Learn how to say, “Crazy Stuff” in Italian. Find out why it can be 2 AM in Rome, but 8 AM in Philadelphia. Learn how to make homemade pizza. Sit in the Coliseum. Walk the old Roman roads. Eat 1000 different flavors of gelati (ice cream). Play soccer. Make new Italian friends. Sell your annoying brother for a Smart Car. You will learn and experience all of this and much more when you come with Marbella and her family on their trip to Italy in “Roaming with the Romans: When in Rome.”
Marbella’s parents have traveled the world, but a major trip like this – to another continent! – is a first for the young girl. Determined to keep tabs on everything she learns on her big adventure, she writes a blog called Bella’s blog that is updated throughout the book. It is jam packed with awesome tips and helpful advice for anybody traveling to foreign lands. Especially kids.
“Roaming with the Romans” is a fun tale that takes you along for the ride as Marbella makes new friends and even gets to hang out with some really interesting relatives she never even knew that she had. There are also great stories about food, getting along in a country where they speak a different language than you do, and learning what it’s like to be a kid in Italy. It’s filled with lots of good humor, too, especially when it comes to her little brother who she loves…even though it sometimes seems that his purpose in life is to get on her nerves.
As you flip through these pages, you will be fascinated by just how different – and how alike – life is for people who live thousands of miles away from you. But Marbella not only learns about life in Italy, she also discovers some really cool stuff about herself. Reading this book is like being in Italy without paying thousands of dollars to get there. So hurry up! They are calling the final passengers to board the plane to Rome. Your Italian adventure starts now.
Marbella’s parents have traveled the world, but a major trip like this – to another continent! – is a first for the young girl. Determined to keep tabs on everything she learns on her big adventure, she writes a blog called Bella’s blog that is updated throughout the book. It is jam packed with awesome tips and helpful advice for anybody traveling to foreign lands. Especially kids.
“Roaming with the Romans” is a fun tale that takes you along for the ride as Marbella makes new friends and even gets to hang out with some really interesting relatives she never even knew that she had. There are also great stories about food, getting along in a country where they speak a different language than you do, and learning what it’s like to be a kid in Italy. It’s filled with lots of good humor, too, especially when it comes to her little brother who she loves…even though it sometimes seems that his purpose in life is to get on her nerves.
As you flip through these pages, you will be fascinated by just how different – and how alike – life is for people who live thousands of miles away from you. But Marbella not only learns about life in Italy, she also discovers some really cool stuff about herself. Reading this book is like being in Italy without paying thousands of dollars to get there. So hurry up! They are calling the final passengers to board the plane to Rome. Your Italian adventure starts now.
