🚋🤦♀️ Italian Travel Confessions, Missed Trains, Still Loving Turin, Italy | Newstates in Italy Ep 5
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Torino qui è nato il Coktail Mi-To ,il Martini, la gianduia,il tramezzino,i baci di dama,il tiramisù,il bicerin,la prima tv italiana la RAI, Torino ha unificato l'Italia
My lovely Turin, thanks for visiting my city!
Ciao ciao!
Wow absolutely amazing content with beautiful view, it's so enjoyable my friend 🤩🤗💟🇵🇰👍✌️
Yeah, we typically spend at least 3 non travel days in an area. We like to have a single down day to enjoy things we've found and chill... then run to the train... run between trains and wait... where is train #2 in Florenza? Behind this wall and you have 90 seconds to run with luggage to make the time lol...
We stayed 10 days in Sorrento area. Best time I've ever had. No. I lie. I still prefer Venice. I'd retire there if I could.
We hope to spend upwards of 3 months in Italy after we turn 60 in a few years. It is the home of my heart! When I land in Italy, I am home. I love the USA but Italy... nothing beats it.
You mention which day of the week you spend in a place. The Venice fish market is an example. It's only open on certain days and I loooove to cook so we go buy some amazing food and wine then go back to our place and cook up a storm. But if you are there on the wrong 1.5 days, you can't experience that. I suggest 3 days minimum in an area. You can always day trip to local areas if you exhaust the very local area you are in.
I decided early on, that we would simply keep coming back and exploring new areas rather than cram in a lot into 3 weeks.
Dave, so many great points here. You're right, three days is typically the norm for us. It's not an excuse, but we were REALLY pushing ourselves to share as much of Italy as we could with all of you. The end result was major fatigue and no true days off. Our dream is to explore Europe by RV for an unencumbered amount of time like we do in North America. The travel style forces you to slow down, and we love getting to meet the people and experience more of the culture in areas we explore. Over our 4 years of full-time travel, we are happiest at our slowest, haha. Thanks so much for watching and we're so glad you're along for the journey! 👍 -Howard
Hi Rivers family.
Having watched your entries of Italy before and after my latest trip home 3 months ago, I think you did pretty well.
As a first visit, you saw a good deal of the tourist side of the country.
Everyone's adventures could be tweaked and improved in hindsight, but we learn these things along the way.
A particular thanks for your Cinque Terre video. After spending about 3 years in Italy since I moved, I'd never bothered with the over' tourism of that area. But you convinced me to do it. I followed in your footsteps and was left wondering why I hadn't been sooner.
Are you still travelling?
Subscribed! We are heading to Europe in summer 2024
in a few weeks turin is hosting euorvision musical extravagaza and tickets have sold out.
The chocolate espresso and the cannoli are definitely reasons to visit lol 😂 I cannot wait for my husband and I to explore beautiful Italy 🇮🇹 ❤️
Haha YES! Both were so good. Italy is amazing, I can't wait for you to experience it too! I know you'll love it 🥰🙌
It’s a pity you didn’t try the Piedmontese cuisine… eating cannoli in Turin it’s a blasphemy… an insult to Turin and it’s historical traditions
Thanks for taking us along 😍
Our pleasure 😊 Glad you enjoyed it! -Howard
Never considered going to Turin. But we will now. Thanks for sharing your adventures. That coffee, cannoli and chocolate looked fabulous!
You're so welcome! Turin definitely surprised us in a good way. The coffee drink was incredible! Certainly a treat! 🤤
If you come to Turin, the Egyptian Museum is worth a visit as it was the first museum of Egyptian antiquities in the world and is second in importance only to the Cairo museum.
And then there is the rest of the region for food and wine, the lakes, the Alps .....
It would take three weeks for each of the twenty Italian regions! Greetings from Turin!
For example, a friend and I rented a car for 6 weeks in the UK, 3 weeks for England, 3 for Scotland, 1960. Only made reservations ahead in London and Edinburgh. We drifted from small hotels, inns, B&Bs to another. Often the manager of one would call ahead to the next, make our reservation there. It was lovely.
That sounds absolutely fantastic, and honestly closer to how we typically travel stateside. Rarely have reservations or the rush to be anywhere at a particular time or day. We admittedly tried to pack a LOT into this 3 week trip to Italy...
I need more info on the milan market! lol. Been there many times and have not seen this :(
It's located INSIDE the train station! Looks very new, on the ground floor (with a smaller second floor area). Incredible find and absolutely delicious option whether waiting for a train or popping in for a meal. 👍 -Howard
Oh the food looks amazing. I’m not sure how you two are not as big as a house 😂. Great video of the towns 👍🏼
Hahaha, literally the #1 comment we get on here. I swear we don't always eat like this. 😂 Thanks for watching! - Howard
Hello, we are traveling to Italy next month and using the train the whole time. Could you explain a bit more about what happened with the train issue? I didn’t quite got what you guys were trying to explain.
Absolutely, and it's always hard to balance providing info without diving TOO deep for the majority of people watching an episode.
The first issue was the REGIONAL train we had booked was cancelled. Since it is the cheaper, non reserved seat service, you can't just transfer your reservation to the more expensive (and faster) trains with reserved seating. It leaves you with three options: make a new reservation for whatever train you want, wait and file for compensation from the train company for the cancelled one (since under law they must refund AND compensate for the cancelled train), or get an immediate refund on the value of the ticket. We decided to book a new ticket, and thought we had it figured out but realized that the connecting ticket we bought departed from a different station in Milan from the one we were arriving on. Rather than take a taxi, etc to switch stations, we booked ANOTHER ticket on a different train that left from the SAME station in Milan, then processed the refund in the TrenItalia app. Hope that helps and thanks for watching! 👍 -Howard
Hello, was waiting for this video. Turin would be so fantastic to explore. I thrilled you explored it for me.😁
Hope you enjoyed it! Next time, we're spending more time in the North of Italy (especially Turin). 👍 -Howard
Turin is a magical city literally...there are some positive white place and black negative place. Visit turin in the night is so fantastic ...also with Christmas lights. A legend talk about an egyptian how arrived in the place where turin will born and decide to found the city here because the river po remainds him the nile.a special link with egypt in fact there is the first egyptian museum. And dont forget the holy shroud,the roman city, the royal palaces of savoy...royal palce, stupinigi
, Racconigi, reggia di venaria, villa della regina , Valentino.ex...italian espresso Was born in turin. IDUSTRIAL automotiv (fiat) , martini, italian cinema.exx. turin unified italy so it Was the first capital...there is also the antien parliament. And dont talk about food ...its fantastic. So come to turin !
Alex, we agree! Turin is absolutely magical and worth a visit. As you saw, we really put pressure on ourselves to share as many places in Italy as we could during our month exploring, but Turin is one that we need to return to ASAP to truly capture all that makes it amazing. 👍 Howard
@@NewstateNomads I'm glad to hear it. if you can, visit all of Piedmont ... there are beautiful places for skiing, beautiful mountains where it is perfect for high-altitude treccking, out-of-this-world villages, the beautiful hills of Langhe and Monferrato and beautiful lakes (lake maggiore lago dorta) plus many alpine lakes.
I forgot the little red train to basilica di superga where there is a good view to the city and the alps, the royal tombs and the place where there was the flight tragedy of football team of grande torino.
Pretty sure Rick Steves has long recommended minimum 3 days in each place for the exact reasons you mention.
Make the "want to visit" list then whittle it down to less places and more days at each place!
Gives you a reason to "have to come back!" 😊
Yes! And that's the typical recommendation amongst RVers too, so you think we would have known better 🤣 I like the list method, we'll definitely plan better next time for sure!
Ok... I like you guys and been watching your videos for a while... but I'm a little disappointed... the birth place of CHOCOLATE IS MEXICO... NO ANY PLACE IN EUROPE... EVEN THE WORD 'CHOCOLATE ' COMES FROM THE NAHUALT LANGUAGE....
Hi Laura! We explain in the video that Turin is the birthplace of chocolate in relation to master chocolatiers and the commercialization of chocolate. I could have done a better job explaining that in the opening. Thank you for pointing that out! You know we love Mexico and even visited a cacao farm while there, so I should have been more careful with my wording. Thanks again! -Katelyn
Definitely want to visit Turin now. Looks fabulous and thanks for sharing.
Always loved Italy, and you guys captured the essence of traveling, Newstate Nomads way, in the country! Belissima ❤️
Aww thank you so much guys! Yes! Italy is absolutely incredible. Still so much to see...next trip hahaha
Thank you for sharing your trip & tips. I was there for two weeks in fall of 2019 & never got out of Northern Italy, as far south as Tuscany. Plans to return in 2020 & 2021 to see southern Italy & Sicily but we all know how that turned out 😷. I have reservations & will try again this fall, and keeping fingers crossed 🤞. (I was surprised to not see more ppl wearing masks while you were there, considering how hard a italy has been hit by Covid.)
Hi! You're so welcome, glad you found it helpful. 😊 Definitely hope you're able to return this Fall! Did you have a favorite place you visited in the North?! There's so much beauty there! Oh masks were definitely everywhere, they were required in all indoor places, transportation, etc. And you had to show proof of vaccines everywhere. This was also filmed before omicron and the surge of cases again. But we felt like people overall were taking lots of precautions! 😊
Loved this episode, the coffee, the cannoli!!!😋 Shelley xx Donald wanted the Strata coffee!👍🏻
All so yummy!! Omg the coffee drink was heavenly. I could have had like 3 more 🤣🤣🤣
I loved this video! We only went 2 places in Italy. Casperia and Rome. We had a train ride that was unforgettable. 😅 italy is such a beautiful place. 😍
Haha, something tells me the "unforgettable" train ride was in the not so nice way. 😂 Besides the cancelled train, we have been REALLY impressed with the speed and comfort of the new trains in Italy! You're 100% right, Italy is absolutely beautiful! - Howard
Sounds like you're going with the flow and really seeing alot on the Italian adventure! On our first trip to Europe we crammed 7 countries into 2 weeks, and know the feeling of trying to see it all. Keep it up guys! 😃
Omg!! Haha that's a lot! We did 4 countries in 9 days back in 2019 lol we feel ya! Where all did you guys go?! It's such a challenge to balance wanting to see and do all the things with slowing down to enjoy it 😆
@@NewstateNomads Yes! It's a constant struggle! I'll actually have to look back at the agenda we put together to remember it all, but off the top of my head I know we visited England, Hungary, Slovenia, Germany, and Portugal. It was an amazing trip! 😊
Love how you guys are able to just pivot and make changes on the fly and have such great attitudes about it all. Fabulous video!
Aww thank you Shannon! Haha have to be flexible when it comes to travel right?! 😅
Beauty is everywhere! We traveled (cruised) extensively in 10/19, and saw a lot of Italy. Gorgeous sights, history, and people…you told me earlier that your trip to Pompeii was coming soon….loved it, especially since it was on my birthday and had pizza for my dinner in Naples! So much to see and do there, there is never enough time to see it all on one trip. Sooooo…….! Much love, Virginia
Watching the first part of the video I doubt I could travel independently as I did years ago. Too many schedules, buttons to push, decisions to make.Happy I traveled in a simpler time, lol.
Hopefully you also saw how different it was from the other episodes. This particular travel day was definitely an outlier! -Howard
Hey! Do you have a video with packing tips? I see y’all packed for 3 weeks in carry ons. I’d love to see how y’all you managed that lol
Planning, it's all in the planning. Oh I know the struggle. Three nights minimum. That gives you two whole days to discover- even then you'll feel deprived and short changed. I guess it'll never be enough no matter where you go. Even your visits in the U.S.A to the various States there is room for either a return or longer stay. A good trial for more Europe in the future. 👍 🇳🇿🙋♀️🇳🇱PS Congrats on the 29K subscribers. 🍾🥂
I have watched several vlogs on Turin and found yours to be extremely interesting. Hope to visit in the fall.
You eat Sicilia food in Torino 😂😂😂
Absolutely beautiful.Quite stunning. Thank you for this ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it! We have lots more to share from this trip, but already planning our return... ❤
Are there public restrooms ? Always my concern in life 😂
roma..provincia, torino capitale! roma provincia..torino capitale!
Nutella is from alba in cuneo province
Alex, that's true (and we're big fans of Nutella!), but according to the history we could find, the combination of chocolate and hazelnut actually originated in Turin! Thanks for watching. 👍 Howard
@@NewstateNomads yes! Nutella is the brand (born in alba) of gianduja ( born in turin).
That should be on Netflix!
Oooh my mother and I made the same mistake when we went. Rome, Florence, Venice, Lake Como by train in 10 days (may have the order mixed). It was a lot. We were happy to chill in Como. Maybe if you are on a bus tour and have someone else doing the logistics it wouldn’t feel so rushed. Glad you had yummy food and saw some good sights! See you in Tampa? 🚐
I feel like it's so easy to do, because you get so excited and there are so many amazing places to visit. Como is still high on our list!! 😆 We tried to fit it in and I'm sort of glad we didn't so we can truly enjoy it next time. And yes!! We're here now 😎 working on details of our meetups and posting on IG/FB shortly!
Did you consider RV rentals in Europe? If so do have recommendations.
Greg, we started VERY preliminary research on RV rentals before this trip to Europe. I'll follow-up with a couple of the site that seemed promising. What countries are you considering for a rental and how many people? -Howard
@@NewstateNomads Thanks for your reply. just me and my wife. We just bot a 2016 Navion thanks to your experiences. We are most interested in Germany and surrounding countries.
@@lgreglarue ok, great. There are LOTS of choices in that area. Germany is a very popular place for RVing and camping. I'll look at my list and reply with some options we found that sounded promising. 👍 Also, congrats on the Navion! - Howard
So magical! Where was my invitation!?! 😂🤗🥰
Hahaha, the more the merrier! 🥰
I’ve watched a few of your videos but this is the best because it’s very realistic it also gives us a chance to think about our own trip. Not to over plan give ourselves some time to see the city and not get somewhere on a weekend like a Sunday where everything is closed. We appreciate your realistic confessions it means a lot to us so we’re traveling next year 2023 God bless you
I've been binge watching your videos thank you for making such a great travel channel. I also really enjoy the dynamic you and Howard have. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Aww thank you so much, Kristy!!! So glad you found us ❤😊Happy binge-ing! Haha there's a lot!! Let us know what your favorites are! -Katelyn
@@NewstateNomads So far the Alaska videos are my favorite! I'm re-watching with my husband because we're planning a trip in 2023.
We landed in Turin a few years ago, on our way to Milano and ultimately to eastern Europe. We only spent a few hours there, visiting some friends/family members. Besides the amazing pizza that we had on a balcony overlooking the street, we didn't really experience much of the city. From what I saw in your video (thank you!) I regret not getting out and seeing the city. Looks like an amazing place. Next time!
Also ... I totally hear you about overplanning not accounting for tiredness, etc. My wife and I travelled extensively in Italy and France a number of years ago. Super-planned ahead, with hotels booked, train passes purchased, etc. ahead of time. By the time we arrived, it was just enacting the plan. We found it tiring for the same reason as you did, and we also learned that 3 days minimum in any one place is the standard. We'll know now.
Mike, great points. There is always a challenge for us to balance exploring for ourselves with sharing the experience with all of you. 3 days is generally our rule of travel as well, but I acknowledge we pushed ourselves harder on this trip to try and maximize all the places we could share in the series. By the time we reached Turin, we could definitely feel the effect of all the stops and travel.
Out of curiosity, what part of Canada are you from? Thanks for watching! 👍 -Howard
@@NewstateNomads Thanks for your reply. 😀 We are about an hour west of Toronto (and about 5 from Ottawa 😜)
Fantastic!!!!
Awesome 🤩
You two have no idea how well made your videos are compared to everyone else's!
Wow, Mike, thanks so much! It means a lot to hear that from you. We'll keep making 'em if you keep watching 'em! 👍 -Howard
The hotel being in the old Fiat factory was crazy amazing! Thanks for the talk about your planning process and keeping it real. 👍
That coffee, chocolate, milk drink was beautiful! 💞
I swear that I almost tried to grab some of the candied oranges off the cannoli through our 65 inch TV. 🤣🤣
The statues with the tattoo work looked incredible and being movie fans that museum was so interesting. 💖
Thanks so much for sharing your adventures.
-Troy & Aimee
The hotel was so cool! They definitely did a great job incorporating the features of the factory while renovating. Hahaha I bet that cannoli looked huge on your tv 😆 and yes! The bicerin was to die for, so good! I wanted another! 🤤
Thanks, again, for fun virtual travel.
Glad you enjoyed it! As always, we're glad you're along for the journey. ❤
@@NewstateNomads Waiting for the next one with anticipation.
Love so many of your travelogs, but this one really resonated. We are guilty of too much planing, and we were visiting Sicily roughly during the same period. Ohh the cannoli & arancini !! Would enjoy helping test the new site.
We definitely were feeling it that day, and I'm glad we turned the camera on to talk about it. Live and learn...and then try to plan better for next time haha 😆 yes! You guys were there then too. I bet the cannoli in Sicily was amazing! And great!! We'll get you signed up soon on the new site! 🙌❤️
👍 Thanks.
You're welcome Doug! Thank YOU for watching!
Such a fun trip! Miss going to Europe!
Europe is wonderful!! Thanks for watching guys! 🥰❤️
I love those tattooed sculptures!
They were SO cool. Such a neat spin on ancient art!