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Anna and Marika tell us about their favorite games and how they had fun as children.

Everything you need to know about buying a used car! Join Francesca as she talks to the the dealer, and get up to speed on your automobile vocabulary.

Have breakfast with Adriano! He gives us a vast menu of possibilities for starting out the morning right.

Everyone loves the summer, the hottest time of year. But make sure to protect yourself from the sun.

Adriano introduces us to his girlfriend, Vladi. She is pretty, sociable and speaks five languages. He talks about their common interests and hopes their relationship will last forever.

Mondello is where the people of Palermo go to the beach. At the beginning of the 20th century, however, it was a still a swamp surrounded by two promontories. A nobleman had the idea of draining it out to the sea, and the beach of Mondello was created. Adriano tells us about the place, and about a gastronomical specialty called the "arancine".

The picnickers are joined by another couple, who have just returned from a trip to India. After a brief disucssion about Indian food, they all agree that Italian food is the best in the world.

Eleanora explains how tambourines are made and plays a few notes from the Pizzica and Tarantella dances. The Pizzica was used in the past for exorcising the possessed.

Our two picnickers are talking about their pets. The woman has a nice dog and the man has a grey cat. How about you? And which do you like better, dogs or cats?

Our two picnickers are hungry, but before having something to eat they take out a bottle of wine and talk about how it should be tasted.

Learn Italian and how to tango at the same time! Adriano, with the help of his girlfriend, Vladi, a professional dancer, explains the basic steps of this dance, which has its origins in the ghettos of Buenos Aires.

"Stella Stellina" [Star, little star) is a lullaby which repeats the names of farm animals and lulls children to sleep.

The seasons divide up the solar year. In astronomical terms, a season is the interval of time between an equinox and a solstice, which is why there are four seasons, each of which lasts three months independently of geographical location. Adriano describes the seasons in Sicily, where he lives.

Do you already know the names of geometric figures in Italian? Review now with Marika and her very helpful little assistant, Nicolas.

In this second and final segment of "La Bohème", Anna, as Lucia, goes on to tell us about her life. What will become of her?