We’re off to Turin soon, and as BA have cancelled our return flight, staying for longer than planned. Any tips for nice eats, bars, record shops etc?
Extra marks for any vegetarian recco’s
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Well it’s always been my dream to visit the test track at the top of the old FIAT Lingotto factory. It’s supposed to be a fancy schmancy hotel these days, but might be worth a visit.
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Daughters BF is from Torino, I’ll try and catch up with him at weekend.
Grazie mille 
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‘Italian Job’ tours. Sounds like you get to ride around in someone’s Mini for $344
Yooo best record shops of Turin are:
Borderline Record Shop Fabio Biancu (@borderlinerecordshop) • Instagram photos and videos
Militant Soul Militant Soul | Record Shop (@militantsoul_torino) • Instagram photos and videos
Dualismo Discodiffusione Dualismo Discodiffusione (@dualismo_discodiffusione) • Instagram photos and videos
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Two eateries via daughter > bf > BF’s mate 
Vegan
Couple more grub spots:
Thank you, forum was down the whole time we were there! Heading back in a few days though so all not lost.
Enjoy this small-town record shop I found
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Hijacking this vaguely appropriate thread so apologies in advance, anyone got any top tips for learning Italian?
There are no adult ed places around here and tried the likes of duolingo.
Meeting the parents of daughters bf in May and need to get my Italian wiggle on…
Grazie reggazi
(Slightly terrified of the thought)
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40% of the language is hand gestures, so you’re in luck.
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Right there with you. I was able to secure Italian citizenship via ancestry back in 2020. It’s been a project for my wife and I. Duolingo is great for passive knowledge - the only real advantage is that it makes it easy to do a bit every day consistently. I can now read newspaper articles etc.
There are a number of podcasts for Italian learners - we bought a Bluetooth speaker for the shower and always try to have it on while we’re in the bathroom.
Speaking is the tough piece and I would recommend utilizing meetup groups - this will pull you out of your shell and force you to use that muscle.
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I have a good amount of ‘words’ but nothing conversational, this ‘Meet the Parents’ is the kick up I need.
Total bonus if it’s getting that serious and they do get wed me and the Mrs will be able to move to Italy. Seems like a win win in my eyes!
Gracie!
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One tip we have been told for getting my son through Spanish GCSE is to use language subtitles on the telly. If you can.
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The most English bit of Italian I know:
Come stai (how are you)?
Non ce male grazie (not bad thanks)
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Agree with DreamBeam - you need to set up conversations either online or via a college or restaurant. I used to do this when I was learning Spanish. In those days you literally stuck ads up on trees with sellotape!
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You have to pronounce that correctly if you don’t want lots of visitors.
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…and for gawd’s sake don’t add an ‘n’ to the end!
The only piece of Italian you’ll need right here…
“chi devi scopare per trovare negozi di dischi decenti in questa città?”
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Hahaha, just googled that, and who changed the thread title, excellent! 