One of the first things Caterina must do after her plane lands in Italy is to find her way on the Italian railway system. To listen to dialogues from Chapters 4 and 5 about Caterina’s encounters as she buys a ticket and boards a train in Italy, go to the interactive dialogues on our website at 
Italian Playing Cards - Scopa Cards
Scopa Playing Cards
Italian Playing Cards are authentic Italian decks from Italy. Playing Italian Card games is a popular past time in the Country of Italy and many people play the games of Scopa and Briscola. Italian playing cards most commonly consist of 40 cards (4 suits from 1-7 and 3 face cards). The three face cards in each deck are the King, Cavallo (calvary man) and Fante (Infantry Man), except in the French region (see below) which uses a Queen instead of a Cavallo in the Italian Deck. Read more »
