I got the skinny on what Italian girls are LOVING right now from my new friend Federica Panariello! She grew up in Italy, but now she is living in the States for a year to attend an American high school!
Charlotte Ramsey: Hey Fede! So, what kind of music are Italian girls listening to right now?
Fede Panariello: Hi Charlotte! In Italy, girls who are about 12 or 13 think a good idol is Hannah Montana. All the artists of the Disney Channel are really popular.
CR: What about TV shows? Are Disney Channel shows popular, too?
FP: Disney Channel shows are really popular, but there is also an animated show called Winx Club that is really popular, too.
CR: Italy is known for being one of the most fashionable areas of Europe. What are girls my age wearing right NOW?
FP: The jeans are straighter at the end, and shirts are not as long as they are here. Important designers are Phard, Denny Rose, Sweet Years, and Baci & Abbracci.
CR: What are some popular pastimes of girls when they’re not at school and doing homework and stuff?
FP: Sports are our life! We like soccer, swimming, and volleyball.
CR: Awesome! Thanks, Fede!
ITALY FAST FACTS:
Country name: Italia (Italy)
Capital: Roma (Rome)
President: Giorgio Napolitano
Languages spoken: Italiano (Italian)
FAMOUS SIGHTS:
The Coliseum: Located in Rome, this ancient stadium once seated 60,000 spectators of competitions among gladiators. Yikes! Also in Rome are the ancient ruins of the Roman Forum, which is where Julius Caesar conducted his business around 63 BC.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa: Yep, it really DOES lean to one side! Almost from the get-go in the year 1360, this building began tipping over at the rate of 1 millimeter per year until it was reinforced in 1999.
Venice: This breathtaking city was built on top of 117 small islands! So, inside the city is a network of 150 canals and 409 bridges so that people can get around. Venice also has many tourist attractions, like St. Mark’s Basilica, which is a famous cathedral in St. Mark’s Square (also home to, like, a billion pigeons!).
Florence: Like Venice, Florence is an amazing city filled with beautiful things—churches, plazas, art, and architecture. In fact, Florence was where a ton of artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo created their most famous works 500 years ago during the Renaissance.
MAMA MIA! ITALIAN WORDS TO KNOW:
Ciao = Hello
Grazie = Thank you
Si = Yes
Mi scusi = Excuse me
Buon giorno = Good morning
Buona sera = Good evening
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Charlotte Ramsey: Hey Fede! So, what kind of music are Italian girls listening to right now?
Fede Panariello: Hi Charlotte! In Italy, girls who are about 12 or 13 think a good idol is Hannah Montana. All the artists of the Disney Channel are really popular.
CR: What about TV shows? Are Disney Channel shows popular, too?
FP: Disney Channel shows are really popular, but there is also an animated show called Winx Club that is really popular, too.
CR: Italy is known for being one of the most fashionable areas of Europe. What are girls my age wearing right NOW?
FP: The jeans are straighter at the end, and shirts are not as long as they are here. Important designers are Phard, Denny Rose, Sweet Years, and Baci & Abbracci.
CR: What are some popular pastimes of girls when they’re not at school and doing homework and stuff?
FP: Sports are our life! We like soccer, swimming, and volleyball.
CR: Awesome! Thanks, Fede!
ITALY FAST FACTS:
Country name: Italia (Italy)
Capital: Roma (Rome)
President: Giorgio Napolitano
Languages spoken: Italiano (Italian)
FAMOUS SIGHTS:
The Coliseum: Located in Rome, this ancient stadium once seated 60,000 spectators of competitions among gladiators. Yikes! Also in Rome are the ancient ruins of the Roman Forum, which is where Julius Caesar conducted his business around 63 BC.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa: Yep, it really DOES lean to one side! Almost from the get-go in the year 1360, this building began tipping over at the rate of 1 millimeter per year until it was reinforced in 1999.
Venice: This breathtaking city was built on top of 117 small islands! So, inside the city is a network of 150 canals and 409 bridges so that people can get around. Venice also has many tourist attractions, like St. Mark’s Basilica, which is a famous cathedral in St. Mark’s Square (also home to, like, a billion pigeons!).
Florence: Like Venice, Florence is an amazing city filled with beautiful things—churches, plazas, art, and architecture. In fact, Florence was where a ton of artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo created their most famous works 500 years ago during the Renaissance.
MAMA MIA! ITALIAN WORDS TO KNOW:
Ciao = Hello
Grazie = Thank you
Si = Yes
Mi scusi = Excuse me
Buon giorno = Good morning
Buona sera = Good evening
you tell us ... 
My favorite thing about Italy is the beautiful buildings… and the FOOD! I love pizza, pasta, and that special ice cream called gelato. What are your favorite Italian treats?
Your friend,
Your friend,
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i love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love LOVE LOVE love love love love love love love LEEEOOOOVVEEEEEEE italian food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  . its my favorite! yay |
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I don't know a lot about Italian food but I do know that if I had to choose between pizza or pasta..... It would definety by pizza.  |
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| OH!! MY DREAM IS TO GO TO ITALY!!! its been my dream for as long as i can remember!! im almost 100% Italian...but never have been!! what a romantic and beautiful place to be!! My dream is to get married in a Roman Catholic Church in Rome, Italy!! HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE!!??!! | |
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I love gelato,spagetti,PIZZA. I also love swimming and volleyball.I also love fashion,the show Winx Club,I kinda like Hannah Montana. p.s. I am not Italian   |
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I really like to learn new things, so my family is taking me on a Medditerranean cruise in a few days. I get to go to Italy!! |
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My favorite thing is the gelato and the leaning tower of pisa. |
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| so u've been 2 alot of places i guess.COOL!!!!!and by the way,i LOVE!!France!it's,like,1 of my fav. countries!actully it's my #1 fav.country! | |
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I have never been to Italy, but I really want to go. My fave Italy treat is GELATO!!! They have some gelato places around me now, so I get it sometimes. I think it's really cool that you get to travel the world and write. Those are 2 of my fave things to do. reader818 |
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i just went to nyc this weekend and i went to little italy and the gelato was great i learned that gelato means ice cream in italian it wuz really good i cant wait to have some more gelato! redsoxfreak24 |
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I oways dream 2 go 2 italy...I lurb d delicious italian food!!!wish me & ma fwen & even my fav couz would go shopping there |
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You know I would love to try Italian food! This sounds weird but I LOVE pickles |
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I have always wanted to go to Italy!! It would be soooo cool to go there someday! I have never been anywhere out of the United States  P.S. Maybe there can be a contest for a chance to go to Italy sometime! Just a suggestion! |
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i love pizza too we should talk once in the while okay?!!!! |
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chobyrox, Long plane ride? The nonstop from Boston to Hong Kong was a LONG plane ride. (I was on it lol.) (Sorry about the unnessecary spaces.) (I am using an old PC.) |
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Dear P0nicrazy, My cousin went to Italy 2 or 3 summers ago and she loved it. Just be prepared for a LONG plane ride!  |
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I love Italian food and would love to go there someday. |
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I love pizza! And pasta. There is an awesome Italian restaurant near where I live, and I love the food there! |
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all the awesome food i love it. yummy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! charlotte i totally agree! i love pasta.... |
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i think the old, unique buildings are real interesting and beatiful. italy is a beatiful place to go, and i'm going soon! when i'll get back i'll fill you in. gelatto/gelatti are awesome. i had a caramel one. mmm! |
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I had gelatto for the first time at this little resturant and it was so good! The only difference is that gelatto is made with skim milk, so its better for you too. |
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| GELATO!!! guess what?!? I AM GOING TO ITALY THIS SUMMER AND I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! | |
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| my favorite place is domincan republic is so cool and fun bye | |
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| My favorite treats are gelato and cannoli's and also a custard like treat from Italy but i don't know the name of it. | |
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I love the pizza and the spicy food!Thank you for asking! |
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i am in love with italy  and i love italy is so awsome because thier is romantic their and passion. |
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| I like italy becuae it is fun to explore also the food is osome. | |
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Oh my gosh, they have been starting to open gelato places around here, it's so good! Also it's healthy! |
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| I like the mountain ranges (thats all I've seen) as well I once saw 5 nuns getting gas!! | |
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Italy sounds cool. I never knew that Italian girls my age liked Hannah Montana, Disney Channel, and the Winx Club. -MaeveKatani- |
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carly, OMG! When you have a chance, go to italy! If you like fashion, great food, and appreciate beautiful scenes and landscaping, you'll luv it! Arrivederci, livrox101 |
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abz, I totally agree with you! When in rome do what the romans do! Ciao,! |
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livrox101
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| OMG! I go to Italy every year! I love the beautiful sights of Rome and Milan, The gelato, and the pizza. The little cafe's and creme filled crosants are good too! | |
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| I am italian. I went to italy last year and really found out about my ancestors. I LOVED this interview so much thanx! | |
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| Italy is so awesome and i cant wait to visit when i gwt older it's gonna be so fun | |
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I think that Italy has the best pastries!Also anything made there is always the best quality. --abz |
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| GELATO IS AMAZING!!! I love Penne in spicy arrabiata sauce! yumm.... | |
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Ciao! Buona Sera Charlotte! I love Italia!! What is there not to like about italy? The food is AMAZING, there's great culture, and history, did i mention the food? Grazie! awesomej9 |
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| i heard you went to paris and saw the eiffel tower there, cool! | |
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it sounds awesome!!!i've only been out of the country twice, and only out of the continent once.so its always interesting to learn about other countries for when i can SOMEDAY visit them!lol. xoxo gymnast97 |
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| sure we can be friends. Italy is amazing except when you live there it's kinda like NYC you see the slums and all. One time we were in a pizza place and this guy comes in and starts yelling lol. It has lots of cool history but it is H-O-T!! I miss it tho. | |
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| I would love to go to Italy! my friend went there for like 3 weeks last summer. My great-grandma was and orphan from Italy, so my family is really italian. i have never been there but I would like to!! | |
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hey ROCKERCHIC88: what's Italy like? I have always wanted to go there!!!!!please respond, and want to be friends? xoxo gymnast97 |
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| Italy is awesome i am almost all Italian and lived there for some of my life! it is sooo cool! | |
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I LUVVVVV ITALY I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GO TO ITALY FOR A LONG TIME NOW. MY FAMILY AND I R TRYING TO GET THERE SOME TIME IN THE NEXT YEAR BUT I DONT KNOW. I HEARD THEY HAVE GREAT FOOD AND THEY R LIKE THE FASHION COUTRY. IF U HAVE BEEN THERE WHAT IS IT LIKE? THAT IS MY GOAL IIN LIFE TO GO TO ITALY FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS AND JUST TOUR AND BUY STUFF ALL AROUND ITALY. IF IT HELPS ANY I LOVE ITALIAN FOOD. |
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maevegrl219
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im italian (and proud!) and i really liked this interveiw with fede! i only went to italy once last year, and we are going again this year. i didn't know about the designer stuff, but it sounds cool!  |
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I went 2 Venice. We rode on a boat and it was awsome! My little sister got lost there! It was funny! She was chasing the pigeons and then she didn't know that we already left. When we noticed that she wasn't with us, we started searching and I found her crying on the floor!! PS. Why r there so many masks there? |
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| I went 2 Italy just for 3 days. So we got to eat pizza only once. And guess what? It was much worse than the ones I'm used to!!! It was hard and tasted like plain bread!! But ofcourse it probably isn't like that everywhere! Maybe the restaurant we went 2 wasn't good enough? | |
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I've never been to Italy but my mom has. She said the pizza WASN"T GOOD!!  She said it was to flat |
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Wow! iI have been to Italy many times and I love it there. The great fresh italian made pizza, the ice cream, and lovely sights! You never know what you can see in Italy! |
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Pizza and spaghetti they are so delicious and ... Italian! |
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| Italy is wonderful. I love taramisu! It is so amazing! | |
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Rainbowgirl7
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| I'm also 1/4 Italian . I love Italy, it's a really pretty contry. My mother said we might move there some day. If we do i'll be sooo happy! | |
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Last summer I went to Italy. WOW was it SO cool. The food is great especially the gelato! ( Thatt is italian ice cream!) |
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| My favorite Italian treats are pizza and pasta. I also want to hang out with you in Venice and Florence. | |
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I love pasta & pizza! I want to visit Italy and see Leaning Tower of Pisa! |
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Hey i love singing! it is a way to free myself..one of my fav. artist is Taylor swift! i'm actully listening to her right now..lol ~thanks LuVs! |
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| Oh yea Gemichick.It was a wunnereful time.I'm not quite sure if they've got school busses(i'll ask my parents).I took a photo with the gondalors. BYE NOW | |
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Hey dudes! I'm 1/4 Italian, so I am REALLY a huge fan of everything about Italy. My favorite Italian food is gnocchi. It's soft potato pasta with marinara sauce. It is so good! The first bite is soft and warm. Next u taste the fresh tomato sauce. I definitely recommend it the next time u go to an Italian restaurant!!!! Happyluckythingylover |
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I want to go to Italy soooooooooo bad!!!!!!! We havnt yet. My screen name is lv2laf, and I can definatly "laf" at the fact that we haven't!  |
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| I love everything Italian! Canneloni, pizza, ravioli, lasagna, spaghetti, garlic bread and gelato! I'm also something, like a 1/16 italian, so i'm really into Italian stuff | |
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I love the history that Italy has right in it's backyard, it is so beautiful, it makes you feel special just looking around you at the scenery, my cousin went there on a college trip, and brought back, a hand blown necklace called venician glass. That is the second thing that i love about Italy. --abz |
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When I went to Italy I was about 6,5 or 4.My mom cooks really gooood italian food.It's sooo awesome the way she cooks it 123ilovebsg123. LoL . |
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| i've been to italy too. no wonder, as i live in its northern neighbouring country austria. i have been to venice and triest. | |
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| OMG Julia!!! aka smartiegal u r SOOOOO lucky to have gone to venice!!! how was it!!!! i have always wanted to go to venice to ride in a gondala at night and enjoy the buetifull city. do they have water school busses? (that would b OUTRAGEOUS!!!) | |
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| i want to go to italy so bad! i always that i am italian instead of american! | |
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| I luuuvvvvvv gelato!!! Best dessert/ice cream stuff EVER!!! (besides tiramisu and Sacher Tortes!) | |
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OMG i want to visit italy soooooooooooooooooooooo much!!! i am 100% italian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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I love Italian food too, Charlotte! I like baguettes and ravioli. ♥hermione23 |
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| Italy sounds really fun! i want to go there so bad now!!! | |
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Hi my name's Julia I have actually been to Italy.This is true!I've been to Venice where the gondolas are.I've been to Rome and the Coliseum,plus i've been to Florence i've stayed there for 6 weeks in Tucany, my mom used to live there. love Smartiegal  |
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