalianExpressions #ItalianIdioms #LearnItalian #MattaLanguageTips #studentessamatta

https://www.studentessamatta.com/a-occhio-e-croce-italian-expression-meaning/

The (Very) Long Road Home from Rome! After a wonde

The (Very) Long Road Home from Rome!
After a wonderful adventure in Italy, the journey back was… well, epic.

We boarded the plane in Rome and then sat on the tarmac for one and a half hours before taking off. Ten hours later, we finally touched down in Newark, only to sit on the tarmac again — for another two hours! — waiting for a gate to deplane. 🛬😮‍💨

Of course, by then I’d missed my connecting flight to Austin. So… an unexpected overnight stay in Newark it was.

Now I’m up at the crack of dawn catching a 6 a.m. flight — bleary-eyed — with cappuccino in hand 🇮🇹❤️

You can take the girl out of Italy but you can’t take Italy out of the girl!

Join Us This Fall in Florence! 🇮🇹  A few s

On the autostrada headed to Fiumicino… Last st

On the autostrada headed to Fiumicino…

Last stop at the Autogrill! Snagged a bottle of Coke “battezzata Melissa”—only because they didn’t have one labeled “Matta!” 😛😂

Clearly Coca-Cola isn’t ready for this level of pazza!

Pasta al vongole! L’ultima cena al mare a Gaeta.

Pasta al vongole! L’ultima cena al mare a Gaeta. 😋

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