What I think about the USA after a month in Italy ??

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Thank you for this beautiful video It spoke to me so much I just came back from a vacation in Italy and I already miss it I got a little emotional when you talked about a slower pace of life and how badly I want that living in a big Canadian city The part where you mentioned just making do without also hit a nail on the head brWishing you and your family all the best
Comment from : uniuni

i live there in 5’terre
Comment from : Giacomo

We eat what is in season because every thing is fresh That is why the stores a smaller
Comment from : Michela Prestigiovanni

I lived in Italy for 4 years and coming back to the states is beyond horrible No culture, low quality toxic food, clown haired angry people, everyone is mad , high racial tension and expensive The only thing better in the USA is that you can actually go from $0 to a infinite $ if you have the right understanding of economics which they actually don't teach in schools The only bad thing about italy and Europe as a whole is socialism and high taxes that come with it
Comment from : Giak

This is exactly why I loved my 5 year tour in Italy I really miss the slower pace of life there
Comment from : Damon W

Although I agree with your reflections on life, this is a totally romanticized view of life in Italy I have lived here for 30 years and can assure you that, in the north, nothing is closed People work just as hard as in the US and there is no minimum wage This is a vacationer's view
Comment from : G Wonder

I'm 69 years old living all my life in America (Jersey) & it didn't use to be like this We rested on Sundays, (For Christians that was like the Jewish sabbath) every business was closed till the next day, now nothing closes, never Now we are just consumed by our pursuit of more money, verses quality of life
Comment from : world View

I totally agree One place absorb more
Comment from : Glenn Irwin

Nice video, greetings from Italy ❤
Comment from : Reaper of souls

Italy has soul
Comment from : Laurynas Ragaisis

I live in Liguria and I love this video
Comment from : serena russo

En Italie comme d autres pays en Europe du sud, il fait aussi trop chaud pour ouvrir les magasins entre 13h et 15h-16h Les gens se lèvent aussi tôt En Italie on se lève tôt et se couche tard A noter que la sieste est nécessaire, même si globalement elle est pratiquée souvent par les hommes plus que les femmes 🥴 qui gèrent tout un tas de choses
Comment from : Emilie VP

YES, A WONDERFUL VIEW OF ITALY OF A WOMAN SHAKING HER HAIR
Comment from : Richard Brescia

I’ve seen many videoes about Italian life and this is probably the best I’ve seen
Comment from : Mick Theman

Why did you put the sauce on the trofie???? Didn't they teach you to mix the pasta in with the sauce before you put it in the plate? You should have stayed longer😂 Great video other than that
Comment from : YoGentilini

we don't have siesta, siesta is spanish
Comment from : Miss Rossi S

Thank you for posting this video, as an Italian living the USA for 30 years now you're completely right in everything you say about Italia, One day we will be leaving the USA and returning to Italy for the very reasons you mention in this video Grazie Mille for taking the time to experience a different way of LIVING
Comment from : Romano Guttadauro

E' una visione molto romantica dell' Italia tipicamente turistica e americana
Comment from : Daniele Ferretti

Bening born here in Italy (and living quite close to the locations You have mentioned) I must thank You first of all for your very nice and touching video and impression of this landbrbrBut, a word of advice: the places You have shown are beutiful and special indeed, but are an "exception" and are considered "a bit secluded" even from those who live in nearby, a bit bigger, towns (not necessarly being "big cities" like Milano, Firenze and Rome, just to present an example) brI mean: while still very beautiful (on the rocky small hills on the seaside, breathtaking landscape and views, a lot of gardens and "green" and very nice and tasty food), those towns and cities do not present such "limited options" in everyday's life choices (like "one-room shopping places" and so on surely we are not used to huge malls or "hopping centers" like Target, Walmart, CostCo and so on), I assure You that the "typical italian" does not need to live in Milan(o) or Rome to be able to acquire lot of different products: maybe he/she will not find them all in one "gigantic place", but definitely, even in my "not so big town" I can find also japanese ingredients (not just preserved foods) and many other "not so local" things, beside "0 mile", very fresh and rustic, local food 😅
Comment from : Axios

Do you mind sharing the place you stayed in Liguria? My wife and I are going to be in Italy for two months We would love a taste of the slow life!
Comment from : Chad Campise

where in italy did you decide to move to raise your family?
Comment from : _itskatie

If you are foreigner and want to live in Italy it’s not gonna work for you if you are ambitious about your career May be good place for vacation or retirement The reason why I said that is Italians not mixing with other people you are not going to see any other race in professional jobs like doctors, engineers, lawyers etc , unless they changed the law and include other race Italy will still not good for foreigners to start a life stay away for now and better go to England or France
Comment from : Political philosophy club

But how do you earn the money it takes to live there? 'menu items' coffee shops' housing??
Comment from : Joan Mayfield

Sorry to say, this video is a bit superficial That's not how everyone lives in Italy If you are in a placid touristic place of course life is really relaxed, if you go to Milan you won't find the same We all grew up, as you, thinking about the future and the carreer We also work hard, maybe not as much as you do, but quite hard The only difference is that, generally speaking, we have a better quality of life
Comment from : Alessio Seawolf

Siesta? Girl youre not in Spain lmao I hate it so much when american think that Spanish and italian are the same language or the same culture Also for anyone reading this PLEASE note that 99 of people in Italy don't live like this (as in the video) day by day, this is a vacation video If you live in a normal city houses are different, streets are different, very few people live in these houses because they're very expensive to buy/rent, they're usually tourists spot If you're in a city, most shops are open all day except restourants Supermarkets are open all day even in most villages On Sunday most places are open This video is a FANTASY of Italy by a tourists not the actual reality
Comment from : Akane Tendo

You are comparing apples to oranges It's like I compare the lifestyle of a small village in Alabama with Milan What you showed regards 10 of Italians unfortunately Locations for tourists nothing to do with how 90 of the population is living
Comment from : Mario Pontremoli

Best is belfast Or kanninonoglou or tortreteste, torremaura, torvergata, torbella, torreangela, torricola tor San Lorenzo, monte Mario, tormarancia,
Comment from : raw data on space

Parliamo che quando voi americani venite qua pensate a degli stereotipi
Comment from : icontrocazz

We just got back from Italy We totally agree with the life style in Italy Americans work so hard to get things that don’t matter We become slaves to materialism
Comment from : David Bergeson

People got away there
Comment from : John Marshall

What about a family with school kids?? That don't speak Italian plus accreditation of Italian schoolingif the move doesn't work out and you return Retirement person's like myself have no issue But young Americans unless daddy has a great job
Comment from : Christine Pizzi

It’s not difficult to understand US is one big Marketing machine Everyone needs to have the newest technology, all the new things But does this makes you more happy? This doesn’t exist in Europe, even if I can easily afford a new IPhone I use my old one until it’s broken, because material stuff mean nothing to us We don’t need fancy bars or unnecessary luxury , we are just happy being surrounded by our family and friends and our life is far from being boring, because we are able to enjoy the little things in life
Comment from : Gianni

Buon pomeriggio a tutti!! (Siesta spagnolo ) pennichella( roma ) ma si dice in ogni citta’ (riposino) ovunque ! Ma il massimo , il top e’ ( mi appisolo un attimo) ah ah !! Dove c’ e’ cultura italiana troverete una copertina da divano !!😅carpe diem ! Ciaooo sono ligure
Comment from : Budino

My wife and i spend the summers in italy, it is becoming harder and harder to return to Canada, life in italy is just that LIFE
Comment from : Luigi Marra

Good morning, your videos are very interesting I discovered them today and I was delighted to see two of them As regards your trip to Italy, you saw two very particular places, Manarola and Sardinia, which are an oasis of peace compared to the frenetic polluted cities of the north and where we run all day between work and shopping, the supermarket, household tasks, etc, etcand so you have an idea of Italy as if it were a paradise But we who live there and who were born here have many more problems to face such as lack of work, disorganization, corruption, scandals, injustices, taxes very high, the lack of work, low wages compared to Europe: things that tourists normally don't experienceTherefore I do not advise anyone to come and move to Italy but simply to come for some time on holiday so as to experience only the positive aspects, there are many negative aspects and this is said by a person who was born and raised in Italy and has toured various European countries to realize what life is like in the so-called pigs like Portugal and Greece which still maintain higher growth than Italy and even Russia which before the Ukrainian stage was in full economic development and now by reorganizing its resources it has not suffered any damage from the sanctions given by Europe instead, Italy has been worsening economically in terms of living standards in recent years, due to the increase in prices, the increase in raw materials and the cost of energy resourceswith the start of the Defense of Ukraine and the sending of weapons and the economic resources that we have dedicated to this country have produced a very important crisis in Italy and in which the funds to be dedicated to health and economic growth of the country and to send them to arms our young people do not have encouraging prospects for the future and have been forced for more than a decade to go abroad to find a job suited to their studies in Northern European countries the elderly are abandoned with their low pensions and find it increasingly difficult to live a dignified daily life while the middle age is used to produce wealth by constantly working with salaries that have remained fixed and firm for years and much lower than the European averages This is not the Italy of dreams! This is the Italian reality today Of course visiting two places like Sardinia and Manarola which is a place for rich tourists and with absolutely high prices for the 4 goods they sell and doesn't give a real insight into the age at this time You could have visited Milan Venice Florence or an important city like Rome or a very normal region like the Marches which is certainly less backward than a remote place like Sardinia or an elite area like Manarola And you would have had a real impression of what happens in 2023!
Comment from : Giovanna Di Flaviano

America seems determined to destroy itself with our fast pace and over-blown expectations And our politics are killing us
Comment from : MadMac

Please stop calling it a siesta Didn’t you learn any Italian while you were there?
Comment from : DiDi Ma

…lavoro 10 ore al giorno per guadagnare una miseria…non mi pare di avere una vita rilassata Sinceramente le tua visione dell’Italia non mi pare veritiera…o almeno in Lombardia non è così…brPs Sono Italo spagnolo… il paese della siesta è la Spagna…
Comment from : Francesco Larragueta

Vai al Sud a vivere Go and live in South of Italy…
Comment from : Toto Cocozza

What town are you staying in? It looks beautiful
Comment from : J McQueen

free housing would be good, like Singapore, so that it becomes Heaven on Earth, which Singapore has become
Comment from : Ryze Zee

Looks like Riomaggiore Was there in May Pesto!
Comment from : Light Years From Home

Take the "many brands of pasta sauces" You think you have choices in the US (I lived here for 30 years) but they are all crappy pasta sauces, same for cereals or other useless products There is no real variety in the true sense It is theater Americans live in a fake world It is fake choices and fake freedom Americans think they are unique individuals and it is one of the most conformist countries in the world
Comment from : Giovanni Santostasi

yes :)
Comment from : Growing Food Made Easy LLC

I travelled Italy for 12 days from Germany and I really loved and liked it Their people are generous and friendly to strangers Food, culture, weather, nature, work, people, everything still catch my heart May Allah bless Italy and its people From Bangladesh
Comment from : Md Walid Hasan

pls stop saying SIESTA it's SPANISH we don't use it in italy
Comment from : Pierluigi Ciappi

Italy is a great place to go to vacation But to live there, oh boy That's a COMPLETELY different story
Comment from : fagiolification

In regard to re-using things and not overconsuming, I'm now feeling better about driving my 2007 Toyota Prius It may be old, but it drives well and I have no car note!
Comment from : Valerie White

Theres so many beaitiful places in the world and so little time! Cool video
Comment from : Will L

If I could live my life over
Comment from : Gangsta Granny

The only thing: do you know that in italy you have the eldest parents (when there firstborn is born) And a lot of young people will never have a child Just because it is to expensive! You have to work together as a couple fulltime just so you can buy a house And parttime isn't mainstream in italy Also the workschedule with the siësta is not workable for young parents So after all, Italy has really a problem Even that the more easy going lifestyle sound and feel great (especially when you are on a holiday)
Comment from : Desiree Dankt

Hello Madisun, thanks for the beautiful videos you share, i like your work, so inspirating !! May i ask you some informations about the house you rented in Sardaigna please ? It's a wonderful place i would love to rent as well ! brHave a good day ☀️brJulie, a french viewer :)
Comment from : Julie B

Please stop using this annoying guitar songs everywhere for describing Italy, this is so incorrect 😂
Comment from : Skellyboy

Any details of where you stayed in Sardinia Look’s serene and idyllic
Comment from : Js M

I love when americans find out that Italy is the best place to live and raise childrens 😉 good job ! Life Is too short and that Is why we live like this Just take your time No Rush ! 😎
Comment from : PuNk EdiZiONi

It baffles me why people think they have to eat and consume processed crap just because it's available It doesn't matter what country you live in What matters are your choices
Comment from : John Tate

I was in the Cinque Terre for 4 days and love itbrWhen I got home , I could not eat, everything test horrible
Comment from : Luciane Edgington

Amen :)
Comment from : LaLoni Magnuson

Tu hai visto l'Italia da turista e hai visto il sud Italiaman mano che vai verso il nord Italia le cose cambiano Orari e ritmi sono diversibrVivere un paese è diverso che "assaporarlo" da turista
Comment from : Cristina Cisari

Tremendous video
Comment from : Clark Olson

009 siesta? In Mexico
Comment from : Luca della Lombardia

Italy is wonderful, but it's sadly far from perfect Love from an Italian
Comment from : Skyduke

This video is a complete fabrication from someone wjo clearly never met a real Italian and spent one month in a touristic location: my experience as Italian is that's the country where people work hard, usually to achieve very little I never worked less than 50 hours per week in Italy, in many wprking places you are also supposed to work on Saturdays without being paid overtime And yes, I worked in the US too, I would defintely confirm Italy is an harsher working environment overall, that's the reason why I moved abroad ten years ago I would suggest the lady who made this video to plan the next holiday in Milan and see what happens in the metro about 7:45
Comment from : Alessandro Cerioli

Well done you for questioning the over consumption of your American life I am from Belgium 🇧🇪 and we lived a much slower paced, sustainable lifestyle Now the Italians take it to a whole other level but also other countries take Siestas’!! But seeing how much walking you and your family did ( hubby not loving it so much ?! Lol) was wonderful And shopping daily instead of massive Costco shops, mind blowing? You’re way ahead of the curve
Comment from : Susi Siebert

The same is here in Croatia, we enjoy slow living, food, we are also known for drinking a small espresso for hours
Comment from : muharem kekec

Would you be willing to blog or make a video about how you booked your stay and what to look for if you want to take this type of trip?
Comment from : Zaina O’Leary

Siesta Is not Italian, it's a spanish tradition And I have never seen a mandolin in my sixty years of Italy As to the slow tempo of life, it's Just another stupid cliché
Comment from : Emilio novembre

Yes, you need time to stop and think "what am I doing"
Comment from : Paolo Devoti

Before the war with the name of "trofie" were called gnocchi alla genovese, generally seasoned with pesto alla genovese In the fifties in the hamlets of Sori they began to prepare fresh pasta that you threw in the pot, calling it "trofie" or "trofiette" In any case, Sori's trofie should also be seasoned with pesto, possibly adding boiled potatoes and green beans Tomato sauce is stuff from Southern Italy (Naples and so) In Genoa, "o tucco" (the touch) is used to flavor ravioli (raieu in Genoese)
Comment from : Luigi

You must go in the North to see the slovely life 😂
Comment from : RICCARDO BRANDONI

as an italian I really can't stand no more this kind of background music
Comment from : Morgana Bloom

Please, no more Americans to Europe, and especially Italy You have no culture other than consumerism When you come here you turn everything into consumer tourism: you are destroying the housing market by raising prices because of your hunger for airbnb, you are lowering the food quality in restaurants because everything tastes great to you after a lifetime diet on american s**t food, you are destroying the soul of small towns by turning them into shopping boutiques Everything and everywhere is crowded because you can't drive and you can't even properly walk on a sidewalk - you just need to take 1000 pictures of every church!brPlease stay in redneck US! Two weeks in Italy is not going to turn you into a cultured person You will still not be able to speak any other language and you will still eat Mcdonalds and drink water mixed with coffee when you comeback
Comment from : djbip

Siesta is tipically Spanish, not from Italy!
Comment from : Veronica Chiuso

Yeah, but only If you have the Money to buy a House with such! a balcony with ocean View Even a Holiday Apartment costs 1500 Dollars per week I don't want to know what that Apartment costs
Comment from : Merops apiaster

For all the Americans out here saying they moved to Europe or are thinking about moving to Europe: great for you, but please also think of how to bring this european rythm to the US Leaving this country makes sense, but it would be great to change it from within (especially regarding global warming which is linked to our way of living)
Comment from : A CC

In major cities shops and offices are open non-stop from 9 00 to 2000, it's just in the small towns that shops close for lunch, also because in seaside resorts they are often open until 11 pm during the summer
Comment from : Pat Ciava

Quanti luoghi comunialle cinque terre cosa volete trovare i grattacieli?
Comment from : cesare s

As Italian, I'm glad you understood and appreciated our culture and way to live :)
Comment from : Aldechan

I am happy you had a nice trip in Italy All that you say it's correct BUT just for holidays If you really have to live here, you need to work and to do lot of things more In this case the life can't be so quite and relaxed Obviously nothing compared to USA, i think, because you want too much and this is not free you pay it with time of life, yours or of someone other (Just in my opinion, i have never been in USA)
Comment from : Spaghetti Arma

May i know the type of camera u r using So nice!!!
Comment from : Fariq MB

Yes, bye ! this absolutely does not apply to the countries of the North! The siesta, the 2-hour closures, the slower rhythms in the North are a mirage! Luckily you only saw the "best" part in quotes of Italy! The Rhythms in the North especially in Milan are comparable to those of the big cities of the United States! brWith the cock that you take a "Siesta" in the north !
Comment from : Cris12_7

This life style is More rich and simple more inviting to me 🌹
Comment from : Monique Vann

Drive small cars because of SUPER BOLO !! if you know you know
Comment from : Andres Sanchez

Believe me living in Italy is toxic too is not all about see, slow life and good food…brbrIt is so much harder than you show, you still have a tourist vision
Comment from : marco casella

You call it "siesta" but it's "pausa-pranzo","lunch-time" It's normal in small town for shops to close like 2 or 3 hours for lunch and, yes, maybe a nap 😄 But that's not true in big cities and in "ipermarket" (the biggest supermarket)
Comment from : Nerd 89

Thanks for this video You made the point, but it's not like this all over Italy In big northern cities like Milan where I work (born and lived, I moved to Lecco on the Lake of Como 3 years ago), we're much more "American life oriented" 😁brLife is fast, work is fast, we never stop and you can get everything you want at any hour But you're right, most of the people in Italy live in small/medium cities, where life is differentbrIn the 90s I lived for a while in LA (Santa Monica actually), and I travelled a lot USA (wonderful country and very nice people) I fell in love with Utah (Moab) and the great deserts, Canyonlands landscapes and spaces in Italy we don't have I dreamt to move there, some day but now that I'm 55, I appreciate my country back again, probably for the reasons You listed in this wonderful video Actually, I don't know if I would fit again in the "American way" 😁brThank You again for this video, it's a wonderful advertising for Italy! ❤
Comment from : Luca Lindemann

I've benne 18 days in the US this year from the death valley to yellowstone through Page Arizona The food choise there is limited Reataurant have hamburghers and steaks (the best meat I ever eat) but that's it the only places to buy food are gas station stops full of junk food or fast food the best you can expect is the smallest salad full of creamy souces The only limitation in italian food are the cereals boxes 😆
Comment from : Sonia