loved this video! my personal favorite is when tourists complain about other tourists while at the same time completely dismissing the idea of choosing a more inconvenient means of travel or lesser known locations. Also complaining when something in Italy is "dirty" or not picture perfect - like, you do realize this country is just a normal country? People live here, too? It wasn't built for you to look at lol
I used to live in Roma and I never measured a column but I measured other things especially in Bologna, an insider joke that Italians know about bologna
I keep having to remind myself; since my first hitchhiking trip to Europe in 1968, the population of the world has nearly tripled, the numbers of tourists to Europe has more than tripled, while the number and size of the great attractions has remained unchanged.
An excellent, witty video, Mary! I was apprenticed to a painter in Florence in the late 1960s, and have lived and worked in Florence for the last 35 years. Tourists have definitely ruined Italy. The vast majority of residents don't live in the historic centres: the centres have been made into a Disneyland by the tourists. Florence has a population of around 350,000 people, while over 18,000,000 tourists come here every year and swarm through the streets, churches and museums. By and large, the Italians despise them, while depending on them for their income. Venice has a population of 120,000 people, but all but about 20,000 of them live on the mainland. Those that still live on the Venetian islands are mostly old-age pensioners. The Venetians that work in the centre (on the islands) take the train in and out every day. It would perhaps be different if the tourists were visitors who knew art and art history, but they have no idea what it is they're looking at. I doubt that many tourists would be able to give a rough date for Giotto, without looking in his/her guidebook; as for Cimabue, I doubt that many even know how it's pronounced. Why do they come here??? They come, and then they complain about the cost, the heat (no air-conditioning), the rats, the mosquitoes, the bad plumbing, the mould and the damp. Who can blame them? We residents put up with it because it's where we live.
loved this video! my personal favorite is when tourists complain about other tourists while at the same time completely dismissing the idea of choosing a more inconvenient means of travel or lesser known locations. Also complaining when something in Italy is "dirty" or not picture perfect - like, you do realize this country is just a normal country? People live here, too? It wasn't built for you to look at lol
... if y'all see me outside with a measuring tape and a quadrant, you know what's going on
Pls don’t email me every single measurement
No promises
I used to live in Roma and I never measured a column but I measured other things especially in Bologna, an insider joke that Italians know about bologna
These are SO WELL DONE and I hope this series continues for a while!!!
There’s still more eps to come!
@@MaryMcGillivray YESSS!!!!
These episodes are all superb in every way
Thank you!! Means the world to me that you are enjoying my series :))
Another great ep.
Thanks mate!
I keep having to remind myself; since my first hitchhiking trip to Europe in 1968, the population of the world has nearly tripled, the numbers of tourists to Europe has more than tripled, while the number and size of the great attractions has remained unchanged.
Mary this videos are so gooood! Not only full of knowledge but FUNNY. Love this.
Glad you think so!
Eagerly waiting for your next episode!
An excellent, witty video, Mary! I was apprenticed to a painter in Florence in the late 1960s, and have lived and worked in Florence for the last 35 years. Tourists have definitely ruined Italy. The vast majority of residents don't live in the historic centres: the centres have been made into a Disneyland by the tourists. Florence has a population of around 350,000 people, while over 18,000,000 tourists come here every year and swarm through the streets, churches and museums. By and large, the Italians despise them, while depending on them for their income. Venice has a population of 120,000 people, but all but about 20,000 of them live on the mainland. Those that still live on the Venetian islands are mostly old-age pensioners. The Venetians that work in the centre (on the islands) take the train in and out every day.
It would perhaps be different if the tourists were visitors who knew art and art history, but they have no idea what it is they're looking at. I doubt that many tourists would be able to give a rough date for Giotto, without looking in his/her guidebook; as for Cimabue, I doubt that many even know how it's pronounced. Why do they come here???
They come, and then they complain about the cost, the heat (no air-conditioning), the rats, the mosquitoes, the bad plumbing, the mould and the damp. Who can blame them? We residents put up with it because it's where we live.
It’s true when,I lived in Rome we dreaded the summer when most tourists come
Alright I’m going to need you to do this longer, and more of them
Thank you, your feedback is noted 🫡
Roma best place to live!!!!!!
Is there an extended cut for these series lol
I live in Rome, my short answer is yes
I live in New Hampshire, so I feel you Rome. We get too many friggin tourists too. We should feed them to the lions like the Emperors use to do!
People go to New Hampshire?
@@debbylou5729 all the time especially from Massachusetts. We call them Massholes
My misogyny is cured
Can you re-name this - the history of Roman tourism? You didn't answer the question.
Yeah, she did
Nice to see people in general don’t change that much
I am Canadian and when I saw the Colosseum, me too, I was thinking, oh, they could renovate it
That's not true,people do change but in some cases it would be more similar,and some cases the complete opposite.
This is incredible, i could watch you teach me history for hours
I want these videos to be longer!! Amazingly done
This is a fantastic series!
Here from tiktok and thank you for making this!! Fantastic content
Thanks for coming over from TikTok!
loving this series!!
this is amazing! no clue how this doesn’t have more views
Would love a share to help boost the views!! Thanks for watching friend!
this is my favourite episode so far i think ❤
I’m so glad! This one was by far my favourite to write (but not to shoot - it was 38 degrees that day in Rome!)