⏱⏱⏱ TIME CODES 00:00 - WELCOME to ITALY 🇮🇹 01:02 - Don’t Buy Drinking Water in Rome 02:14 - Don’t Expect Everyone to Speak English in Italy 03:49 - Don’t Expect Swiss Punctuality in Italy 05:04 - Don’t Assume all Italians are related to Mafia 06:00 - Don’t Catch Taxi in Italy on the side of the road 06:58 - Don’t Toss Coins in EVERY Fountain in Rome 07:55 - Don’t Wear Inappropriate Clothes visiting Churches 10:06 - Don’t Order Cappuccino after 11am in Italy 12:43 - Don’t Put Cheese on any Dish fountains Fish or Seafood 13:16 - NEVER CUT SPAGHETTI WITH a KNIFE! 14:29 - NEVER DO IN ITALY: Bonus Advice
You often confuse Rome with Italy and Italy with Rome. As most of inexperienced travelers do. 1st: I do buy drinking water in Rome and anywhere. The difficult is to buy eating water... 2nd: This is true in the south, where people barely speak even proper Italian. 3rd: Punctuality is a honor in northern Italy. In Rome and in the south, it's just a tip. You should know the big differences between the 2 o 3 macroareas of the country. These diferences should be communicated. 4th: Mafia is a product of the south. Even when not related to mafia, residents use to support it. Often unknowingly. 5th: Why not? We use to call dedicated phone numbers. But, I repeat: why not? It happens. 6th: Are you talking about Rome or Italy? 7th: That's true: covering thighs and tits or naked shoulders would be a form of respect 8th: We never do this. But if you like...why not? 9th: That's true 10th: That's true
Don’t Assume all Italians are related to Mafia.. correct. And watching your videos i have understood not all English people have a snaggletooth, 2 stereotypes dispelled 👍😂
I spent a year and a half learning Italian before I went. One thing I would add is make sure you know numbers at least to 100....if you ask "quanto costa?" or "quanto fa", be ready to hear a response back in italian. This really applies to any question you ask....know different answers you might receive. Also important to know the differences between singular and plural because that can cause confusion as well. Most italians appreciate the attempt to speak their language and will be helpful if you get something wrong.
I was in Italy in 2018 or so. Knowing nothing, i traveled there on such short notice i had not prepared for the culture difference from the west. First, though i am American, I'm Latin decent however. I speak Spanish fluently. I was surprised how well I could hold a conversation with people in Italy while they spoke Italian and I spoke Spanish. It was awesome. One shop keeper didn't speak English and I asked "Espanol?" The shopkeeper said, "El Italiano es similare". She was right. allot of the words are quite similar. I spoke Spanish form there on and had a great time in Italy.
I had the same experience in 2009. We got through Italy with my Spanish. We didn't find anyone willing to speak English. They are very willing to try to understand you in Spanish.
I am Italian from the Veneto region, whose capital is Venice. Our local language is even more similar to Spanish. When we go to visit Rome speaking our dialect, local shopkeepers take us for Spaniards and every time I was in Spain I mostly tried to speak my dialect instead of Italian. Everybody was happy.
Hello Anna, I've just finished to watch your video and I really appreciated it! I'm Italian and I live in Rome, so very often I can see many foreing tourists. Welcome to Italy, Friends!! The most you said is absolutely correct (above all about pizza and spaghetti!!) but I'd like just to add one thing about "dressing rules" in churches. The importance to be dressed in an appropriate way, isn't about our traditions or way of life, it's about the proper respect for God. It's unappropriate and disrespectful to enter the church with some clothes which can be considered "sexy": miniskirt, transparent shirt or vest, little shorts and so on. As you said many times, during your video, if you respect the culture and the behaviour (ideas) of the locals, they will respect you!
Being a tourist from Down Under, couldnt speak Italian but funny we managed to relate with a few words and body language, Love the Italians yes Bonjourno ~ wonderful people, thank you for our anazing time ❤️❤️
@@cherrylleallan6366 Who but a roman would of wanted Rome to survive considering how much genocide, mass murder and slavery romans committed against other Europeans.
Enjoyable video with several good points. As an Italian born and raised, I'd like to clarify the fact (it's a very common misrepresentation) that just like me, many Italians enjoy cappuccino at any hour of the day. Whenever i have a "coffee" break, no matter it is morning or afternoon, even "aperitivo" time, my drink of choice is always cappuccino and you'll be surprised to see how many more Italians do the same. Take care!
Having lived in Italy I agree! I used to drink cappuccino at all times of the day! I haven’t done it since I moved. Coffee is an all day thing in Italy 🥰 From time to time I would have a caffe correctto as well 😛
Anna, I spent two weeks in Italy back in 2014 for my parents 50th anniversary. Perhaps two of the best weeks of my life. Thank you for sharing. Looks like you’ve got quite a channel!
Congratulations. I don’t know how long you spent in Italy but you have been able to pick up so many habits and point of viewes, all presented in a nice and kind way. Really enjoyed your video.
I'm Italian and live in the northern region of Liguria. This stereotype of all Italians being late always makes me mad. That's simply not true, here in the north we are always on time.
I live in Recco and work in Switzerland. I am traveling by train almost every week. It is absolutely true that we are not as punctual as Swiss. Public transportation, but also business meeting and meetings with friends.
@@andreaschneider6001 Regarding trains and public transport you’re absolutely right but when it comes to private and personal relations or business meetings nobody here wants to be late. BTW I’m from Genova and lived and worked either in Switzerland and The Netherlands.
@@calcagnolibero this is subjective. I'm not sure that in the north you all are always on time. There are also people in the south that do not like to be late. Do not play the north&south game here. It's just the italian reputation based on many factors like politics, transports, etc.
IMHO the being late thing is pretty much everywhere in Italy. Sometimes people don't turn up at all. A shrink once told me that being late was all about not succumbing to the will of the person, telling you to be in a certain place at a certain time or simply put ,not being a slave to their will. I put it down to the fact that Italians are a mostly a busy bunch, with a tendency of cramming lots of activities into their daily routine, often more than they can handle.
Thank you for these picturesque descriptions, actually reasonable people everywhere in the world must share the same basic politesse as long as they are civilised.
This is probably the best Don't do in Italy video !!! Everybody who is going to Italy should watch this !!! Reg. Using a spoon for pasta ...I thought Italians in South do it though ! I don't myself ! I am Japanese ,but I've known those things you mentioned in this video !!! I love Italy 🇮🇹 !!! Viva Italia !!! 👍👍👍💜💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
Aww thank you very much 🤗🤗 I’m so happy you enjoyed it ❤️ Italians don’t use spoon for eating pasta 😉 only Italians in America in God Father movie 🙂 You are very welcome to Italy 🤗 I’ve never been to Japan yet 🤩🤩🤩 hopefully soon! When current situation is finished.. how’s the situation in Japan? Is it getting better?
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel HI there ! You're so very welcome ! I really did enjoy this video & I couldn't stop giggling !! Lol.😆 I was told that people in S.Italy did use spoons w/ 🍝 & confirmed it with my ex Italian lovers including one from South ! Were they kidding me !?? Lol. But,some another Italian man from North said you guys didn't !! Lol. I am confused now !!! I know Italians in North don't ! But, I take your word for it !! I have been to Italy in '83 !! I admire your beauty ( Italy & Italians ) & skills & talent & art & music , of course ,foods !!!! Lol. I can't live without pasta !! Lol. You guys are AMAZING !!! And you do know how to enjoy your lives 👍👍& make life more glamorous & make it more dramatic to enjoy more !! Like no one else !! I admire that Italian designers know how to make women look more beautiful & ultra feminine ,giving it more drama, know our bodies like Michelangelo did !!! 😍😍 You can tell that's Italian who designed almost by just looking at it !! This can go on & on !!! Lol. And I love your language !! 😍 I live in the U.S., I am in L.A. ! I know ,right !!? We just got new guidelines/ regulations two nights ago to wear masks again !!😫 It's summer time !! We Japanese say " only fools catch cold / flues in summer !" Lol. I understand it ,though ! But,it's been way too long & something isn't quite right ! Thank you so much for welcoming us to your incredible country Italy !!! Indeed ,me & mom are trying to squeeze Italy 🇮🇹in our very near future ( hopefully the next year !!! ) travel to Wales & England 🇬🇧 so hard with very very tight budget ! 😅 I am really hoping we'll be able to somehow ! That's been our dream for a quite sometime ! We both love Italy the best !!! ( Italy & Wales are my NO.1 ,my late soulmate was Welsh ! )We both have been to Italy separately & fell in love ,but never been there together ! We both had high expectations before & Italy never disappointed us there ! Infact everyone I've met who had been there said they had fabulous times ,not even one complained !!! People love Italy 🇮🇹 Sorry for my novel here ! 😅 May I ask you a question !? How true or untrue is the thing about Napoli that people have been complaining they got mugged & hurt during the broad daylight in Napoli !!? I don't think they're lying ,but that is an exaggeration to claim it happens there all the time like everyday !! 🤔 I am wanting to know as I am planning us to stay in Napoli for a few days if we go to Italy & my mom is old & we might get to the Napoli central bus station around 2 : 15 am one night !! Is it dangerous !? If you can answer this ,I'll appreciate it very much ! 🧡 Thank you so much for your very warm & kind reply !!! 💗I'm looking forward to watch more of your videos ! I am so glad that I found your channel !!! 👍👍👍💖💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
@@spark_6710 aww thank you very very much 🤗🤗🤗🤗 Well.. about Napoli.. you know it depends on people 🙂 maybe I would not advise having lots of gadgets on the table unattended 😉 you know what I mean, when you travel you always should be careful as there will be some people who like taking advantages of the tourists. My usual advice: always keep it simple 🙂 especially if you don’t know the place well use common sense and you’ll be fine 😉
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel HI there ! Oh yes !! That makes total sense !! Thanks so much !!! I have to tell you something happened yesterday ! I was talking of Italy with somebody on Y.T. ! About safety there ! An Italian man from Calabria gave me warnings regarding unsafe areas are controlled by MAFIAS !!! LOL.Yes !! So ironic ! But,I appreciate him now as I remember of news about how Batican popes & priest have been fighting against Italian mafia selling drugs there & getting killed by the maffias !!! 😱 And I was thinking myself staying at a hotel in Batican !!!😱😱 I was wondering why my head was telling me " No ! Batican is not safe !?" !? He saved me & mom !!! He said countrysides & suburbs are controlled by maffias !! Especially in Roma ,Napoli , Puglia!! Calabria & Bari !!! Not to mention Sicily !! Thanks so much !! 👍💜💜💜🥁🐉🎵🎤🎶💕💞
@@spark_6710 well… what can I tell you.. this form of illegal activities coverage exists in any country. Unfortunately, it’s a part of our life and we have to live with it. For example, Tenderloin in San Francisco. Far not the safest place to take a walk but unfortunately nothing can be done 🙂 You see, every country has those issues
Thank you for your list. If you are at a restaurant in Italy, you can't find pasta with meatballs because it's a dish that traditionally we make at home. There are several dishes from traditional regional kitchen you cannot find at the restaurant. But if you are lucky enough to get invited to friend's home for lunch or dinner, you may eat spaghetti with meatballs and they will taste amazingly!
@@MonicaFerrari-st5jf There is at least one exception, my (late) grandmother is from Sicily and she used to make a tomato sauce with small meatballs, that contain a lot of garlic. It's a recipe that has been in the family for almost 100 years. You can have them on the side, but she put them in after making the sauce. And we roll our spaghetti with a fork, rotating it in the spoon.
She is so right about organized crime talk! One that doesn't know the real history is just wanting to know something. Oddly Fair enough. There are so many documentaries they can be referred to. I am born in Canada and my Parents immigrated to Canada from Italy when they were kids. We know organized crime from movies. Whether or not they are true is another question. Since so many countries now have multiple criminal activity, it is considered stupid to go to Italy and ask someone. I refer people to education. On a funny note, in High School my friends all went to see the 'GodFather' part 1 or 2, don't remember. They wanted to know if my household was the same lol. One guy asked me this, "Does your Dad wear that undershite Sonny wore? " Another one asked if all men beat their wives in Italy. The video statement is true!! She is so right!! Watch the news and learn all countries boast various levels of organized crime, hell even a reputable lawyer can be a criminal.
As an italian, i'm pretty confident to confirm 99% of this video (there are exceptions though). Very nice! I can also suggest to try speaking italian in Italy, even if you're not fluent, locals will appreciate that!
From Italian, wonderful video, excellent footage, excellent explanation with absolute respect, and you have a good Italian respecting the Italian language and culture ... many should take an example from you. Love from Italy ❤
I'm Italian, and there are some mistakes. For example at the end of the video when u tell to not mix oil with balsamic vinegar like in the salad sometimes they are mixed it depends by personal favourite taste, and the second one is butter with bread, surely not to a restaurant but back in the time a traditional afternoon snack was bread with a little bit of butter and sugar on top, I hope u will like it
@@lyubovzaslavskaya2915 in Italy too. Bread, butter and sugar. In alternative bread, butter and homemade jam, or bread, olive oil and salt. No frills. 😉
Thanks for pointing it out. It depends very much where in italy you are. Don‘t underestimate the differences of regional culinary styles. There are regions, where you dont add vinegar to the salad and only use oil (f.e. Tuscany). But other do so!
I'm italian and this video is so accurate and funny :) Just one thing is not righrt: we spread butter on bread too, here in Italy, but we do it only for breackfast and the usually but not always we spread honey or jam on top of it. And, if I may a number to your list: Be aware that if in Italy you order a pepperoni pizza you will get a pizza with sweet peppers, not salami. Peperoni (with only a "p" in the middle) for us are red or yellow sweet peppers :)
I think that if you ask a capuccino after 11 a.m. no one waiter refuse, until if there is a problem with pressure in the machine. But I don't think so.
I`m Ukrainian. I have been in Italy twice, in Rimini and Naples. I know a lot of about Italy and write about Italian calcio. In Naples I drunk coffee con latte in the evening. The native Italians don`t do it )))
Same in Switzerland, If you ask for pepperoni in Switzerland you'll get bell peppers or Poivrons Rouges in the French part, for American Pepperoni it would be Salami.
My family comes from Abruzzo and my dad and all my uncles rolled their pasta with a spoon. They were all born and raised in Abruzzo. My mom and my aunts rolled their pasta with the "corner" of the plate. When polpette ( meatballs) are served, yes they are not mixed together on the table. One big bowl will have the pasta and the other big plate will have polpette, sausage and thick pork ribs. On the plate, the pasta is placed first and then you place the meat of your choice on the pasta and enjoy. My point is this: there are certain traditions that are regional specific and one region does not speak for all of them. Remember that Italy is a country of 20 different provinces and those provinces were separate countries until the unification that happened in the 1870's. But before the unification, those provinces were separate countries for over 2000 years. To compare this to America, in New York City, you can hail a taxi on the street but in Las Vegas, you must use a cab stand.
@@stevenchierici Not true since the Papal States were not incorporated into İtaly until the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), when Napoleon İİİ withdrew French troops from the Papal States, leaving the latter territory open for annexation to İtaly.
@@richardcgs2001 Bro are You trying to teach me the story of my country? Ahahah, yes You sayd well Rome was incorporated after, but the unification of the rest was in 1861. So "Italy" officially exist from that date.
Rome is so beautiful! I see Italy has very very strict rules for food! Also about the taxis I believe most European cities (except London or Paris ofc) can be explored well by foot. Also I see the difference between the people here who are a bit shy of the camera opposite to the blokes in London who just own your camera 😂. Great video!
Exactly! Italy has so many regions, so many amazing things... truly fascinating and breathtaking ☺️ And relate the country to those few stereotypes... it doesn’t speak any good about the person thinking so 😁
Yeah, english is not really spoken in Italy especially by old people, but we are kind people so if you ask something we will do our best to tell you the answer using an italian-english mixed language and lots of HAND GESTURES. In other countries like France is very common for people to ignore you if you don't speak their language, even if they are the tourists (this is only based on my experience though)
@@caliberto5087 The younger generation are often actually very annoying and impolite because as soon as you speak with a less than perfectly French accent they will reply to you in English but after 2 or 3 words they are lost. Le 'Savoir vivre' is unknown to them.
@@MsMesem That's exactly why I appreciate France. The second reason is that there are no american military bases here. Nothing to do with Italy and Germany being obscenely invaded. Rrspect.
@@caliberto5087 Then le savoir vivre is lost on you also. This is a very recent developement and plain rude. If someone addresses you in the language of the country you are in then responding using anything but the same language is rude.
@@MsMesem You could, in my opinion, try to speak french in the United States already at customs controls, then tell us your experience. I will be happy to read what you write.
Hi Anna! You're truly a delightful discovery and you've brought a big smile to my face. As an Italian, I understand that speaking English might be a bit challenging for some, but here we excel in the universal language of gestures, it's like an art form! And about transportation... well, a little delay is inevitable, but don't worry, we make up for it with restaurants that seem to never close! And as for cheese on fish or cappuccino in the afternoon, nobody would dare deny you these culinary delights! Thanks for the laughs and for showcasing Italy with such spirit!
This is one of the most informative videos about traveling to Italy I’ve ever seen. Such a beautiful country, it’s difficult to understand why my grandparents left. I hope I get to visit one day.
Aww thank you so much for watching 🤩 I’m so happy you enjoyed my little video ☺️ If you are going to Italy and especially to Rome, check my Travel to Rome Guide 👉🏼 allgoglobal.com I put together best places to eat, best places to stay and a lot of other useful info before your trip 😉 Stay safe and enjoy your trip to Italy ❤️
you're right, in Italy food is a religion. But I have a clarification on milk and cappuccino, it is not true that you can't order a cappuccino after 11 am, for example I love to drink a cappuccino in the afternoon, for a snack. The problem is when you drink it for lunch or dinner. Milk is not a simple drink, like water, it is a real food, so it is absurd for us to drink it during a meal.
@@Gigi_Latrottola Infatti, è una stupidata senza senso. Io sono italiano e il cappuccino l'ho sempre preso quando volevo e nessuno mi ha mai detto niente.
exactly! is just because most italians already know what kind of combinations can ruin your digestion and obviously the perfect taste based on a long cooking culture.
Very good work ! Please follow exactly these never ever in Italy but remember also that variety Is the must of Italy ! You can do and have all these never ever of you want !!! Cappuccino in the evening ? ok . Bread and butter ? Ok . Polpette on spaghetti ? Ok . Get intro a church not perfecly close ? Ok . The essential Is the politness . Appreciate the elegance .
This was more educational material that I could have learned from a book!! Thank you so much!! I will absolutely write down the no-no’s of food ordering and carry it with me like a Bible while in Rome!!!!
Many people goes to Italy and see always the same places.. Rome, Venice, Florence.. There are thousands of amazing places and towns; try to visit Cremona, Mantova, Vicenza, Parma, lake of Orta, Bolzano, Trieste, Aquileia, Genova, Lucca, Ancona, Perugia, Gressoney Valley, Bardonecchia, Novara, Torino, Elba island, Cagliari, Alghero, the Gargano, Orbetello, Lecce, Lipari Islands.......
@@ninovulkan9815 Yes, but if you visit Verona, Vicenza and the lake of Garda in few kilometers and a week you've done a trip that other tourists can only dream
As a frequent traveller to Italy I think you did a good job, but a lot of it is common sense. You don't go into a church with naked legs no matter which country. And of course, not every Italian is related to mafia, I mean, really, who would think that? There is no need to insult the readers' intelligence. I liked the comments of the Italian readers, so overall a useful material, thanks.
Awesome video Anna , I lived in Italy 🇮🇹 for two years outside of Rome in Anzio & Nettuno . Looking forward to some day visiting Norway . Safe travels & continued success & all the best . Ciao Bella 👍😘⚾️🇮🇹
About spaghetti and meatballs: actually they exists in Italy, non in the American way obviously, but in some region they make pasta with tiny meatballs (see Spaghetti alla chitarra con le polpettine, a typical recipe from Abruzzo region)
Le polpette con gli spaghetti ....nella tradizione antica c'erano le fettuccine fatte in casa , spaghetti poco poco . Ragù di carne mista e polpette . In genere però non vengono servite insieme nello stesso piatto . Si mettono a tavola e chi le vuole le prende ma le polpette sono considerate un secondo A Napoli le polpettine le mettono nella lasagna al forno ( pasta al forno però fatta con la lasagna )
it is true spaghetti with meat balls exist somehwere generally for a family coming back from a day at sea and in search for something easy and fast: not very high quality pasta, tomatoes, pepper salt and oil.anyway it is very very trivial and plebeian.
Totally perfect, just a couple of things: -Believe me, lastly the situation is much better than in the past about public transport punctuality. We're not Swiss (and we'll never ever be like them 🤣), but sensibly better than in the past. -You right about english speaking by italians, anyway, this is also clearly improving with the new generations, even if we still have a long way to go. - BONUS 😂: About food you forgotten to say: never ever ask dressing sauce on your vegetables! Lot of foreigners, especially americans, make this mistake. Use only olive oil, or what kind of oil you prefer, salt, pepper and some vinegar, and you will enjoy the real taste of our amazing vegetables from our amazing land. Believe me. After less than a week you will never want to go back to your old dressing. Anyway, Anna, great job. I was almos moved and proud watching your video. GREAT JOB!
Going to be leaving Canada for the first time ever (Haven't even been to the USA before) to come to Rome, Italy for a college trip and I'm slightly more comforted watching these videos, hoping I don't make an absolute BAFOON out of myself.
Nice video, quite accurate and well explained! Just one small mistake I'd like to point out. You can call a taxi by raising your hand. It's not that common, but if a taxi is free and see you calling them, they will definitely take you.
I like your video but you forgot to mention that Italy is a country specialized in the hospitality sector. If you come to Italy feel free to do and ask for what you like... no one will judge you. Italians are tied to traditions but have an open mind.
@@barrankobama4840 GDP is not an employment indicator. However, without controversy, the meaning of my first post was: feel free to ask and do what you like when you visit Italy, no one will judge you for what you do or what you eat. If you don't believe it go to any Italian restaurant, order spaghetti with ketchup, you will be promptly satisfied despite being a disgusting combination for the Italian tradition. I hope you have understood the meaning of my post. I'm out of this discussion.
Nice vid ! Your English accent is so .... creative ! It has some flavour of Norwegian, some hint of Russian ... and some things that I have no idea where you picked them up from !!! By the way your Italian diction is pretty good, brava.
I'm italian living in the uk. When in italy I have cappuccino at all hours. But I need to say 'Bolente' meaning hot. Italians drink it quickly so it's never hot. As long as you pay, you can ask for anything
I am very pleased to see that you know our culture so well! Here in Italy we take for granted the things you just said and I understand that for those who don't live here it can be different. I'm writing with google translate because I've never been good at studying English at school, I've never enjoyed studying languages! And that's the way it is for many here, exactly like you said
Italy is the country that gave us the Renaissance, the most world renowned food,fashion, art , architecture, films , and unimaginable style in automobiles. This is a culture who gave us the western alphabet, law, philosophy not to mention the voluminous scientific knowledge which is used today . Furthermore opera, the musical scale and the piano was Italys gift to the world. These people are compassionate, kind and worldly . For those who really think that Italy is all about the mafia, you need to move out from under your rock. Please don't embarrass yourself further.
Unfortunately, mafia stemmed from some really rough and ignorant people coming from remote rural areas of only one of the 20 regions, but Hollywood was quick to point its spotlight on it. Now the reputational damage is done.
Oh how I miss my Rome :) So beautiful, so eternal :) I miss every fontanella, every alley, every low building, every Caravaggio, every Bernini. Every car and every motorcycle parked where it couldn't be. Every morning cornetto. Every Napoletana pizza, every Sicilian sweet. Each time each Rome overlapped. ❤❤❤❤❤
Ma in realtà se sei di Roma tanti consigli sono giusti, tipo che le banche chiudono all'ora di pranzo, i Nasoni per l'acqua e che l'inglese è parlato poco dalla gente comune. Per i taxi credo che dia buoni consigli ma non saprei visto che non prendo abitualmente il taxi. Sul cibo anche dice cose sensate. Sulla puntualità dipende dalle persone che incontra😂. Sicuramente al nord sono più precisi. Gli spaghetti con le polpette sono piatti tradizionali della Sicilia e della Calabria quindi è normale che i turisti americani si aspettino quello, dato che in passato hanno avuto molti immigrati da quelle regioni.
Agree. 13:45 We use spoon to help us roll the pasta on a fork all the time. 15:23 Its completely OK to ask for olive oil and balsamic vinegar. 15:35 Many regions of Italy has pasta with meatballs.
"Don’t Order Cappuccino after 11am in Italy" it is not true. You can have your cappuccino whenever you want, just don't take it with your lunch or dinner. Would you like pasta with sauce soaked in milk? It's like saying: "would you put fish on cheesecake?" Or I don't know ... would you put pineapple on pizza? Ah yes ... you do that ... 😱😱😱
Exactly, no cappuccino no milk with a meal! That's a strict rule! In the afternoon it's not common but some people still have a cappuccino in the afternoon...
Grazie mille was the most important phrase I found in Sicilia, next to buona giorno, and buona serra. I was in Sicilia and found the people there delightful and welcoming even if they didn't speak English. The fact I was there looking for a home pleased them that I would move from America to Sicilia. I don't know anyone who has been to Italy that didn't want to go back.
@alessioatta762, my sincere apologies. I was in Siracusa and Augusta last year looking at houses. I loved the towns, the people and the entire experience. I hope to move there in the near future. My paternal grandfather was from Naples, but being an "island" native I fell in love with Sicily. It's one of the most wonderful places I've ever seen. Greetings from Long Island, New York. One "islander" to another.
@@johndigiacomo1674 no Need to apologize :) i have recently been in Melilli, a very Little Town between Augusta and Siracusa, it was my first time too in that place, i really hope your plan will go well, wish you all the best
@alessioatta, next time you're in Siracusa go to Ortigia(?) Island. Crossing the bridge on the right, the second shop past the first street has a souvenir shop owned by an immigrant named Rashid, stop by an say hi from me, I visited him on a couple of trips, and he's a nice man.
Buon giorno not buona giorno ( giorno is a masculine noun) Somebody already told you about the serra. That wouldn't matter in speaking though because foreigners generally don't pronounce the double consonants properly anyway. I've been here 30 years and still can't properly differentiate capelli from cappelli. My Italian husband always makes fun of me.
I travel abroad alot and was in Italy early this summer😃. The main thing is simply be yourself. The people in the touristy areas LOVE westerners, the locals outside of the hot spots are just regular people. Relax, be yourself, have fun… and the good news is the silly “things not to do” showcase videos are ridiculous. Do Unto Others… and you’ll be fine and have a bLaSt!
I can understand the issues with speaking English. Living in the United States, so close to Mexico, I struggle to have conversations with those who speak Spanish. But, Google Translate has come in super handy for those occasions 😅 Italy looks like such a beautiful and magnificent place. I cannot imagine going to a place like that and being disrespectful. I would be extremely happy to be there, and glad to study the language and culture, and really have an immersive experience. And yes, cheese on seafood dishes is a big no for me as well😂 Cheers!
I love this, I wish I had viewed this before visiting Rome, I think I broke every rule. So sorry Italy, next time I will try harder. Such a fascinating city of culture.
I Listening to your video, I learned something that as an Italian (and a Roman) I only partially knew... more than one coin can be thrown into the Trevi Fountain! I was familiar with the legend of throwing a coin to return to Rome, but the one about finding love and a husband, I swear I had never heard it! It’s quite charming how the old legend has transformed over time... Abroad. Really a nice touch. Thank you for the discovery!
Thank you, Anna! Nice video! I'm Italian, and I just want to reassure people here that things are not SO strictly done: - I like pizza with pineapples (with tomato, mozzarella cheese and ham): not many pizza makers do it, but now it's not a taboo anymore! - we take cappuccino also in the afternoon: just, we avoid it during and immediately after the main meals... Well, also after dinner it could be quite strange, but if you like it, go for it! - in Italy there are 20 regions, and more than 1000 km separate the northern parts from the southern ones, so... ethics, languages, customs, foods may vary very much in different places! For example, in Piedmont - the north-western part of Italy - a small delay could be accepted at personal level, but touristic guided tours, events and ceremonies usually start at the scheduled time. Another example, in some traditional cuisines the use of a spoon to eat spaghetti was considered normal in the past (well, now eating spaghetti with fork and spoon, or cutting them, is accepted just for children...). Butter to be spread on freshly-baked (possibly warm) bread is served in some home-style restaurant to be eaten with some dish, for example anchovies. Thank you again, Anna, and welcome to Italy, tourists! 🙂
Thank you for what you said about the mafia, I really appreciated it. I agree, it's offensive and I get surprised when I discover that people from other countries really think that all Italians are involved in the mafia. I believe that's because of gangster movies, which are still fiction. People from other countries often think that there's something kinda heroic in the mafia. And I think that's important to understand that there are so many people who are killed by the mafia, or others that lost their loved ones because of it or others that have fought against it.
@@adamakaru2683 Mafia is italian, but alla italian are not" mafiosi", "Cosa nostra " is american, founded by an italo-american, Lucky Luciano; a Jew born in Beloruss, Meyer Lansky, an Irish from Chicago, Moran, a Dutch, Schutz.
Absolutely not, in England in some restaurants, obviously not the Italians ask for a cappuccino after having dinner, it happened to me in a restaurant in Buckingham, near the Silvertone racetrack Assolutamente, in Inghilterra in certi ristoranti, ovviamente non gli Italiani ricevuto il cappuccino dopo aver cenato è capitato a me in un ristorante a Buckingham, vicino all'autodromo di Silvertone
You r a lively woman, I liked the very style of talking and advise you given is very enchanting-- I will never ever unfolow your advises, if ever I could Roma. I'm from Bangladesh, it is a small country in the pocket of India and an independent. Thank you very much!
I am Italian but I always put grated cheese on pasta with fish and/or seafood. The funny things is people at the table with me always make comments on how this is not something you do but when the cheese arrive somehow half the people if not most then put the cheese on their pasta, they just didn't want to ask for it!
Because you are not good in tasting stuffs. Like Italian waitress, I don't put on the table the Parmesan if there is only fishy pasta. It's the first stuff that we learn. The Parmesan RUIN every other light taste (like fish). Like drink coffe with pasta or pizza. Same problem.
Bravissima Anna! Grazie per i tuoi buoni consigli ai turisti che visitano Roma e Italia. Dalle tue parole si capisci che ami veramente questo bellissimo paese. Well done Anna! Thank you for your good advice to tourists visiting Rome and Italy. From your words you understand that you truly love this beautiful country
Good video Anna, the only thing I would disagree with is cappuccino. True it's mainly a morning and breakfast drink, but you can order one at any time. There's no taboo about an afternoon cappuccino. I often do, and so do some other Italians. We just think it's disgusting together with a a main (salted) meal.
We actually had a restaurant offer it to us at dinner, suggested by the waiter. We had heard it was something you just didn't do so we were a little surprised. I was more than happy to order something else but ... hey, they offered. This wasn't a particularly touristy restaurant but I'm sure they were not unaccustomed to tourists and the person serving us must have recognized that and immediately spoke to us in English.
@@SergioCeccherini - It is quite interesting to see the cultural differences (and similarities) between Italy and the US. We try to be as respectful as possible as visitors and for the most part, we've had great experiences with the Italian people. Only on a few occasions have we run into a little conflict, primarily out of our own ignorance combined with some surly people who had little patience for it, lol. Google translate has become our friend. I think that would be true anywhere though and I'd imagine that an Italian coming to the US for the first time would need a minute to adapt.
@@johnmininger7472 Hi John, I work with American clients, and I assure the vast majority of people in the tourist industry, like myself, prefer to have clients from the US. Americans are known for being informal, but nonetheless respectful.
Uhm, I have to strongly disagree with this, Cappuccino is a morning drink, drinking it with a main course or even in the afternoon or evening doesn’t make sense, I would rather drink an espresso or a macchiato. Obviously you can order at any time because waiters won’t tell you you can’t have it, but it’s just no how we. Italians, do it.
Hi I'm Roman and you did a really good job with this video. Concerning Churches I think it' s normal to respect the sacred as I would do visinting another Country with a different credo. Food here is not just food it' s "convivium" from Latin. It' s a way of thinking, a way to relate wirh others. Take your time. Don' t hurry, don' t use your cellular phone and look your friends directly in the eyes. Talk, eat and have fun. Life can serve you lemons sometimes so better appreciate little wonderful moments that will remain inside you. Btw you' re also really beautiful if I may say. God bless you.
I was in Milan a couple of months ago and we started in the outer neighborhood of the city. I always asked in Italian if the person spoke English and if not, I'd try to muddle my way through the question. At one point I fell and needed first aid supply so when I went to the pharmacy, I just lifted my leg to show my knee. Haha the clerk instantly sprang into action grabbing everything I needed.
I have a restaurant and it happens sometimes that someone, Italian, asks me for a spoon to eat spaghetti. They are mostly southern people. I discovered that for a certain period it was a symbol of elegance to eat pasta with a spoon for the Neapolitan nobility. How habits change ...
It isn't a southern thing at all. The only people I know that eat with spoon and fork were northeners that came as turist to the south in summer. I'm from southern Italy but I attend university in the North.
A couple of months ago, we spent three days in the Valley of Susa and a week at Pinerolo/Pignerol. We had a very enjoyable time there, I surprised that quite a few of the older generation spoke fluent French. Of course this part of Piedmonte used to be Savoy and Pignerol was French three times, and the frontier is very near. Usually I had speak my rather basic Italian, but the people I spoke to were very encouraging. As I know the part of France - Le Queyras and the Valley of L'Ubaye - that is immediately on the other side of the border, I found that we had a lot in common.
Right, NEVER cut spaghetti with anything - not only with a knife - and never break them before putting them in the pot to cook them. But in the south of Italy is very common to use a spoon to help you to wrap spaghetti on the fork.
Young Italians and French drink wine from early on so there is no reason for them to get dead drunk like English or American Youth. Alcohol in Italy, France, Switzerland is part of a good meal, so children are used to drink wine at an early age. Beaujolais Nouveau, Pisse Dru (Sauser) used to be for children, now it became fashionable for Adults in North America.
yup, enjoy the wine, but just cool it on the amounts. Nobody appreciates being approached by a stumbling incoherent tourist, plus the fact that there are jerks who LOOK for drunks to take advantage of. one distracts you the other takes what they can from you before you know it - oplichters are common all over europe - clumsy drunkenness will attract them 100%
😅🤣😂 as soon as you arrive on termini the freakshow starts, empty bottles everywhere, piles of glass scattered all around, each corner some drunks with a pack of sunboiled cantina vino as far as the eye reaches, a refill at the bangla minimarket is cheaper than anywhere & fresh from the frigo! And on my arm i wear the spell; ricchione ubriacone & some people frowned upon reading that for real! 😂🤣😅
If you buy a takeaway pizza, it's normal to ask to cut it with the pizza wheel. In pizzerias or restaurants I never asked, but I don't think it would be such a fuss
I don't want to discourage tourists so I must specify something: You are pretty right about everything, but a bit exaggerated about the food. Maybe, if you do something "weird" in proud specific places, like Naples (Napoli) they will kick you out of the door, but mostly, if you do something unusual, people may laugh and maybe mock you, but nobody is going to get mad. So - You can ask cheese, ketchup, or sauces. They would maybe suggest you an alternative, like "we don't have spaghetti meatballs, but maybe you may like spaghetti with ragù, it's a meat sauce, it's ok?" - Bread with butter and/or jam is the common thing they offer you for breakfast in many hotels (at least in north Italy). - When you order a pizza, many times are the waiters themselves that asks you if you want them to slice it for you (especially if you take it away). - That's something more common with kids, because every adult knows how to eat spaghetti, but you can use the spoon as a base to twist the fork and nobody will reach your table to take away your spoon. You may even cut them with the knife if you like. People will laugh but that's still not a taboo. - There are places that, following the trend, are actually serving pineapple pizza. Is just not common. - The same as some restaurants that want to look american (not american restaurants, just look a like) that actually serves spaghetti meatballs. So yes, you can find them here. And I personally find it good. And to conclude, - My wife always starts eating her pizza by cutting a SQUARE in the center and that hurts my Italian feelings, but nobody ever cared at all, or said anything about it.
Dear Anna Goldman, when you refer to Italy you must exclude Alto Adige. Up there there are connections between bus and train of only 2' as in Switzerland
That's because they were on the right side of WWII and it's no longer the Sud Tyroll. If only they'd taken the British side next time they'd have all the Venetian Adriatic empire
Hi, I was born in Rome. Unfortunately, dogs also drink in the "Nasoni" fountains, I avoid drinking because it makes me sick. As for punctuality, it depends on whether the activity is private or public like the bus service. I assure you that the hours of banks and other private activities are very precise, as for the hours of museums. Finally, the only church where to avoid inappropriate clothing is San Pietro. Congratulations on your videos, you are very beautiful and nice.
Non capisco bene la questione dei cani che bevono alle fontane... intanto in genere loro bevono dalla base o dal getto, non dall'ugello, ed essendo oltretutto l'acqua sempre corrente è impossibile bere la stessa acqua del cane... boh. Io ho sempre bevuto alle fontane di Roma e non ho mai avuto problemi....
The dogs drink from the basin, not the spout. The spout can't make you sick because of the dogs. I drank from them all the time in Catania and I was a visitor, not used to the local water. I was fine.
The taxi was the most cheapest comfortable thing to go from place to place in the city of Rome. Me with my three girls had the most exceptionnal experiences in the white Rome taxi’s. Driving the fast way and shouting out loud by the driver, fantastic!
Italians are usually on time all the time nowadays. Especially in the north, punctuality is much appreciated. How do I know this? I am an Italian who’s always ten to fifteen minutes late and people get very angry at me because of this bad habit 😅
@@francesco7305 io sono una ritardataria, e ho sempre notato più tolleranza su questo al sud. Provengo da una famiglia mista: nord, sud, centro Italia e Francia. Secondo me, al nord il ritardo è poco tollerato, con qualche eccezione (ho amici di Bologna abbastanza sereni al riguardo). A Torino, per cinque minuti di ritardo già ti guardano male, stessa cosa a Mantova, Verona, MIlano... Al sud, cinque minuti di ritardo non sono mai stati un problema, almeno nella mia esperienza personale. In Spagna è molto simile la cosa, sono tutti tolleranti con i classici cinque minuti di ritardo. Più vai al nord Italia e più diventiamo "tedeschi" con gli orari. Parlo ovviamente in linea generale e, no, non vale per tutti. Buona Pasqua!
@@fabriziodambrosio86 io sono sempre puntuale anzi anticipatario e sono nato e cresciuto al sud. Finitela di sentirvi migliori in ogni cosa trasmettendo questi messaggi pure agli stranieri. Poi visto che dici che è un dato di fatto fornisci i dati statistici, altrimenti è un chiacchiericcio da bar (di quelli meridionali, più chiassosi)
@@francesco7305 Io sono del nord e non mi sento superiore a voi del sud. Nella mia esperienza, la maggioranza degli italiani che ho frequentato qui in Piemonte è puntuale, ma c'è una minoranza davvero odiosa che lo fa apposta ad arrivare in ritardo.
brava davvero. Listen to her, she's right on the mark! One thing I would add is a "must", not a "not to do"..use "grazie" freely, you will often find a level of courtesy about that going way back into the culture..It's pronounced : grah( with the accent here) --tzieh
Hi Anna! I'm a roman working at a bar/restourant near Vatican City. And I can absolutely conferm what you are saying. Tourist order cappuccino or caffelatte all the time at lunch time, next to their pasta or pizza, and as I take the order I'm always very confused, cause it's just.. weird ahahah. We usually drink water, fizzy drinks, wine or beer with our main meals... In fact I always goes like.. "Sorry and you don't want any water.. perhaps?" AHAHAHAH
As an Italian I would add a general consideration: Italy, although small, is very diverse across regions. North/South, mountain/seaside, big cities/small towns, there are so many differences in lifestyle, food, local languages, beautiful things to see and do, culture, even attitude towards life... Take your time to go beyond those 2-3 "iconic" items and to appreciate this diversity... And don't do what we do: don't judge some parts of Italy as "better" or "worse" than others.
Hello Anna (from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada). My first visit to any of your travel videos. I love your pronunciation of 'fountain'- fontane LOL!. And I hear other accents in your speech, so interesting. Thanks for posting.
I am portuguese and understand perfectly italian if they speak piano, piano. I was last week in Napoli, Pompeo ans Amalfi coast. I loved it so much! I want to visit Rome and I think all Italy :)
Italians will know that you're a tourist the moment they see you. I'm an opera singer very specialized in Italian diction, and they still talk to me in English. Who cares if you want a cappuccino after 11am. Half the time when I'm in Italy I don't leave the house until that time anyways.
Completamente d'accordo sulle infradito nelle città, non si può vedere! E ti dò ragione su tutto, tranne sul non chiedere al cameriere di non tagliarti la pizza. Se lo chiedi, andrà a prendere la rotella e lo farà volentieri :). E in più posso dire che la pasta con le polpette esiste in Italia ed è anche molto apprezzata (specialmente dai bambini)! Solo che le puoi mangiare solo con gli spaghetti, con gli altri tipi di pasta assolutamente no.
La pasta con le polpette è un'americanata, cosi' come gli "spaghetti bolognese"...se si trovano queste cose in Italia è solo nei ristoranti per turisti stranieri o in quelli di bassa categoria.
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00:00 - WELCOME to ITALY 🇮🇹
01:02 - Don’t Buy Drinking Water in Rome
02:14 - Don’t Expect Everyone to Speak English in Italy
03:49 - Don’t Expect Swiss Punctuality in Italy
05:04 - Don’t Assume all Italians are related to Mafia
06:00 - Don’t Catch Taxi in Italy on the side of the road
06:58 - Don’t Toss Coins in EVERY Fountain in Rome
07:55 - Don’t Wear Inappropriate Clothes visiting Churches
10:06 - Don’t Order Cappuccino after 11am in Italy
12:43 - Don’t Put Cheese on any Dish fountains Fish or Seafood
13:16 - NEVER CUT SPAGHETTI WITH a KNIFE!
14:29 - NEVER DO IN ITALY: Bonus Advice
@@espen1717 thank you 🤗
You often confuse Rome with Italy and Italy with Rome. As most of inexperienced travelers do.
1st: I do buy drinking water in Rome and anywhere. The difficult is to buy eating water...
2nd: This is true in the south, where people barely speak even proper Italian.
3rd: Punctuality is a honor in northern Italy. In Rome and in the south, it's just a tip. You should know the big differences between the 2 o 3 macroareas of the country. These diferences should be communicated.
4th: Mafia is a product of the south. Even when not related to mafia, residents use to support it. Often unknowingly.
5th: Why not? We use to call dedicated phone numbers. But, I repeat: why not? It happens.
6th: Are you talking about Rome or Italy?
7th: That's true: covering thighs and tits or naked shoulders would be a form of respect
8th: We never do this. But if you like...why not?
9th: That's true
10th: That's true
Don’t Assume all Italians are related to Mafia.. correct.
And watching your videos i have understood not all English people have a snaggletooth, 2 stereotypes dispelled 👍😂
@@Answererrrr do not assume all White North Americans are related with the KKK. 👻🔥👻🔥👻🔥👻🔥
How stupid stereotypes still today in 2022.
@@naveconterosso razzistello è dir poco. 👍
I spent a year and a half learning Italian before I went. One thing I would add is make sure you know numbers at least to 100....if you ask "quanto costa?" or "quanto fa", be ready to hear a response back in italian. This really applies to any question you ask....know different answers you might receive. Also important to know the differences between singular and plural because that can cause confusion as well. Most italians appreciate the attempt to speak their language and will be helpful if you get something wrong.
This is a very good point for any language - if you ask how much in the vernacular, make sure you know your numbers 😁
I was in Italy in 2018 or so. Knowing nothing, i traveled there on such short notice i had not prepared for the culture difference from the west. First, though i am American, I'm Latin decent however. I speak Spanish fluently. I was surprised how well I could hold a conversation with people in Italy while they spoke Italian and I spoke Spanish. It was awesome. One shop keeper didn't speak English and I asked "Espanol?" The shopkeeper said, "El Italiano es similare". She was right. allot of the words are quite similar. I spoke Spanish form there on and had a great time in Italy.
I had the same experience in 2009. We got through Italy with my Spanish. We didn't find anyone willing to speak English. They are very willing to try to understand you in Spanish.
Same speaking French in Italy. Adding "o" helped! Bon Journo!
Did you catch a roman making out with his mother in public? A big cultural shock.
Google Translate on your telefonino?
I am Italian from the Veneto region, whose capital is Venice. Our local language is even more similar to Spanish. When we go to visit Rome speaking our dialect, local shopkeepers take us for Spaniards and every time I was in Spain I mostly tried to speak my dialect instead of Italian. Everybody was happy.
Hello Anna, I've just finished to watch your video and I really appreciated it! I'm Italian and I live in Rome, so very often I can see many foreing tourists. Welcome to Italy, Friends!! The most you said is absolutely correct (above all about pizza and spaghetti!!) but I'd like just to add one thing about "dressing rules" in churches. The importance to be dressed in an appropriate way, isn't about our traditions or way of life, it's about the proper respect for God. It's unappropriate and disrespectful to enter the church with some clothes which can be considered "sexy": miniskirt, transparent shirt or vest, little shorts and so on. As you said many times, during your video, if you respect the culture and the behaviour (ideas) of the locals, they will respect you!
The church rules are by no means unique to Italy. It would be the same in the Philippines, for instance.
No way out.
I'll be in Italy in March. I'm looking forward to it
Wellcome
@@valentinefelix2161 have pleasure and a nice stay
Being a tourist from Down Under, couldnt speak Italian but funny we managed to relate with a few words and body language, Love the Italians yes Bonjourno ~ wonderful people, thank you for our anazing time ❤️❤️
When god was handing out brains. Italians where out eating pasta.
@@masterlee9822 No, No they were working on their greatest Empire. They own the arts and culture ~ Magnificent, even today seeing their ancient ruins.
@@cherrylleallan6366 Who but a roman would of wanted Rome to survive considering how much genocide, mass murder and slavery romans committed against other Europeans.
You were there waiting but when he saw you he thought about mistaking it for shit@@masterlee9822
@@masterlee9822HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY TO MAKE SUCH A COMMENT.😂😂😂😂
Enjoyable video with several good points. As an Italian born and raised, I'd like to clarify the fact (it's a very common misrepresentation) that just like me, many Italians enjoy cappuccino at any hour of the day. Whenever i have a "coffee" break, no matter it is morning or afternoon, even "aperitivo" time, my drink of choice is always cappuccino and you'll be surprised to see how many more Italians do the same.
Take care!
Having lived in Italy I agree! I used to drink cappuccino at all times of the day! I haven’t done it since I moved. Coffee is an all day thing in Italy 🥰 From time to time I would have a caffe correctto as well 😛
Exactly, I am having one right now
I also did not think the barista was going to turn down business just because of the time of day.
Just don't drink the cappuccino during a a lunch or a dinner and you Always be okay
not me.
but it happens i ask for
i want it!
Anna, I spent two weeks in Italy back in 2014 for my parents 50th anniversary. Perhaps two of the best weeks of my life. Thank you for sharing. Looks like you’ve got quite a channel!
Hello😊😊
I'm glad you enjoyed your time there
Congratulations. I don’t know how long you spent in Italy but you have been able to pick up so many habits and point of viewes, all presented in a nice and kind way. Really enjoyed your video.
Aww thank you very much Nicola ☺️🤗 I did my best observing your gorgeous country! As it’s absolutely fascinating 😌
I'm Italian and live in the northern region of Liguria. This stereotype of all Italians being late always makes me mad. That's simply not true, here in the north we are always on time.
I live in Recco and work in Switzerland. I am traveling by train almost every week. It is absolutely true that we are not as punctual as Swiss. Public transportation, but also business meeting and meetings with friends.
@@andreaschneider6001 Regarding trains and public transport you’re absolutely right but when it comes to private and personal relations or business meetings nobody here wants to be late.
BTW I’m from Genova and lived and worked either in Switzerland and The Netherlands.
Ci stanno ritardatari da Aosta a Palermo fidati
@@calcagnolibero this is subjective. I'm not sure that in the north you all are always on time. There are also people in the south that do not like to be late. Do not play the north&south game here. It's just the italian reputation based on many factors like politics, transports, etc.
IMHO the being late thing is pretty much everywhere in Italy. Sometimes people don't turn up at all. A shrink once told me that being late was all about not succumbing to the will of the person, telling you to be in a certain place at a certain time or simply put ,not being a slave to their will.
I put it down to the fact that Italians are a mostly a busy bunch, with a tendency of cramming lots of activities into their daily routine, often more than they can handle.
My grandpa was from Rapone Italy. I may never get the chance to visit there, but I enjoy learning about Italy. Loved your video.
Thank you for these picturesque descriptions, actually reasonable people everywhere in the world must share the same basic politesse as long as they are civilised.
This is probably the best Don't do in Italy video !!! Everybody who is going to Italy should watch this !!!
Reg. Using a spoon for pasta ...I thought Italians in South do it though ! I don't myself ! I am Japanese ,but I've known those things you mentioned in this video !!! I love Italy 🇮🇹 !!! Viva Italia !!! 👍👍👍💜💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
Aww thank you very much 🤗🤗 I’m so happy you enjoyed it ❤️
Italians don’t use spoon for eating pasta 😉 only Italians in America in God Father movie 🙂
You are very welcome to Italy 🤗
I’ve never been to Japan yet 🤩🤩🤩 hopefully soon! When current situation is finished..
how’s the situation in Japan? Is it getting better?
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel HI there ! You're so very welcome ! I really did enjoy this video & I couldn't stop giggling !! Lol.😆 I was told that people in S.Italy did use spoons w/ 🍝 & confirmed it with my ex Italian lovers including one from South ! Were they kidding me !?? Lol. But,some another Italian man from North said you guys didn't !! Lol. I am confused now !!! I know Italians in North don't ! But, I take your word for it !!
I have been to Italy in '83 !! I admire your beauty ( Italy & Italians ) & skills & talent & art & music , of course ,foods !!!! Lol. I can't live without pasta !! Lol. You guys are AMAZING !!! And you do know how to enjoy your lives 👍👍& make life more glamorous & make it more dramatic to enjoy more !! Like no one else !! I admire that Italian designers know how to make women look more beautiful & ultra feminine ,giving it more drama, know our bodies like Michelangelo did !!! 😍😍 You can tell that's Italian who designed almost by just looking at it !! This can go on & on !!! Lol. And I love your language !! 😍
I live in the U.S., I am in L.A. !
I know ,right !!? We just got new guidelines/ regulations two nights ago to wear masks again !!😫 It's summer time !! We Japanese say " only fools catch cold / flues in summer !" Lol.
I understand it ,though ! But,it's been way too long & something isn't quite right !
Thank you so much for welcoming us to your incredible country Italy !!! Indeed ,me & mom are trying to squeeze Italy 🇮🇹in our very near future ( hopefully the next year !!! ) travel to Wales & England 🇬🇧 so hard with very very tight budget ! 😅 I am really hoping we'll be able to somehow ! That's been our dream for a quite sometime ! We both love Italy the best !!! ( Italy & Wales are my NO.1 ,my late soulmate was Welsh ! )We both have been to Italy separately & fell in love ,but never been there together ! We both had high expectations before & Italy never disappointed us there ! Infact everyone I've met who had been there said they had fabulous times ,not even one complained !!! People love Italy 🇮🇹 Sorry for my novel here ! 😅
May I ask you a question !? How true or untrue is the thing about Napoli that people have been complaining they got mugged & hurt during the broad daylight in Napoli !!? I don't think they're lying ,but that is an exaggeration to claim it happens there all the time like everyday !! 🤔
I am wanting to know as I am planning us to stay in Napoli for a few days if we go to Italy & my mom is old & we might get to the Napoli central bus station around 2 : 15 am one night !! Is it dangerous !? If you can answer this ,I'll appreciate it very much ! 🧡
Thank you so much for your very warm & kind reply !!! 💗I'm looking forward to watch more of your videos ! I am so glad that I found your channel !!! 👍👍👍💖💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
@@spark_6710 aww thank you very very much 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Well.. about Napoli.. you know it depends on people 🙂 maybe I would not advise having lots of gadgets on the table unattended 😉 you know what I mean, when you travel you always should be careful as there will be some people who like taking advantages of the tourists.
My usual advice: always keep it simple 🙂 especially if you don’t know the place well use common sense and you’ll be fine 😉
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel HI there ! Oh yes !! That makes total sense !! Thanks so much !!!
I have to tell you something happened yesterday ! I was talking of Italy with somebody on Y.T. ! About safety there ! An Italian man from Calabria gave me warnings regarding unsafe areas are controlled by MAFIAS !!! LOL.Yes !! So ironic ! But,I appreciate him now as I remember of news about how Batican popes & priest have been fighting against Italian mafia selling drugs there & getting killed by the maffias !!! 😱 And I was thinking myself staying at a hotel in Batican !!!😱😱 I was wondering why my head was telling me " No ! Batican is not safe !?" !? He saved me & mom !!!
He said countrysides & suburbs are controlled by maffias !! Especially in Roma ,Napoli , Puglia!! Calabria & Bari !!! Not to mention Sicily !!
Thanks so much !! 👍💜💜💜🥁🐉🎵🎤🎶💕💞
@@spark_6710 well… what can I tell you.. this form of illegal activities coverage exists in any country.
Unfortunately, it’s a part of our life and we have to live with it.
For example, Tenderloin in San Francisco. Far not the safest place to take a walk but unfortunately nothing can be done 🙂
You see, every country has those issues
Thank you for your list. If you are at a restaurant in Italy, you can't find pasta with meatballs because it's a dish that traditionally we make at home. There are several dishes from traditional regional kitchen you cannot find at the restaurant. But if you are lucky enough to get invited to friend's home for lunch or dinner, you may eat spaghetti with meatballs and they will taste amazingly!
Meatballs and spaghetti???
I only know spaghetti al ragù, but it is completly different from meatballs!
Very interesting. Thank you for your list. 😊
Hello😊😊
Nah... pasta with meatballs is not an Italian dish
@@MonicaFerrari-st5jf There is at least one exception, my (late) grandmother is from Sicily and she used to make a tomato sauce with small meatballs, that contain a lot of garlic. It's a recipe that has been in the family for almost 100 years. You can have them on the side, but she put them in after making the sauce. And we roll our spaghetti with a fork, rotating it in the spoon.
“Don’t assume all Italians are related to the mafia.” That’s not something that even crossed my mind 😂
thank you!
Exactly!
Nice City hi madam
some is allready too much.
She is so right about organized crime talk! One that doesn't know the real history is just wanting to know something. Oddly Fair enough. There are so many documentaries they can be referred to. I am born in Canada and my Parents immigrated to Canada from Italy when they were kids. We know organized crime from movies. Whether or not they are true is another question. Since so many countries now have multiple criminal activity, it is considered stupid to go to Italy and ask someone. I refer people to education. On a funny note, in High School my friends all went to see the 'GodFather' part 1 or 2, don't remember. They wanted to know if my household was the same lol. One guy asked me this, "Does your Dad wear that undershite Sonny wore? " Another one asked if all men beat their wives in Italy. The video statement is true!! She is so right!! Watch the news and learn all countries boast various levels of organized crime, hell even a reputable lawyer can be a criminal.
As an italian, i'm pretty confident to confirm 99% of this video (there are exceptions though). Very nice! I can also suggest to try speaking italian in Italy, even if you're not fluent, locals will appreciate that!
Aww grazie mille ☺️🤗 this is the top level of reference! Thank you ❤️
Thank you, Anna, I learned a lot from your video, and you have a lovely sense of humor
From Italian, wonderful video, excellent footage, excellent explanation with absolute respect, and you have a good Italian respecting the Italian language and culture ... many should take an example from you. Love from Italy ❤
I'm Italian, and there are some mistakes. For example at the end of the video when u tell to not mix oil with balsamic vinegar like in the salad sometimes they are mixed it depends by personal favourite taste, and the second one is butter with bread, surely not to a restaurant but back in the time a traditional afternoon snack was bread with a little bit of butter and sugar on top, I hope u will like it
When I was a child (60 years ago in USSR )the piece of bread with butter and sprinkled sugar substituted pastry
una russa del cazzo che fa finta di parlare con accento british.
@@lyubovzaslavskaya2915
Same for Italy.
In Tuscany, also bread+sugar+wine (no butter) was a delicious pastry replacement for children.
@@lyubovzaslavskaya2915 in Italy too. Bread, butter and sugar. In alternative bread, butter and homemade jam, or bread, olive oil and salt. No frills. 😉
Thanks for pointing it out. It depends very much where in italy you are. Don‘t underestimate the differences of regional culinary styles. There are regions, where you dont add vinegar to the salad and only use oil (f.e. Tuscany). But other do so!
I'm italian and this video is so accurate and funny :) Just one thing is not righrt: we spread butter on bread too, here in Italy, but we do it only for breackfast and the usually but not always we spread honey or jam on top of it.
And, if I may a number to your list: Be aware that if in Italy you order a pepperoni pizza you will get a pizza with sweet peppers, not salami. Peperoni (with only a "p" in the middle) for us are red or yellow sweet peppers :)
If you want a pepperoni pizza in Italy, you need to ask for a “pizza alla diavola”. That’s the one! As Nicoletta said, peperoni means bell peppers
@@84Elenai yes, or "calabrese" in some places.
I think that if you ask a capuccino after 11 a.m. no one waiter refuse, until if there is a problem with pressure in the machine. But I don't think so.
I`m Ukrainian. I have been in Italy twice, in Rimini and Naples. I know a lot of about Italy and write about Italian calcio. In Naples I drunk coffee con latte in the evening. The native Italians don`t do it )))
Same in Switzerland, If you ask for pepperoni in Switzerland you'll get bell peppers or Poivrons Rouges in the French part, for American Pepperoni it would be Salami.
Thanks!
My family comes from Abruzzo and my dad and all my uncles rolled their pasta with a spoon. They were all born and raised in Abruzzo. My mom and my aunts rolled their pasta with the "corner" of the plate. When polpette ( meatballs) are served, yes they are not mixed together on the table. One big bowl will have the pasta and the other big plate will have polpette, sausage and thick pork ribs. On the plate, the pasta is placed first and then you place the meat of your choice on the pasta and enjoy. My point is this: there are certain traditions that are regional specific and one region does not speak for all of them. Remember that Italy is a country of 20 different provinces and those provinces were separate countries until the unification that happened in the 1870's. But before the unification, those provinces were separate countries for over 2000 years. To compare this to America, in New York City, you can hail a taxi on the street but in Las Vegas, you must use a cab stand.
thats the way....
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Well said, only one thing, the unification was in 1861;)
@@stevenchierici Not true since the Papal States were not incorporated into İtaly until the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), when Napoleon İİİ withdrew French troops from the Papal States, leaving the latter territory open for annexation to İtaly.
@@richardcgs2001 Bro are You trying to teach me the story of my country? Ahahah, yes You sayd well Rome was incorporated after, but the unification of the rest was in 1861. So "Italy" officially exist from that date.
Rome is so beautiful! I see Italy has very very strict rules for food! Also about the taxis I believe most European cities (except London or Paris ofc) can be explored well by foot. Also I see the difference between the people here who are a bit shy of the camera opposite to the blokes in London who just own your camera 😂. Great video!
Thank you very much indeed ☺️🤗🤗 I’m so happy you enjoyed it 🙂
yes! Seems like in London and in Rome people do like the camera 😁
Hello😊
Cool blog, those that seriously think that ALL italians are related to the mafia are mentally disturbed
Exactly! Italy has so many regions, so many amazing things... truly fascinating and breathtaking ☺️
And relate the country to those few stereotypes... it doesn’t speak any good about the person thinking so 😁
It’s a common stereotype
Ci sono cose assolutamente non esatte...
And drink wine all the time and eat spagetthi & pizza for every meal
Stop. Most have some connection, somewhere in their family.
Yeah, english is not really spoken in Italy especially by old people, but we are kind people so if you ask something we will do our best to tell you the answer using an italian-english mixed language and lots of HAND GESTURES. In other countries like France is very common for people to ignore you if you don't speak their language, even if they are the tourists (this is only based on my experience though)
France is a good country.
They do not use the foreign languages.
@@caliberto5087 The younger generation are often actually very annoying and impolite because as soon as you speak with a less than perfectly French accent they will reply to you in English but after 2 or 3 words they are lost. Le 'Savoir vivre' is unknown to them.
@@MsMesem
That's exactly why I appreciate France.
The second reason is that there are no american military bases here.
Nothing to do with Italy and Germany being obscenely invaded.
Rrspect.
@@caliberto5087 Then le savoir vivre is lost on you also. This is a very recent developement and plain rude. If someone addresses you in the language of the country you are in then responding using anything but the same language is rude.
@@MsMesem
You could, in my opinion, try to speak french in the United States already at customs controls, then tell us your experience.
I will be happy to read what you write.
Hi Anna! You're truly a delightful discovery and you've brought a big smile to my face. As an Italian, I understand that speaking English might be a bit challenging for some, but here we excel in the universal language of gestures, it's like an art form! And about transportation... well, a little delay is inevitable, but don't worry, we make up for it with restaurants that seem to never close! And as for cheese on fish or cappuccino in the afternoon, nobody would dare deny you these culinary delights! Thanks for the laughs and for showcasing Italy with such spirit!
This is one of the most informative videos about traveling to Italy I’ve ever seen. Such a beautiful country, it’s difficult to understand why my grandparents left. I hope I get to visit one day.
Aww thank you so much for watching 🤩 I’m so happy you enjoyed my little video ☺️
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I thoroughly enjoyed your videos. I live in New Mexico, USA. Would love to visit Italy.
you're right, in Italy food is a religion. But I have a clarification on milk and cappuccino, it is not true that you can't order a cappuccino after 11 am, for example I love to drink a cappuccino in the afternoon, for a snack. The problem is when you drink it for lunch or dinner. Milk is not a simple drink, like water, it is a real food, so it is absurd for us to drink it during a meal.
Bella spiegazione. Ormai tra gli "expats" c'è questo mito che non si può prendere il cappuccino dopo le 11...
@@Gigi_Latrottola Infatti, è una stupidata senza senso. Io sono italiano e il cappuccino l'ho sempre preso quando volevo e nessuno mi ha mai detto niente.
exactly! is just because most italians already know what kind of combinations can ruin your digestion and obviously the perfect taste based on a long cooking culture.
Io ho visto l'apoteosi della disgrazia: cappuccino da bere con la pasta allo scoglio... gamberetti e latte. Roba pesante vi assicuro
Very good work ! Please follow exactly these never ever in Italy but remember also that variety Is the must of Italy ! You can do and have all these never ever of you want !!!
Cappuccino in the evening ? ok . Bread and butter ? Ok . Polpette on spaghetti ? Ok . Get intro a church not perfecly close ? Ok .
The essential Is the politness . Appreciate the elegance .
This was more educational material that I could have learned from a book!! Thank you so much!! I will absolutely write down the no-no’s of food ordering and carry it with me like a Bible while in Rome!!!!
Aww thank you very much indeed ☺️ I’m so happy to help 🤗
if you want to come home alive never order pineapple pizza, it's the worst thing you can ask for hahhaa
i'm italian ask me for everything
@@svxernova pure io hahaha
Many people goes to Italy and see always the same places.. Rome, Venice, Florence.. There are thousands of amazing places and towns; try to visit Cremona, Mantova, Vicenza, Parma, lake of Orta, Bolzano, Trieste, Aquileia, Genova, Lucca, Ancona, Perugia, Gressoney Valley, Bardonecchia, Novara, Torino, Elba island, Cagliari, Alghero, the Gargano, Orbetello, Lecce, Lipari Islands.......
Taormina
Ravenna Bologna Faenza
Correct, if you have two months but if you have a week you go for the unmissable things first.
@@ninovulkan9815 Yes, but if you visit Verona, Vicenza and the lake of Garda in few kilometers and a week you've done a trip that other tourists can only dream
As a frequent traveller to Italy I think you did a good job, but a lot of it is common sense. You don't go into a church with naked legs no matter which country. And of course, not every Italian is related to mafia, I mean, really, who would think that? There is no need to insult the readers' intelligence. I liked the comments of the Italian readers, so overall a useful material, thanks.
That is akin to asking a Japanese person if they are related to the yakuza .
Awesome video Anna , I lived in Italy 🇮🇹 for two years outside of Rome in Anzio & Nettuno . Looking forward to some day visiting Norway . Safe travels & continued success & all the best . Ciao Bella 👍😘⚾️🇮🇹
Norwegians can be creepy sometimes and point their sharp bird beak noses at people.
About spaghetti and meatballs: actually they exists in Italy, non in the American way obviously, but in some region they make pasta with tiny meatballs (see Spaghetti alla chitarra con le polpettine, a typical recipe from Abruzzo region)
Also in Calabria they do, but they are very local traditions
Hllo😊😊
Le polpette con gli spaghetti ....nella tradizione antica c'erano le fettuccine fatte in casa , spaghetti poco poco . Ragù di carne mista e polpette .
In genere però non vengono servite insieme nello stesso piatto .
Si mettono a tavola e chi le vuole le prende ma le polpette sono considerate un secondo
A Napoli le polpettine le mettono nella lasagna al forno ( pasta al forno però fatta con la lasagna )
it is true spaghetti with meat balls exist somehwere generally for a family coming back from a day at sea and in search for something easy and fast: not very high quality pasta, tomatoes, pepper salt and oil.anyway it is very very trivial and plebeian.
Anna this video is so fun to hear from an Italian living in Rome 😃😂good job
Awww thank you very much indeed 🤩🤗🤗🤗 I’m so happy to here from Italian that my observation was right 😉❤️
"Ai miei tempi se chiamava la voja de scopa'" (Cit.)
Totally perfect, just a couple of things:
-Believe me, lastly the situation is much better than in the past about public transport punctuality.
We're not Swiss (and we'll never ever be like them 🤣), but sensibly better than in the past.
-You right about english speaking by italians, anyway, this is also clearly improving with the new generations, even if we still have a long way to go.
- BONUS 😂: About food you forgotten to say: never ever ask dressing sauce on your vegetables! Lot of foreigners, especially americans, make this mistake.
Use only olive oil, or what kind of oil you prefer, salt, pepper and some vinegar, and you will enjoy the real taste of our amazing vegetables from our amazing land.
Believe me.
After less than a week you will never want to go back to your old dressing.
Anyway, Anna, great job.
I was almos moved and proud watching your video.
GREAT JOB!
the punctuality of public transport in countries which do not have public transport is amazing to me......
Most of habits you mentioned were a common practice in Portugal 30 to 40 years ago! But now all have changed ! I love your videos! Grazie!
Going to be leaving Canada for the first time ever (Haven't even been to the USA before) to come to Rome, Italy for a college trip and I'm slightly more comforted watching these videos, hoping I don't make an absolute BAFOON out of myself.
Ti troverai bene qui in Italia
Nice video, quite accurate and well explained! Just one small mistake I'd like to point out. You can call a taxi by raising your hand. It's not that common, but if a taxi is free and see you calling them, they will definitely take you.
I like your video but you forgot to mention that Italy is a country specialized in the hospitality sector. If you come to Italy feel free to do and ask for what you like... no one will judge you. Italians are tied to traditions but have an open mind.
Ma che stronzate! Siamo la nazione più rompicoglioni del mondo sul cibo
Italy is not a country specialized in the hospitality sector. Tourism in general generates less than 6% of total GDP.
@@barrankobama4840 How can a country that hosts 65 million tourists per year (5th on world tourism ranking) not be specialized in hospitality?
@@mercuryinformatica1073 if 94% of people work in anoter sector you cannot use the word specialised.
@@barrankobama4840 GDP is not an employment indicator. However, without controversy, the meaning of my first post was: feel free to ask and do what you like when you visit Italy, no one will judge you for what you do or what you eat. If you don't believe it go to any Italian restaurant, order spaghetti with ketchup, you will be promptly satisfied despite being a disgusting combination for the Italian tradition. I hope you have understood the meaning of my post. I'm out of this discussion.
Nice vid ! Your English accent is so .... creative ! It has some flavour of Norwegian, some hint of Russian ... and some things that I have no idea where you picked them up from !!! By the way your Italian diction is pretty good, brava.
Thanks!
I'm italian living in the uk. When in italy I have cappuccino at all hours. But I need to say 'Bolente' meaning hot. Italians drink it quickly so it's never hot. As long as you pay, you can ask for anything
Perhaps you meant "Bollente"
La stessa cosa succede a me 😂 Da quando sto in Germania prendo un capuccino quando mi pare
I am very pleased to see that you know our culture so well! Here in Italy we take for granted the things you just said and I understand that for those who don't live here it can be different. I'm writing with google translate because I've never been good at studying English at school, I've never enjoyed studying languages! And that's the way it is for many here, exactly like you said
Italy is the country that gave us the Renaissance, the most world renowned food,fashion, art , architecture, films , and unimaginable style in automobiles.
This is a culture who gave us the western alphabet, law, philosophy not to mention the voluminous scientific knowledge which is used today .
Furthermore opera, the musical scale and the piano was Italys gift to the world. These people are compassionate, kind and worldly .
For those who really think that Italy is all about the mafia, you need to move out from under your rock. Please don't embarrass yourself further.
THANK YOU!!!
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Grazie Robert! Cari saluti da Verona ❤
Unfortunately, mafia stemmed from some really rough and ignorant people coming from remote rural areas of only one of the 20 regions, but Hollywood was quick to point its spotlight on it. Now the reputational damage is done.
No one thinks that, except maybe for a joke. Never heard that before.
Brava Anna, nice video, as an italian from Rome I enjoyed to see your enthusiasm for our style of life... la dolce vita. 😊
We moved to a medieval Norman-Invasion era village in Campania. We left 'crazy' and arrived in calmness. Thanks for your video.
Oh how I miss my Rome :) So beautiful, so eternal :) I miss every fontanella, every alley, every low building, every Caravaggio, every Bernini. Every car and every motorcycle parked where it couldn't be. Every morning cornetto. Every Napoletana pizza, every Sicilian sweet. Each time each Rome overlapped. ❤❤❤❤❤
Roma, maritozzo con la panna .
Roma è famosa per il maritozzo !
Chi va a Roma e non lo piglia non sa cosa si è perso
Ur UA-cam channel is very underrated thank you for all the knowledge on Norway it’s a dream of myn to go there some day so thank you again Anna👑
Aww thank you so much 🤗🤗🤗 I’m so happy to be helpful ❤️
As Italian, I can say that just 3 of these things are right
Ma in realtà se sei di Roma tanti consigli sono giusti, tipo che le banche chiudono all'ora di pranzo, i Nasoni per l'acqua e che l'inglese è parlato poco dalla gente comune. Per i taxi credo che dia buoni consigli ma non saprei visto che non prendo abitualmente il taxi. Sul cibo anche dice cose sensate. Sulla puntualità dipende dalle persone che incontra😂. Sicuramente al nord sono più precisi. Gli spaghetti con le polpette sono piatti tradizionali della Sicilia e della Calabria quindi è normale che i turisti americani si aspettino quello, dato che in passato hanno avuto molti immigrati da quelle regioni.
Interesting, what are they?
Quelle?
Agree.
13:45 We use spoon to help us roll the pasta on a fork all the time.
15:23 Its completely OK to ask for olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
15:35 Many regions of Italy has pasta with meatballs.
@@penmuni3833 Thnx
"widely" (not wildly) spoken . . . Good video. I have lived in Italy for 36 years now. From Rome to Puglia. Trani now.
Great video Anna! I just found your channel and adore your facial expressions so much I watched this video twice! 😉
Very well done and presented. Loved my three trips to Italy.
Thank you Joe ☺️ I’m happy you enjoyed it 🤗
"Don’t Order Cappuccino after 11am in Italy" it is not true. You can have your cappuccino whenever you want, just don't take it with your lunch or dinner.
Would you like pasta with sauce soaked in milk? It's like saying: "would you put fish on cheesecake?"
Or I don't know ... would you put pineapple on pizza? Ah yes ... you do that ... 😱😱😱
😂😂😂😂 fish on cheesecake 🤣 love this one 👍🏻 amazingly said!
Cappuccino after 11 pm is not forbidden but it is weird
Exactly, no cappuccino no milk with a meal! That's a strict rule! In the afternoon it's not common but some people still have a cappuccino in the afternoon...
@gigi v Exactly, is not weird.
Usually after a heavy lunch or dinner drinking a cappuccino doesn't help your digestion.
Grazie mille was the most important phrase I found in Sicilia, next to buona giorno, and buona serra. I was in Sicilia and found the people there delightful and welcoming even if they didn't speak English. The fact I was there looking for a home pleased them that I would move from America to Sicilia. I don't know anyone who has been to Italy that didn't want to go back.
"sera" with only one single "r" Indeed serra mean a Place where you can buy plants. Greetings from sicily ^.^
@alessioatta762, my sincere apologies. I was in Siracusa and Augusta last year looking at houses. I loved the towns, the people and the entire experience. I hope to move there in the near future. My paternal grandfather was from Naples, but being an "island" native I fell in love with Sicily. It's one of the most wonderful places I've ever seen. Greetings from Long Island, New York. One "islander" to another.
@@johndigiacomo1674 no Need to apologize :) i have recently been in Melilli, a very Little Town between Augusta and Siracusa, it was my first time too in that place, i really hope your plan will go well, wish you all the best
@alessioatta, next time you're in Siracusa go to Ortigia(?) Island. Crossing the bridge on the right, the second shop past the first street has a souvenir shop owned by an immigrant named Rashid, stop by an say hi from me, I visited him on a couple of trips, and he's a nice man.
Buon giorno not buona giorno ( giorno is a masculine noun) Somebody already told you about the serra. That wouldn't matter in speaking though because foreigners generally don't pronounce the double consonants properly anyway. I've been here 30 years and still can't properly differentiate capelli from cappelli. My Italian husband always makes fun of me.
WONDEFUL! Going to Italy in March/April and this is PERFECT!!!! Grazie!
I had been in Italy once, it is a very nice place thank you Anna for the tips
you are lucky you did not to get mugged.
I travel abroad alot and was in Italy early this summer😃. The main thing is simply be yourself. The people in the touristy areas LOVE westerners, the locals outside of the hot spots are just regular people. Relax, be yourself, have fun… and the good news is the silly “things not to do” showcase videos are ridiculous. Do Unto Others… and you’ll be fine and have a bLaSt!
I can understand the issues with speaking English. Living in the United States, so close to Mexico, I struggle to have conversations with those who speak Spanish. But, Google Translate has come in super handy for those occasions 😅
Italy looks like such a beautiful and magnificent place. I cannot imagine going to a place like that and being disrespectful. I would be extremely happy to be there, and glad to study the language and culture, and really have an immersive experience. And yes, cheese on seafood dishes is a big no for me as well😂
Cheers!
I love this, I wish I had viewed this before visiting Rome, I think I broke every rule. So sorry Italy, next time I will try harder. Such a fascinating city of culture.
Hello😊😊
😂😂😂 rules are made to broken!!!
We're waiting for you in Italy.
I Listening to your video, I learned something that as an Italian (and a Roman) I only partially knew... more than one coin can be thrown into the Trevi Fountain! I was familiar with the legend of throwing a coin to return to Rome, but the one about finding love and a husband, I swear I had never heard it! It’s quite charming how the old legend has transformed over time... Abroad. Really a nice touch. Thank you for the discovery!
I'm italian and i confirm that everything she said is true. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Anna! Nice video!
I'm Italian, and I just want to reassure people here that things are not SO strictly done:
- I like pizza with pineapples (with tomato, mozzarella cheese and ham): not many pizza makers do it, but now it's not a taboo anymore!
- we take cappuccino also in the afternoon: just, we avoid it during and immediately after the main meals... Well, also after dinner it could be quite strange, but if you like it, go for it!
- in Italy there are 20 regions, and more than 1000 km separate the northern parts from the southern ones, so... ethics, languages, customs, foods may vary very much in different places!
For example, in Piedmont - the north-western part of Italy - a small delay could be accepted at personal level, but touristic guided tours, events and ceremonies usually start at the scheduled time.
Another example, in some traditional cuisines the use of a spoon to eat spaghetti was considered normal in the past (well, now eating spaghetti with fork and spoon, or cutting them, is accepted just for children...).
Butter to be spread on freshly-baked (possibly warm) bread is served in some home-style restaurant to be eaten with some dish, for example anchovies.
Thank you again, Anna, and welcome to Italy, tourists! 🙂
@@fio123 e magnatell tu!!
I went in Italy and they didn't have freddo cappuccino like in Greece. Do they make it now?
Can you smoke in coffee shops?
@@damonfeidias No, you can't smoke in coffee shops, in Italy. Please, don't do it.
Thank you for what you said about the mafia, I really appreciated it. I agree, it's offensive and I get surprised when I discover that people from other countries really think that all Italians are involved in the mafia. I believe that's because of gangster movies, which are still fiction. People from other countries often think that there's something kinda heroic in the mafia. And I think that's important to understand that there are so many people who are killed by the mafia, or others that lost their loved ones because of it or others that have fought against it.
I don't know of any Italian, in the USA who is not related to the "Mafia".
@@adamakaru2683
I dont know any intelligent person in the USA
I blame tiktok
@@maurorampichini8202 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@adamakaru2683 Mafia is italian, but alla italian are not" mafiosi", "Cosa nostra " is american, founded by an italo-american, Lucky Luciano; a Jew born in Beloruss, Meyer Lansky, an Irish from Chicago, Moran, a Dutch, Schutz.
Cappuccino after 11 is a legend,many people drink it in the afternoon ,just like the 5 o'clock english tea time
Usually it’s macchiato caldo though 😉
Absolutely not, in England in some restaurants, obviously not the Italians ask for a cappuccino after having dinner, it happened to me in a restaurant in Buckingham, near the Silvertone racetrack Assolutamente, in Inghilterra in certi ristoranti, ovviamente non gli Italiani ricevuto il cappuccino dopo aver cenato è capitato a me in un ristorante a Buckingham, vicino all'autodromo di Silvertone
Ma che cazzo stai a di
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel No, it is cappuccino.
You r a lively woman, I liked the very style of talking and advise you given is very enchanting-- I will never ever unfolow your advises, if ever I could Roma. I'm from Bangladesh, it is a small country in the pocket of India and an independent. Thank you very much!
Realy happy to know your Chanel Anna. Remember pasta with polpette, meatballs, is a typical food in South of Italy.
Thank you very much indeed ☺️🤗
I am Italian but I always put grated cheese on pasta with fish and/or seafood. The funny things is people at the table with me always make comments on how this is not something you do but when the cheese arrive somehow half the people if not most then put the cheese on their pasta, they just didn't want to ask for it!
Exactly!!!! Parmigiano cheese on spaghetti with squid ink or spaghetti with clams... unbelievably good
Italian all ugly proud and conceited people
C'è anche chi mangia una m. e gli piace. Gusti sono gusti
I've noticed the same, someone needs to do it first for the rest to have the guts doing taboo comfortably, it's the same everywhere...
Because you are not good in tasting stuffs.
Like Italian waitress, I don't put on the table the Parmesan if there is only fishy pasta. It's the first stuff that we learn.
The Parmesan RUIN every other light taste (like fish). Like drink coffe with pasta or pizza.
Same problem.
Bravissima Anna! Grazie per i tuoi buoni consigli ai turisti che visitano Roma e Italia. Dalle tue parole si capisci che ami veramente questo bellissimo paese. Well done Anna! Thank you for your good advice to tourists visiting Rome and Italy. From your words you understand that you truly love this beautiful country
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Good video Anna, the only thing I would disagree with is cappuccino. True it's mainly a morning and breakfast drink, but you can order one at any time. There's no taboo about an afternoon cappuccino. I often do, and so do some other Italians. We just think it's disgusting together with a a main (salted) meal.
We actually had a restaurant offer it to us at dinner, suggested by the waiter. We had heard it was something you just didn't do so we were a little surprised. I was more than happy to order something else but ... hey, they offered. This wasn't a particularly touristy restaurant but I'm sure they were not unaccustomed to tourists and the person serving us must have recognized that and immediately spoke to us in English.
@@johnmininger7472 You had a good waiter that wanted to satisfy his clients, rather than impose our customs.
@@SergioCeccherini - It is quite interesting to see the cultural differences (and similarities) between Italy and the US. We try to be as respectful as possible as visitors and for the most part, we've had great experiences with the Italian people. Only on a few occasions have we run into a little conflict, primarily out of our own ignorance combined with some surly people who had little patience for it, lol. Google translate has become our friend. I think that would be true anywhere though and I'd imagine that an Italian coming to the US for the first time would need a minute to adapt.
@@johnmininger7472 Hi John, I work with American clients, and I assure the vast majority of people in the tourist industry, like myself, prefer to have clients from the US. Americans are known for being informal, but nonetheless respectful.
Uhm, I have to strongly disagree with this, Cappuccino is a morning drink, drinking it with a main course or even in the afternoon or evening doesn’t make sense, I would rather drink an espresso or a macchiato. Obviously you can order at any time because waiters won’t tell you you can’t have it, but it’s just no how we. Italians, do it.
An informative video. Thank you young lady.. Safe travels!!!! Until the next time!
Thank you very much indeed ☺️🤗
Hi I'm Roman and you did a really good job with this video.
Concerning Churches I think it' s normal to respect the sacred as I would do visinting another Country with a different credo.
Food here is not just food it' s "convivium" from Latin. It' s a way of thinking, a way to relate wirh others. Take your time. Don' t hurry, don' t use your cellular phone and look your friends directly in the eyes. Talk, eat and have fun. Life can serve you lemons sometimes so better appreciate little wonderful moments that will remain inside you. Btw you' re also really beautiful if I may say. God bless you.
Why you'd look like a " Local" while visiting my Country? We're quite welcoming and we like you as you are...
I was in Milan a couple of months ago and we started in the outer neighborhood of the city. I always asked in Italian if the person spoke English and if not, I'd try to muddle my way through the question. At one point I fell and needed first aid supply so when I went to the pharmacy, I just lifted my leg to show my knee. Haha the clerk instantly sprang into action grabbing everything I needed.
Because the "clerk" was a doctor in pharmacy.
@@lucianatrambaglio4881 she was a lovely older lady and I was really appreciative of her taking care of me.
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In italy for worki ng in pharmacy it must to be graduate doctor
I have a restaurant and it happens sometimes that someone, Italian, asks me for a spoon to eat spaghetti. They are mostly southern people. I discovered that for a certain period it was a symbol of elegance to eat pasta with a spoon for the Neapolitan nobility. How habits change ...
It's a very old habit, somthing my grampa would have done (he was born in 1910) ; today is truly rare.
Spoon and FORK, please!
It isn't a southern thing at all. The only people I know that eat with spoon and fork were northeners that came as turist to the south in summer.
I'm from southern Italy but I attend university in the North.
SPOON AND FORK. THEY ARE NOT STUPID
some Germans still do this, snobs
A couple of months ago, we spent three days in the Valley of Susa and a week at Pinerolo/Pignerol. We had a very enjoyable time there, I surprised that quite a few of the older generation spoke fluent French. Of course this part of Piedmonte used to be Savoy and Pignerol was French three times, and the frontier is very near. Usually I had speak my rather basic Italian, but the people I spoke to were very encouraging. As I know the part of France - Le Queyras and the Valley of L'Ubaye - that is immediately on the other side of the border, I found that we had a lot in common.
Glad to say, after quite a few visits to Italy, I passed each one of your 10 'never do' items. PS, you are gorgeous!😊
Right, NEVER cut spaghetti with anything - not only with a knife - and never break them before putting them in the pot to cook them. But in the south of Italy is very common to use a spoon to help you to wrap spaghetti on the fork.
Public drunkenness is a big no no in Italy. Be careful because it is really frowned upon.
Young Italians and French drink wine from early on so there is no reason for them to get dead drunk like English or American Youth. Alcohol in Italy, France, Switzerland is part of a good meal, so children are used to drink wine at an early age. Beaujolais Nouveau, Pisse Dru (Sauser) used to be for children, now it became fashionable for Adults in North America.
yup, enjoy the wine, but just cool it on the amounts. Nobody appreciates being approached by a stumbling incoherent tourist, plus the fact that there are jerks who LOOK for drunks to take advantage of. one distracts you the other takes what they can from you before you know it - oplichters are common all over europe - clumsy drunkenness will attract them 100%
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😅🤣😂 as soon as you arrive on termini the freakshow starts, empty bottles everywhere, piles of glass scattered all around, each corner some drunks with a pack of sunboiled cantina vino as far as the eye reaches, a refill at the bangla minimarket is cheaper than anywhere & fresh from the frigo!
And on my arm i wear the spell; ricchione ubriacone & some people frowned upon reading that for real!
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If you buy a takeaway pizza, it's normal to ask to cut it with the pizza wheel. In pizzerias or restaurants I never asked, but I don't think it would be such a fuss
I don't want to discourage tourists so I must specify something:
You are pretty right about everything, but a bit exaggerated about the food.
Maybe, if you do something "weird" in proud specific places, like Naples (Napoli) they will kick you out of the door, but mostly, if you do something unusual, people may laugh and maybe mock you, but nobody is going to get mad.
So
- You can ask cheese, ketchup, or sauces. They would maybe suggest you an alternative, like "we don't have spaghetti meatballs, but maybe you may like spaghetti with ragù, it's a meat sauce, it's ok?"
- Bread with butter and/or jam is the common thing they offer you for breakfast in many hotels (at least in north Italy).
- When you order a pizza, many times are the waiters themselves that asks you if you want them to slice it for you (especially if you take it away).
- That's something more common with kids, because every adult knows how to eat spaghetti, but you can use the spoon as a base to twist the fork and nobody will reach your table to take away your spoon. You may even cut them with the knife if you like. People will laugh but that's still not a taboo.
- There are places that, following the trend, are actually serving pineapple pizza. Is just not common.
- The same as some restaurants that want to look american (not american restaurants, just look a like) that actually serves spaghetti meatballs. So yes, you can find them here. And I personally find it good.
And to conclude,
- My wife always starts eating her pizza by cutting a SQUARE in the center and that hurts my Italian feelings, but nobody ever cared at all, or said anything about it.
Dear Anna Goldman, when you refer to Italy you must exclude Alto Adige. Up there there are connections between bus and train of only 2' as in Switzerland
That's because they were on the right side of WWII and it's no longer the Sud Tyroll. If only they'd taken the British side next time they'd have all the Venetian Adriatic empire
Hi, I was born in Rome. Unfortunately, dogs also drink in the "Nasoni" fountains, I avoid drinking because it makes me sick. As for punctuality, it depends on whether the activity is private or public like the bus service. I assure you that the hours of banks and other private activities are very precise, as for the hours of museums. Finally, the only church where to avoid inappropriate clothing is San Pietro. Congratulations on your videos, you are very beautiful and nice.
Perché nelle altre chiese entri con le infradito?
All churches require appropriate clothing. Obviously you'll find warning signs only in major ones.
Non capisco bene la questione dei cani che bevono alle fontane... intanto in genere loro bevono dalla base o dal getto, non dall'ugello, ed essendo oltretutto l'acqua sempre corrente è impossibile bere la stessa acqua del cane... boh.
Io ho sempre bevuto alle fontane di Roma e non ho mai avuto problemi....
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The dogs drink from the basin, not the spout. The spout can't make you sick because of the dogs. I drank from them all the time in Catania and I was a visitor, not used to the local water. I was fine.
The taxi was the most cheapest comfortable thing to go from place to place in the city of Rome. Me with my three girls had the most exceptionnal experiences in the white Rome taxi’s.
Driving the fast way and shouting out loud by the driver, fantastic!
El idioma no fue un problema. Nos comunicamos en español . Incluso fuimos traductores de una pareja de Brazil fue divertido. 😅
Very ilarious! You're perfectly right talking of cappuccino or express ino or macchiato caffè....we dont have no more breakfast drink!!!! Brava!!!!
You look stunning. This dress is soooo beautiful! ❤
Let's remember that also "Fettuccine Alfredo" are almost unknown in Italy.
In Rome only for (stupid) tourists
Almost? Totally unknown
Italians are usually on time all the time nowadays. Especially in the north, punctuality is much appreciated. How do I know this? I am an Italian who’s always ten to fifteen minutes late and people get very angry at me because of this bad habit 😅
Era necessario “especially in the north”? Proprio non ce la fate eh.
@@francesco7305 io sono una ritardataria, e ho sempre notato più tolleranza su questo al sud. Provengo da una famiglia mista: nord, sud, centro Italia e Francia. Secondo me, al nord il ritardo è poco tollerato, con qualche eccezione (ho amici di Bologna abbastanza sereni al riguardo). A Torino, per cinque minuti di ritardo già ti guardano male, stessa cosa a Mantova, Verona, MIlano... Al sud, cinque minuti di ritardo non sono mai stati un problema, almeno nella mia esperienza personale. In Spagna è molto simile la cosa, sono tutti tolleranti con i classici cinque minuti di ritardo. Più vai al nord Italia e più diventiamo "tedeschi" con gli orari. Parlo ovviamente in linea generale e, no, non vale per tutti.
Buona Pasqua!
@@francesco7305 é un dato di fatto che la parola puntualità cambia significato da nord a sud inutile prenderci in giro
@@fabriziodambrosio86 io sono sempre puntuale anzi anticipatario e sono nato e cresciuto al sud. Finitela di sentirvi migliori in ogni cosa trasmettendo questi messaggi pure agli stranieri.
Poi visto che dici che è un dato di fatto fornisci i dati statistici, altrimenti è un chiacchiericcio da bar (di quelli meridionali, più chiassosi)
@@francesco7305 Io sono del nord e non mi sento superiore a voi del sud. Nella mia esperienza, la maggioranza degli italiani che ho frequentato qui in Piemonte è puntuale, ma c'è una minoranza davvero odiosa che lo fa apposta ad arrivare in ritardo.
I’ll drink a cappuccino whenever I want lmao. They’ll know I’m a tourist based on my accent alone. I drink coffee all day long and I won’t stop 😅
And this is exactly the same for us Italians in Italy.
brava davvero. Listen to her, she's right on the mark! One thing I would add is a "must", not a "not to do"..use "grazie" freely, you will often find a level of courtesy about that going way back into the culture..It's pronounced : grah( with the accent here) --tzieh
Very informative! I enjoyed watching it. I'm interested on Italy. I am claiming in Divines timing I will visit there will enjoy the scenery and pasta.
Hi Anna! I'm a roman working at a bar/restourant near Vatican City. And I can absolutely conferm what you are saying. Tourist order cappuccino or caffelatte all the time at lunch time, next to their pasta or pizza, and as I take the order I'm always very confused, cause it's just.. weird ahahah. We usually drink water, fizzy drinks, wine or beer with our main meals... In fact I always goes like.. "Sorry and you don't want any water.. perhaps?" AHAHAHAH
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Loved it. Very informative.
Thank you very much indeed 🤗
As an Italian I would add a general consideration: Italy, although small, is very diverse across regions. North/South, mountain/seaside, big cities/small towns, there are so many differences in lifestyle, food, local languages, beautiful things to see and do, culture, even attitude towards life... Take your time to go beyond those 2-3 "iconic" items and to appreciate this diversity... And don't do what we do: don't judge some parts of Italy as "better" or "worse" than others.
Excelent front pair ❤️
Hello Anna (from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada). My first visit to any of your travel videos. I love your pronunciation of 'fountain'- fontane LOL!. And I hear other accents in your speech, so interesting. Thanks for posting.
That is how you pronounce it in Italian …
I am portuguese and understand perfectly italian if they speak piano, piano. I was last week in Napoli, Pompeo ans Amalfi coast. I loved it so much! I want to visit Rome and I think all Italy :)
Italians will know that you're a tourist the moment they see you. I'm an opera singer very specialized in Italian diction, and they still talk to me in English. Who cares if you want a cappuccino after 11am. Half the time when I'm in Italy I don't leave the house until that time anyways.
I think every nation can easily distinguish most of the non-nationals. This is no big deal. And the lady in the video is not Italian either.
Completamente d'accordo sulle infradito nelle città, non si può vedere! E ti dò ragione su tutto, tranne sul non chiedere al cameriere di non tagliarti la pizza. Se lo chiedi, andrà a prendere la rotella e lo farà volentieri :). E in più posso dire che la pasta con le polpette esiste in Italia ed è anche molto apprezzata (specialmente dai bambini)! Solo che le puoi mangiare solo con gli spaghetti, con gli altri tipi di pasta assolutamente no.
ma dove e apprezzata.grazie!
@@carlogambacurta548 Nel centro.sud.
@@pinky6789 non esiste.o il centro o il sud o....le isole, le quali sono appunto ...isolate.
Comunque io spaghetti e polpette paiono una preparazione molto dozzinale per non dire plebea
La pasta con le polpette è un'americanata, cosi' come gli "spaghetti bolognese"...se si trovano queste cose in Italia è solo nei ristoranti per turisti stranieri o in quelli di bassa categoria.
Is it really necessary to say "don't assume 60 million people are all related to mafia?"
Very interesting! Am going to visit Italia next year....greetings from Jakarta, Indonesia.