Biggest Culture Shock of an American in Italy (Kacie Rose)
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Today I chat to Kacie, who has left her life in the US and moved to Florence a few years ago. Since then she's gained social media fame by candidly sharing the daily culture shocks she encounters in her life in Florence.
Kacie's story takes an unexpected turn when she meets her Italian boyfriend, Dario, during her first solo trip to Italy. Since then, she decides to step out of her comfort zone and call Florence her home. Kacie has recently released a book, "You Deserve Good Gelato," offering an honest account of her experiences. Pre-order your copy now and delve into her unique perspective on love, life, and relocation.
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Just to clarify a couple of things:
1. The average italian doesn't eat cornetto and nutella for breakfast every single day, everyone knows it's not a healthy option.
2. The problem with the job market is often blown out of proportions because many italian love to complain about everything (it's a cultural thing). Italy is the second most industrialized country in europe and the 3rd biggest economy in the EU, you can definitely find good companies and well-paid jobs, it mostly depends of the field you're interested in and the area/city you live in.
If one does not understand that:
- breaking spaghetti is equivalent to blending an Hamburger,
- the smell of fried food early in the morning is nauseating and puts you in a bad mood for half the rest of the day,
- cappuccino at lunch/dinner is indigestible and does not go well with salty food,
- it's impossible to fully appreciate a good dish of pasta and a good dish of meat if you eat them at the same time, just as you can't fully appreciate a baseball and a football match if you watch them at the same time on 2 TVs,
- cheese on fish is so disgusting that not even my cat will eat it,
- pineapple-pizza "it's a mistake, it's an italian tragedy!!" (Gordon Ramsey)...
if someone does not understand these simple basic rules, he is not welcome to Italy because it means he's a Barbarian! 😁
They are talking about little shops in towns and villages. But in Italy there are also malls and supermarkets. They are open all day long, every day in the week and sell everything. I don’t know why tourists don’t go there.
If they pay more they are more emotional connected with the place . Folks think more expensive means better Exactly for US this items smell like Americans have had picture of Europe . Small shops with eco food and hand made artefacts. could be like thet ? 😂
Italians call American coffee " sciaqua budella" meaning " Gut rinser"
Ouch!
Prices are going up everywhere in the world
The American Dream is just that. A dream!😮
Beautiful interview with Kacie, she's pretty and funny.
Marina and Kacie, thank you so much ❤ I absolutely loved every minute listening to you guys, such an invaluable cultural insight!
So happy you liked it!!
If someone stared at my girlfriend for 5 minutes and then asked me how tall she is and leave, it would be like the weirdest thing of the month
Really that sounds VERY RUDE to me too and I should be used to it since I’m Italian 😂😂😂😂😂
"A dark stain in the fine print"....I'm sooo lifting this line for my Lexicon!!
Even within Italy there are cultural differences. Northern Italy like Milan is way different than the south, like in Calabria.
actually some supermarkets allow fruit and vegetables to be weighed at the checkout... BUT... if you have many varieties of the same product it becomes impractical... (For example in the supermarket where my wife works they have over ten different types of tomatoes)
No where in the world is it perfect
But you can just choose what is perfect for you personally. Sweden, for example. ❤
,,,,,, e hai perfettamente raggione!!! - - In tutto il Mondo,,,,, non e' tutto ORO, quello Che luccica. E io,,, (,,, sono Italiano,,,) sono stato in pare chi paesi, e, vivo in GERMANIA da 60 Anni,,,,,,, e ne so qualcosa!!!! - - Se mettesti, tutti I PAESI, di questo Mondo, in una PIGNATTA,,,, acqua dentro, e fuoco, vedresti che "BRODACCHIATA",,,,verrebbe fuori!!! 🤦😭
Can you interview someone from the west who moved to a country in africa now that would be interesting because you don't hear many stories of that happening because people from the west usually always trevel to Europe which is noting new
In Italy the family time and interference in your life can get too much.
we (italians) work for living and non living for work for us is more important engioj live that engoj work and we tray to joint live and work like our gool
This way of living a life, it's also a smart move. Only if you've time, if you can relax, your creativity goes up. This is why, most of inventions, manufacts, dresses, art masterpieces, medical advancement etc. and doctors are in or from Italy. And most of us actually are hardworking, even if we usually don't work till 10 p.m. We marry, even if not at 16, but usually have 1 husband/wife, instead of 3-4-5- in our lives. We have 1-2 children instead of 4-5, but we take care of them, so we don't have mass shootings and we don't star our life in full debts, because we can stay , and also study, with our parents till we're ready to go. Our houses are all made with bricks, not with only thin wood. We cook good food, even when we are workers. Many of us have little gardens /vegetables gardens so we can have our flowers or our spices. We don't work less, we work in the best way we can. Unfortuntely, times are changing.
The American Dream: I think there is a misunderstanding, because in Italy as in the United States it is not enough to work hard to achieve success, you also need knowledge, connections and above all luck. Having said that, today it is certainly easier to be successful in the United States than in Italy.
i think the main difference between la dolce vita and the american dream, is state welfare. We have, among the other things, a socialist and even communist background in our past, wich has its horrors and shadows, but also its lights. A strong welfare is one of the lights. It allows us to enjoy life even with lower wages and limited buying power. It's a matter of culture, but this culture is empowered by politics and laws that goes in this direction (even if in there last years we are constantly eroding this idea of strong welfare and i'm not happy about it... and we're not raising wages!). Personally i think there is not a good time to start enjoying life, the correct time is now. It takes some courage to live life as you really wish, you must probably refuse to follow extreme richness and fame, but is it really worth following such goals?
Do you really need all this to be happy in life?
Will you enjoy all that money after a life spent burning yourself for your work?
Maybe not. Maybe, while most americans wait the right moment to start enjoying life, most italians do it, with less resources, but more good time.
We must also consider another thing: la dolce vita is also an idea of the past, when italy was in a full economic boom and having enough money to sustain a family and buy a house wasn't hard at all.
Now the idea of dolce vita is a quite harder to embrace for people of my generation or younger (i'm 36)
That was an interesting video, especially about american culture of friendliness which is generally seen by europeans (like me, being German) as superficial. Well, after that talk I got a glimpse of understanding the "friendliness" approach.
The grass is not always greener on the other side
Depends on the field where you come from
It is very popular among Italian men to flirt with American women with the goal of getting married and live in the US. They moved to the US and they realise it is all upon the woman to support both of them for quite a long period until the partner gets the green card. Sometimes they decide to move back to Italy and then it is upon the man to support until the woman can get a job. In concrete I would like to here what they are doing in Italy for a living.
lol what are you even on about?
Another thing is that is very easy to say now that you enjoy life without stressing, but if you do know save up for your retirement , you will be poor in the future.
The European Dream is not working. The crisis is huge in Europe. Some Americans idealized our situation here in Europe. After covid countries and people are going poorer, many people living on the street, social tension is growing, when prices of housing and cost of living is going up. No jobs, no careers, welfare estate is diminishing. The Ukraine -Russina was has impacted in the highest inflation in 30 years. On top of the economy, the immigrant situation is erasing tensions, And the freedom is at stake by the outrageous growing of far right government. Everything is very expensive now.
LOL lady what baby tax breaks!? XD
I been traveling the world since I was little
@JAG214 u are luky greats from italy
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Lots of contradictory. American are extremely nice and polite with customers...It is like that. And it works in the US. But you need to learn no to overdo it in Europe. Specially in countries in the north.
American men wish American women were more direct and up front and to the point
I am like that. I am polite but to the point. They get intimidated
@@RobinSentell Who get intimidated ?
@@JAG214 Lot's of men.
@@RobinSentell I would not be
At least in the past it took 6 years to get a divorce, so I guess you better be careful not to marry ‘in undue time’ ..?
Marina, you have interesting good content Unfortunately, as it was with TV before, in social media, what is is viral or successful usually is not equal of good quality, since there more uneducated people in social media, than people that can value good content .
I like caviar myself
Married?
A lot of people lie all over the world
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I would say the US is more ethnically diverse and multicultural nation then Italy
@JAG214 don't foghet that wee have an older colture and an older habit with foreigners than us or oterr country for example
Gli italiani sono apasionati per la leí cucina e la sua cultura
Yeah, it is. Americans brought people from Africa back in time, Italians not.
OMG! Indeed! Why did you break the spaghetti in half?!?! Yikes! You are indeed very Midwestern..
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