We are taking part in the blogtheworldcup project and have picked Italy as our country to research. Can you help us? Click the link to see our research

We'd like more information about the country, the people, the places, its history, culture. In fact ANYTHING at all! Thank you :o)

I found out that there are different regions in Italy. You could research them by clicking on the link below.

The BBC sport website has a section on Italy

FIFAs website has a section for Italy

Italians love their families but many left Italy for a better life. My husband's great grandad came here 150 years ago from Liguria.

Italian ice cream shops are called gelateria and sell so many different flavours. There's one called "Zuppa Inglese" and it tastes like trifle!

People walk out in the evenings for a "passegiata" . Wearing smart clothes, they meet their friends and chat and walk about.

We visited the Amalfi Coast: Many of the rural locals didn't/wouldn't speak English; Beautiful countryside; scary cliff-faces beside the roads, great food!

We went to Tuscany. Very hot in summer with lots of wine growing. Can you find out the names of the main cities in the region?

Some pictures from Rome can be found at this link.

The Italian lakes are very beautiful and popular for holidays. Around the lakes are small towns and villages and people use boats to travel between them.

2,705,603 people lived in rome!

I once went to Venice and didnt realise there would be so many mosquitos = if you every go make sure you take insect repellent!

that there is amazing people in that country and there is awesome artist in that country wow i would like to visit italy want do you do in italy and is it fun?

I really want to know why Italy is so excellent at Football! Maybe they practice heaps or they have good skills!

Its cool how the Leaning tower of pisa leans!!!!!
:) :) :) :)

The leaning tower of Pisa is amazing. The lean on it is so bad that you wonder how it could possible stay up. It's almost like your eyes are tricking you!

All Italians are very competitive. Years ago each town ruled itself and there were wars between towns. Perhaps they now play footie instead of fighting!

My father-in-law, aged 90 whose mum was born in Italy and his grandad too, always supports Italy against England even now! His main team is Parma.

A range of mountains called the Apennines runs the length of Italy. There is a mountain range in England with a similar name. Can you find out what it is ?

Italians eat a lot of pasta. There are different shapes for different sauces. Perhaps you can find out some of the names of the different types of pasta?

Here are some pictures of Venice.

Did you know that if you visit Verona, you can see operas performed in a Coliseum like the one in room where gladiators fought? Here's a photo of it.

Once I had breakfast in Switzerland, coffee in Austria, lunch in Italy and dinner back in Switzerland. Can you guess which part of Italy I visited?

Her's a picture an Italian Lake. Can you find where it Italy it is? The people who live here speak German.

In Italy people speak Italian but also they talk in dialects understood by people from their area. There are lots of dialects and they are hard to understand!

Italian people are often bilingual depending on where they live. Italians who live near the French border speak French and Italian for example.

Our cousins who come from Liguria have lived in the UK for 40 years but still speak the dialect from their own village when they are together.

In Genoa there is a big statue of Christopher Columbus. Can you find out why the people of Genoa are so proud of him?

Anyone like Garibaldi biscuits - they have currents in them? Can you find out who Garibaldi was and why he is very important to Italians?

what do you do in your free time

what is your most popular food

what is your favorite sport

why is that your favorite sport

If you were interviewing a famous team what questions would you ask them

what do you do in your free time

Some of my mums friends has gone to italy