Archives for February 2020

Just to let you know that Bologna still has no confirmed cases of the corona virus and, although schools and universities will remain closed until at least Saturday 7th March, museums and so on are set to reopen.

Life here is much as it always is, though the streets are a little less busy and it’s slightly easier to get a seat on public transport. Like most businesses, Madrelingua will be open as usual this coming week, though with fewer students than we would like!

Many thanks to those of you who have confirmed that you will be joining us on Monday, and above all to the students who have stuck it out with us this last, rather stressful, week. We appreciate, and will not forget, your support.

For students who have booked a course at some future point, clearly there is a lot of uncertainty as to whether your visit to Italy will go ahead as planned. Anyone wishing to modify the dates of their course, or postpone it indefinitely, should please contact us to let us know. Of course, we will be happy to hold your deposit as part-payment for a course at another time.

A presto!

Daniel and Stefania
Madrelingua Italian Language School
Bologna

Dear Students

You may have heard that the Emilia-Romagna region has instructed schools to close for a week starting from tomorrow, Monday 24th February.

Nevertheless MADRELINGUA will be OPEN tomorrow (Monday 24th February) as normal.

We do not have complete information as to how this will affect business in Bologna, but we are assuming that bars, gyms, restaurants and so on will remain open. Madrelingua is not officially classified as a ‘school’ but as a business so for now we are assuming that the school closure does not apply to us.

Italian courses will therefore continue as normal, as far as that is possible, and until further notice.

N.b. if you choose not to participate in your course this week or at a future date if this situation continues, we would appreciate if you would let us know. In that way, we will be able to organise a credit for a future course. If you do NOT inform us that you will be absent, we will not be able to offer a credit for a future course.

Daniel Stephens
Madrelingua S.r.l.