9 CULTURE SHOCKS OF LIVING IN ITALY-one year later…

[@dogedcheems970]

>In Italy every time you buy something you get a receipt! *starts sweating in italian* mmmmm si... diciamo di si...

[@TheQKatie]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤫

[@mat3372]

Yes but actually no 🤣

[@GiovanniWayneCoach]

That is why they do not accept cards... cash does it better!

[@Nome_utente_generico]

It's kind of a compliment. So we learned discipline and tax paying

[@filipporubino4163]

About Post Office: you DON'T have to go there as much as you think!! I never do. You can pay your utilities and bills via internet banking or at a tabaccheria (yes! And in some places even at supermarkets). If you really need to go there, like for shipping/sending something, you'd want to use the Poste app to book your turn, instead of waiting in the line! If you have an account there you can use the app for your online banking and withdraw money from their atms, thus never needing to spend time at the post Office. Btw there are online services also for public healthcare, Inps (pensions and social security) and much more. I've forgotten about the last time I physically went to a public office. (Important note: I live in Torino).

[@occhialcielo.Occhialcielo]

True story. Però ai vecchietti non dirglielo, se no gli viene una sincope!

[@amberfur5750]

Exactly! I never go to the post office: you can do anything online. Maybe it’s Trani…

[@amberfur5750]

@@occhialcielo.Occhialcielo I vecchietti che devono fare lo Spid? Poverini… chissà come saremo noi alla loro età!

[@occhialcielo.Occhialcielo]

@@amberfur5750 ma quando mai ho detto che devono fare lo spid??? Forse mi sono spiegata male, ma intendevo dire che se spieghi a un nonnetto che può domiciliare le utenze o ricevere la pensione direttamente sul conto postale, ti rispondono che preferiscono recarsi alla posta... Il cambiamento non è un bene, per loro!

[@eldiablosoundtracks6760]

@@amberfur5750 Poste Italiane in Trani has no issue! I'm from Trani and I ALWAYS use the app and all the other services! Perhaps she doesn't know.

[@raid1946]

As a south Italian born living in North Italy it's quite funny to notice that, after one year spent in Puglia, your culture shocks are almost the same people born in Lombardia experience when they reach South Italy.

[@HistoryFranz]

We are not in the 1960s anymore, which culture shocks are we talking about?

[@lanunna]

@@HistoryFranz Confermo che rispetto agli anni 60 la situazione è cambiata di quasi nulla Sono stata in Toscana la settimana di ferragosto, la sera in giro non c'era tanta gente, nemmeno al Duomo di Firenze; a Grosseto paradossalmente qualche anima in più , ma la movida del sud è un'altra cosa , vedere per credere .mi confermano lo stesso anche parenti e amici di altre regioni del Nord.

[@lanunna]

@PL4stik1991 mi dispiace che la discussione non si possa condurre con toni meno esagerati. In ogni caso , da siciliana , ti assicuro che anche ad Enna , Caltanissetta o Scordia (super centrali) c'è tanta gente in giro la sera , a Ferragosto nei paesini dell'interno si festeggia ancora l'assunzione della Madonna , si organizzano moltissime cose . Io vivo tra mare e vulcano , da noi c'è molta gente sul lungomare e altrettanta sulla montagna ,perché al sud fa caldo, per cui l'estate le zone interne e montane più fresche sono prese d'assalto . Sono stata a Venezia , Torino e Padova d'inverno , ripeto , ho molti amici e parenti in altre città del nord Italia , non è una questione di periodo dell'anno. Io ho parlato senza preconcetti ma per esperienza personale o di chi mi è vicino , tu sei assolutamente libero di pensarla come credi , anche di infervorarti. Bye 👋

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

@@HistoryFranz Ah-Ah-Ah. When I've been to Sicily I had the same shocks. Like asking a bus driver if the latest bus was passing and getting "maybe yes... maybe no" (and he didn't... Something I'd have hoped he to be fired as people rely on these services the drivers are paid to do!), like people without clue of how to properly speak in Italian, like zero receipts and so on.

[@felicepompa1702]

@@lanunna se giri il nord durante autunno e inverno la gente comune resta fuori fino a davvero tardi. Semplicemente d'estate o si gira di giorno fuori città, o si è al mare

[@RaffaeleF]

Hi Katie, in Italy every store owner must issue a receipt by law to help fight tax evasion. In fact, there is the finance police "guardia di finanza" that will even walk around undercover and may ask for you to show your receipt when coming out of a store. Should you fail to show them you and the store owner can receive a hefty fine. My rule of thumb is to ask if the store "forgets" to give you one at checkout and to just toss them when you get home.

[@bbmcgee33]

Perfect. In theory. But has anyone ever met anyone who has actually been stopped coming out of a coffee bar or store?

[@sabinafiorentini3298]

@@bbmcgee33 Yes. It happens. Hapoened to me and for work I saw the fines and every time owners had a check.

[@revengerknight92]

This is actually a legend we were told when we were young, because nobody checked my receipt in my whole life living in Italy 😂

[@RaffaeleF]

@@revengerknight92 not a legend at all. Happened at least twice to me

[@occhialcielo.Occhialcielo]

@@RaffaeleF dipende dalle città. Dove abita mia sorella, in romagna, lo controllano anche al mercato, e se non hai lo scontrino sono guai per te.

[@francoborgia8351]

Late dinner is more usual in southern Italy.... In northern Italy standard dinner time is from 7 to 8 pm

[@makeupyourmind2019]

Non credo di aver mai mangiato prima delle 20 nei 30 anni che ho vissuto in Lombardia! 😮

[@satorarepo6985]

Milano, a casa l'inizio cena dalle 19:30 alle 20:30 è lo standard. Al ristorante non servono prima delle 19:30, di solito si prenota per le 20:00-20:30.

[@francoborgia8351]

@@makeupyourmind2019 io abito in Piemonte e faccio cena sempre alle 20 (se possibile almeno)... conosco qualcuno però che cena prima da queste parti, mentre in Sicilia, dove ho passato qualche estate, l'idea di mettersi a tavola alle 20 è improbabile

[@David-my2iz]

Qui Verona ✋ In realtà credo sia più un vecchio cliché che vorrebbe noi "nordici" più simili agli abitanti dell'Europa centrale nel vivere le varie fasi della giornata. Con la mia famiglia ho sempre cenato regolarmente tra le 8 pm e le 8.30 pm. Anche con gli amici non mi sono mai incontrato prima delle 8.30 pm per cenare al ristorante. Veneto e Lombardia sono le capitali dell'aperitivo...come potremmo cenare alle 7, se a quell'ora siamo ancora nelle piazze e nei locali del centro? L'austerità e la vita appartata risalgono a un passato che quasi nessun veneto può ormai ricordare...si parla degli anni '50/'60, il decennio del boom economico, quando i nostri padri o nonni erano capaci di lavorare per 15 ore consecutive pur di garantirci benessere.

[@manuelemariani8188]

Al nord is more From 8 to 9 actually

[@mihaelaclaudiap..2]

Such a shame that I have to leave Italy for a while and go back to England! But i will be back as Italy will always remain my biggest love!! xx

[@TheQKatie]

Say "Ciao" to England for me ;)

[@yolisa444]

Jesus loves u, don't forget that😉🤍

[@mihaelaclaudiap..2]

@@yolisa444 thanks Yolisa!

[@MauryComoLake]

Bravo

[@davide12446]

L'abitudine di mangiare tardi è più della parte Sud dell'Italia, il sole cala più tardi e le giornate sono più calde. Al nord mangiano presto(sopratutto in montagna) perchè il sole cala prima. In ogni caso sono dell'Emilia-Romagna e ceno intorno alle 20.30/21. E da bambino i miei genitori mi portavano in giro il venerdì e il sabato sera fino all'una o alle due di notte, perciò anche adesso faccio fatica ad addormentarmi prima di mezzanotte😂

[@federicomorosi6878]

Zio Tom Anch'io sono delle montagne in Emilia Romagna. Te di dove sei? Io Montese, provincia di Modena

[@amberfur5750]

Però se si va fuori a cena, anche al nord il week end si può cenare alle 9. Spesso prima non c’è posto…

[@mgz9999]

È interessante sottolineare che negli US questa abitudine è stata portata dalle popolazioni europee che migrarono, soprattutto dagli inglesi, che tradizionalmente cenano molto presto esattamente per quel motivo. Il sole calava presto e la giornata di lavoro finiva...

[@felicepompa1702]

Fun fact al nord le giornate son più lunghe d'estate, e in inverno son corte sia al nord che al sud, quindi dire "cala prima il sole" è un po una cagata, d'inverno nessuno cena alle 4.30 di pomeriggio perché è buio, cosi come nessuno cena alle 22 d'estate sempre al nord

[@EdoardoMarini]

Io raramente ceno prima delle 21:30, ma è un'abitudine che ho preso in Spagna. Prima mangiavo alle 20:00 in punto, che comunque è tardi rispetto alle abitudini del Midwest, a quanto deduco. Prima manco mi fa fame.

[@pile333]

The Quinn of Italy!

[@simonedylan6581]

No one go anymore to the postal office except the older or who is not able to use basic internet. Unless you have to do something special, you can do everything online but i know for a foreign its not easy. Commercial shops in Italy usually close at 7:30-8:00 PM, thats why we eat later. Its difficult to find something open in north europe/usa at 7:00 since you are already eating:)

[@stevenfalken]

When you find the word "slow" in Italy it 99% refers to a cultural movement carried out by an association called "slow food". About 40 years ago, some people relized that the richness of our country is founded on diversity and, expecially in the case of food, that the Extreme heterogeneity of food derives from the heterogeneity of the way of living in the different places you can find in Italy. Like dialects. If you ask how an italian recipe was born, you will probably find that it was born to solve some needs, like eat while moving with a herd of sheeps, or to keep some food for weeks, without fridge or other modernity. In other words our food tell us how we are what we are, and is part of our history and identity, like art, architecture, poetry and so on. When industry of agricolture ad processed food arrived we lost many of our typical recipes (we have many many recipes, many of them famous in the world, but more many unknown to even other italian regions), our food and our identity and, those people who founded the "slow food" association, began to think that they should engage to keep traditional food alive. They founded the "slow food" association, and they call it "slow food" because they saw "fast food" as a symbol of the food standardization that kills our diversity and traditions. After that arrived slow cities, slow life, slow wines and so on.

[@mosquito3651]

Ah, interesting. So.. slow 'actually' means original!

[@stevenfalken]

@@mosquito3651 original and "something precious" also.

[@willfifield507]

I like the idea of it being called 'slow food' so that it opposes the fast food which isnt original to italy

[@Sim0sama]

If you tell me “slow city” I can only think about slow lines in places, slow people in general in a bad way 🤣🤣🤣 So I like this optimistic aspect of it 🤣☺️

[@JF-kv1gm]

One of the things that got to me when I moved to Italy 30 years ago (granted, to a small town) was that people would stare at me. I thought they were rude, whereas after a while I realised that it was just curiosity!

[@elledix3575]

I came to Italy about the same time and experienced the staring too, even though I landed in a supposedly cosmopolitan place! Shop keepers used to sit outside their shops on fold out chairs and spectate passersby. It was quite normal to be ogled from head to toe by other pedestrians too; sometimes it would be women checking out your strange attire, or far more alarming the men with their arm straddled over their girlfriend's shoulder, who would 180° turn.

[@mosquito3651]

@@elledix3575 😂

[@1963manuela]

Katie,io vivo in provincia di Milano e qui si cena poco dopo le 19.Nel sud Italia mangiano più tardi :-).

[@TheQKatie]

🤔 interessante!

[@1963manuela]

@@TheQKatie pensavo lo sapessi. Più vai verso il nord Italia e prima mangi: mezzogiorno il pranzo e 19,30 (quando è tardi) la cena.Ho provato a cenare alle 18 ma ero in vacanza in Scozia,qua a quell'ora ti riderebbero dietro.L'Italia,oltre ai tanti dialetti,ha tante usanze diverse e modi di dire diversissimi.Noi al bar chiediamo la brioche e non il cornetto.Ricordatelo quando verrai su:-))

[@SirTeo]

Anch’io sono in Lombardia, non troppo distante da Milano, ma la cena si fa tranquillamente anche alle 20. E al ristorante capita anche di andare più lunghi. Di norma comunque, dopo le 21, diventa un po’ tardino 😁

[@1963manuela]

@@SirTeo ,certo.se si esce a cena al ristorante si fa più tardi,verso le 20,30 o le 21

[@akarem91]

@@1963manuela Il fatto è che voi lavorate senza interrompere a pranzo noi invece dopo pranzo ci fermiamo un paio di ore e quindi finiamo di lavorare alle 21:00 ecco perche mangiamo piu tardi.

[@francescoarzilli]

I usually change my dinner time according to the season. I mean in spring or summer when daylight lasts longer than in winter or autumn I usually eat at 8:30pm...in autumn and winter about 7:30.

[@carolinegeorge13]

Dinner time actually differs in the North and in the south. 9 pm would be late for people in the north, they tend to eat at around 7:30-8 pm (which, at least from my experience, is still very late for Americans). But yeah, as a general rule, with the exception of elders, none eats before 7:30 in Italy. Regarding dog rules I'm kinda surprised lol. From what I've always seen, it's seriously frowned upon to leave your dog's poop on the ground but I've never seen someone splash water on their dog's pee (neither in the north nor in the south tbh). Anyway great video🤗

[@lauragoreni3020]

I'm from Friuli and sometimes people eat around 19, not many people but sometimes it happened, like if everyone in the house is already hungry we eat at that time. As for the dog pee, I've seen people splashing water on it a couple of times, not often too. It's quite unusual to see dog poo left around, most people pick it up with plastic bags.

[@simonecavani1461]

Che stereotipo

[@carolinegeorge13]

@@simonecavani1461 in che senso, scusa?

[@federica5371]

Hey Katie, did you know that you can book an appointment on the post office website for the time that suits you best? You pick date, time and then you just show up at that time, skip the line and directly go inside

[@MariKa-83]

In the south of Italy is normal having thelate dinner (about 9:30-10 pm) in the north is totally different: for example 7 pm is the regular hour for the dinner. My family have dinner at 18:30 in Veneto (my mom go to bed very soon, probably is not healthy a so earlier dinner)

[@peggyclio1199]

It's absoluty healthier!

[@busterval]

Vivo da sempre al nord: tra le mie conoscenze alle 18.30 cena solo qualche anziano. l'ora normale per la cena è tra le 19.45 e le 20.30, alle 19 i ristoranti sono vuoti.

[@MariKa-83]

@@busterval Io Verona. Funziona cosi dalle nostre parti. Se sei di Milano dove vivo da qualche anno si, li si inizia dopo.

[@busterval]

@@MariKa-83 In Veneto anch'io, qui non conosco nessuno che ceni prima delle 19.30, ma l'orario più comune sono le 20

[@MariKa-83]

@@busterval boh io non conosco nessuno con i tuoi orari :) zero.

[@asamicat8323]

You really shocked me with the WhatsApp thing, I thought it was also big in USA. We also use it for medical prescriptions (my doctor send me the code for the medicine I need so I can directly buy it) or other formal appointments

[@iuciubbb]

WhatsApp is a privacy nightmare. Signal is much better, Threema unbeatable.

[@asamicat8323]

@@iuciubbb we (or at least me) don't know them.

[@RockyBritalian]

@@iuciubbb Not in Europe. Whatsapp has to comply to EU law.

[@madisonharrill1935]

Its becomming more and more known but it is far from super common

[@Alexvex1]

in Italy doctors send code for medicines to the farmacies system and you can buy them in every farmacy. yes, it depens on which part of Italy you live :)

[@wanderlustpilgrim]

We moved to a medieval Norman-Invasion era village in Campania. We left 'crazy' and arrived in calmness. Thanks for your video.

[@fabiosoracemaresca]

Katie the joy-bringer.

[@TheQKatie]

☺️ 😊

[@Claudio79]

Late time dinner is in south Italy only. In north Italy is most likely 7-7.30 PM

[@nermeenkamel8239]

Katie, I love your energy and love love love all your Italian culture videos ❤❤❤keep it quirky ❤❤

[@TheQKatie]

Aww grazie mille!

[@tlacorp.3813]

Katie is an Italian citizen and embodies Italy in every way!

[@KiAkKiErAlA]

Dinner time changes in base where you are. In North of Italy it is about at 7 pm, in Center of Italy about at 8pm and in the South about at 9pm.

[@lucazeppegno8256]

Just a suggestion: in reality it's very easy to avoid queues at the postal office if you install and use their App: it's possible to take a precise timeslot for the appointment and you culd pass the queue and be at the desk exactly on time. I do it every time I need an appontment here in Milan, but it's not very reknown.

[@ciaociaociao2457]

my family, in liguria, has dinner at 7.30pm / 8pm. late dining is typical of southern Italy. but in the morning southern workers start later, so the hours are all shifted. obviously it depends on the family, on the event. if it is a birthday dinner, for example, it often takes place later, because it is part of the evening's celebrations

[@ilefab4545]

As a central italy living i can say something here is different. The post offices are quite better than that. Life is not so slow as in south of italy. It would be interesting if you could film another video like this from some other city in the north (like torino, genova, mantova, ferrara, padova), in certer (like prato, perugia, rimini, arezzo, ascoli)

[@SilentBlindDeaf]

it’s very similar to Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt. mediterranean culture is amazing❤❤❤

[@thomasjpuleo8112]

This was cure, and accurate. Really good. Thank you.

[@londontravellers22]

Love Italy. The culture, the food and the people are all nice. Been to Sicily, Rome, Sorrento and The Naples. All beautiful cities to visit. Would love to visit some more once COVID craziness has died down.

[@leonardonacci6023]

Sono di Bari, ciao. Ho riconosciuto l'ufficio postale di via Bovio a Trani. Giusto? Un tempo , poco più in là vi era l'ufficio del catasto. Sei carinissima con i tuoi video.

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

Katie, please consider that what you're telling is not always valid in Italy. South and north regions can be VERY different. I.e. the "late dinner" is a south-only thing, in the north the time for the dinner is 19/19:30 at home and around 20 when going out. Also social hours in the north is mainly aperitif time (~19); yes, in the evening too, but mainly for youngsters. Milan (and Turin and.. and..) are all BUT slow cities.

[@artryanrock]

The dinner thing was a surprise for me when I came here to Italy, 18 years ago. I got hungry around 7 and eating past 8 and usually at 9 with friends was difficult in the beginning 😁 it took me a while to know that I can go do aperitivo at 7 pm

[@SimonHume81]

I still haven't gotten the hang of aperitivo. Recently tried to get a meal at 7.15 but was turned away as far too early, next evening I went to a pizza by the slice at 7.45, sorry sir, we're closing! Can't win! A few days later I was thinking about getting food at around 6, pizzeria flicks on the 'aperto' lights so I go in and get asked when I want the table....errr now? Nope. Nothing beats last year when I was told to wait outside, waited almost an hour, gave up my seat as busy and I wanted take away then get told they will only serve tables, no takeaway! (sorry for rant)

[@robertopezzutto5843]

Having dinner so late it is peculiar of the south.. In the north east where I live we have dinner at 7/7.30 pm ( the time we arrive home from work) .. It was a cultural shock for me when in Puglia I entered a restaurant at 8 and it was still completely empty.. But everybody arrived after 9! Anyway it's the same in Spain...

[@artryanrock]

@@robertopezzutto5843 I live in Milan. And when I go dinner with friends we usually start at 8 or 8:30, sometimes even 9. I guess at home with family it's different.

[@robertopezzutto5843]

@@artryanrock of course going out is different... But at home we hv dinner much earlier.. Anyway in the south even at home they have dinner much later than here!!!

[@peggyclio1199]

@@SimonHume81 oh poor you! I'm sorryyyy

[@LiveInItalyMagazine]

Love this video Katie! Happy 1 year in 🇮🇹!

[@TheQKatie]

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[@CouchPolyglot]

In Spain we eat late too, but now that I live in Germany I got used to eating earlier and it is nice as well :D

[@ilpisanoit]

don't know about the rest of the world but in Europe, generally, the southern you go the late you eat.

[@rscaht]

Spain is much more west , you have one hour more sun at night . But yes Spain and Italy have very similar habitudes .(and language)

[@stefaniarosso4588]

Hi, in the North of Italy dinner time usually is between 7 to 8 pm :) I can't eat that late!

[@meredithvaughn5272]

I can totally relate to the voice memos thing- and the use of WhatsApp! I had to install it on all my relatives' phones before I left to live in Italy the first time, and had to redownload it for the second time!! I am still not used to the late dinners here in Milan- usually I eat some sort or light dinner/snack at 5:30-6 and then eat 2nd dinner with friends around 8:30-9... I just cannot wait that long!

[@TheQKatie]

We think about it as a bonus... we get TWO dinners. 😂

[@sabrinasambo7570]

Well it's normal to have a snack around 5 pm, otherwise you don't resist until 8 or 9... 😉

[@giorgiapietracatella8676]

Thank you for sharing true things about Italy!!! Your videos are lovely :)

[@aRieLchan87]

Io vivo in Trentino, nord Italia(worth a visit, or ten, or hundred) e anche da noi si cena presto! Gli orari del sud non fanno per noi. È anche vero che in montagna il sole cala molto prima e probabilmente la quantità di luce che riceviamo influisce su queste abitudini. Mi spiace per le domande e le attenzioni verso il peso. Purtroppo è un grande problema, non solo curiosità. Complimenti comunque, i tuoi video sono sempre super bellini!

[@lauragoreni3020]

Confermo. Anche in Friuli si cena presto.

[@juniopavesi4141]

Ligure, anche da noi si cena relativamente presto, tra le 19:30 e le 20:30 in base alle abitudini famigliari. Tuttavia quello che mi pesa è il fatto che molte persone che vengono in vacanza o a vivere in Italia riscontrano un elevato livello di sporcizia, in particolare al centro-sud. È veramente imbarazzante..

[@rscaht]

La quantità di luce in montagna può essere anche maggiore , dipende dalla posizione ma il calore non si accumula per via della copertura boschiva ed al tramonto fa freschino . Però si sta benone lo stesso . Ricordo da ragazzo i boschi erano di meno e più bassi , faceva più caldo d'estate e più freddo d'inverno .

[@intelliGENeration]

Can’t be dinner time if it’s not dark for at least 1 hour outside. If it’s day time, it’s time to be running about.

[@laurenmoore6670]

In one of your previous videos (the video where I found your channel actually!), you answered a question I had always wondered about why my Italian-American family does not eat meat on pasta, and now you've answered another one for me! My family is notorious for LATE dinners, the kind of late where you have to start wondering which places are still open if you're gonna get food out, so now that makes more sense! Well, either it's an Italian thing or my family is just like this for some reason lol.

[@TheQKatie]

Haha happy to help! 😉 🤷‍♀️ ❤️

[@jonlenin9982]

the meatballs on pasta is a very old southern thing which made it to the Usa through the great emigration, but which now totally fell into disuse. Most ppl completely forgot and think you italian americans are crazy

[@Whippets]

I think 1 and 2 aren't much of an issue in Central/Northern Italy.

[@Hastdupech8509]

2 is valid for Northern Italy, non è che siano così funzionali

[@Whippets]

@@Hastdupech8509 Perhaps, everyone's experiences won't be the same.

[@annab.2086]

As a Northern Italian, when I went to Southern Italy, it was a total culture shock for me as well! I felt like I was in another country...and not in a good way. I felt like I was in Tijuana.

[@natpaler883]

I ❤ Italia but post offices omg, they do everything but delivering post😅 You sent postcard directly from the post office and it never gets delivered. Happened three years in a row from South Italy.

[@danielemilazzo84]

8pm is a late dinner? Wait till you find out about the "spaghettata di mezzanotte" when you hang out with friends...

[@TheQKatie]

We did this at our friends wedding, on the dance floor. It was THE BEST THING EVER!

[@WalterLoggetti]

@@TheQKatie mandatory with Aglio Olio e Peperoncino :P

[@petergeorge4415]

Wonder-full!! Bring on more videos like this one dear Ms Katie! It is really appreciated, helene :))

[@danielebesozzi3764]

eating at 9pm is more of a southern thing, in the north we usually have dinner at 7:30/8pm

[@cinziatessari3006]

I live in North Italy and here it's a little bit different!!!! It's not slow, we eat early (at home my family eat at 7pm), I usually go to sleep at 10pm because I get up at 5:30am, and I'm not the only one!....if you go out (I take the dog for a walk at 9:15pm) you don't see very many people around. About the poop...some people"forget" to clean....but I've seen the same in USA. The post office? I personally don't use it much....I rather use the tabaccheria or internet banking. Dialects???? IT'S TRUE!!!!! 🖖🖖👋👋😘😘

[@Ace_Hunter_lives]

I basically get a receipt with everything I buy in America. Even if I buy a lemon from the beer store near me they'll offer a receipt. In terms of dinner, I think in the U.S. it depends on where you live and if you have kids. I'm in my forties and grew up in a small town in the South where dinner was around 6:30, but I've spent most of my adult life in large metro areas. The toughest reservations to get are usually 7:30-9:00. Parents and older people tend to eat earlier. Everyone else eats later, though it also depends on how early you get up. Someone who gets up at 6:00 is not likely to be enjoying a large meal at 9:30. In DC, the restaurants are packed (or they were before COVID) from 7:30-9:30 and people often gather and socialize in small parks and and public spaces (at least where it's safe) in the evening if the weather is nice. That latter part is important - maybe more people are out strolling around at night because you live in a Southern area with hotter daytime temps and more pleasant night time temps? People enjoy being outside at night in DC when the weather is nice, but when it's in the thirties with wind chills...not so much. My guess is you don't get months of night time temps in the twenties and thirties where you live in Italy. I guess I'm surprised some of these things were shocking to you seeing as how y'all have said you lived in Brooklyn for a while. Several of these things are perfectly normal in the DC region. As far as WhatsApp, it's just easier to use the native text apps on phones, but it is a very popular app among younger people in the U.S..

[@marcellobalestieri]

1) That's the Slow food logo. It's a cusine guide. The name is opposed to fast food, it promotes exquisite food. 2) They are not voice memos they are voice messages.

[@janetlombardi2314]

I love this video Katie always interesting keep up the great work thanks

[@lyudmilasemenova8444]

I love this video I didnt realize eating late is something that is common over there. I have never been to italy i only dream about traveling.

[@alberto19761]

Never understood why Americans do the three sign using ring finger instead of thumb. I can't rise ring finger holding little finger with thumb...it hurts ahahah

[@angelodante1655]

A me invece il 3 con le dita mi viene alla maniera anglosassone....

[@iuciubbb]

Cara Katie, posso consigliarti un piccolo approfondimento sui dialetti pugliesi fatto da Pino Campagna (comico di Cerignola). Oltre che l'ascolto di "American Puglia" dell'immortale tranese Leone di Lernia. Fatto curioso: se cerco il titolo del brano, compare uno dei tuoi video al quarto posto tra i risultati.

[@boejiden1524]

LATE DINNER IS VERY COMMON IN MANY ASIAN COUNTRIES TOO LIKE INDIA & OTHER SOUTH ASIAN 9:00 PM

[@king__caroline]

“So many strollers at night!” Ever been to a brewery in North Carolina, USA?

[@vincenzosplate]

Omg the voice messages is thr most annoying one. Hope to meet you in person next year when we come to Italy

[@TheQKatie]

That would be awesome!

[@claiar736]

It's actually the opposit in my opinion (I'm from the north of Italy). It's faster to do, it's more expressive, it makes you feel closer to the person you are communicate with. Personally i love when my gf gives me the "buonanotte" (goodnight) through a voice message, it's sweet and not as cold as a written message

[@Ubya_]

@@claiar736 eh i hate it, when i get a 5 minutes message i just give up, while on a text message you can get a glimpse of what's importat and what's just useless filling. on some occasions i approve it, like let's say you are running late and you can't type and walk, but if you are chilling if you have 5 minutes to record a message you have 5 minutes to type it out. Or in case you really need to talk a lot, just call me, so i can ignore the call because i always have my phone on mute since i hate phone calls xD

[@bafio671]

Poste Italiane queue is a cultural shock for Italians too

[@joncaradies3155]

Ha !!! Growing up in the US , din-din was 6:00 sharp .... Just in time for 'I Love Lucy' ....... :D

[@TheQKatie]

Did you call it “supper,” too?

[@cristianasabre3821]

E' davvero bello vedere quanto ti piaccia il nostro splendido paese. Grazie di cuore.

[@darthvader5802]

You must try taralli, panzerotti (aka calzoni=big socks) and focaccia (a kind of "bread" with tomatoes and salt)

[@TheQKatie]

I love all of those things!

[@darthvader5802]

@@TheQKatiecongrats, you have passed your citizenship test

[@maggiemaewarner7541]

How did you find your furnished apartment? My husband is an Italian citizen, but has lived in the U.S. since he was a child. I am applying for my Italian citizenship thru marriage. We would like to spend six months in the Puglia region, but really have no way to figure out where to begin the journey. Thanks

[@jojosmooth]

😂 😂 😂 Omg! This video is amazing! Great discovery! I'm Italian, but I've been living in the UK for 10 years. I was born in the northern part of Italy, but grew up in Calabria, the toe of the boot. "Cacacazzo" means something different from what you described, though... 🤭 The literal translation of the word is incredibly gross and graphic, but its transliterated meaning is "very annoying individual," "nuisance", "pest", "pain in the butt". It's a more vulgar synonym of "rompiscatole" (or "rompipalle", "rompicoglioni", both quite rude). In Sicily they would say "scassa minchia". 🤭 😂 I'm enjoying this...

[@TheQKatie]

😊 😆 😆

[@danielledesimone7]

I love these culture shock videos!

[@403000]

Some of the things you noticed are related to South Italy. In North par, time of dinner, dog poos and others habits are less or different. But I think you already know that....

[@glamgam_stile]

nice video. i formative. few points…asking personal infos such as age and telling you that you got fat or thin doesn’t only apply in Italy..a world traveller would know. late dinners are common in Europe. Receipts make sense. good luck and thanks for this videos.

[@sofasogood7164]

The most shocking thing for me is that, while being italian, ALL of the things you mentioned still annoy me (especially late meals, looong mornings spent at the Poste and the fact that many feel entitled to give you their two cents on your physical appearance) and at this point I doubt I'll ever get used to them. That is one of the reasons (together with the near-to-zero birth rate) I pesonally think we seriously need many "new" italians like you guys to start looking at things from a different perspective than just our own. KIQ 💪😉😊

[@francescoboselli6033]

Diciamo che dipende anche dai singoli uffici. Ad esempio in quella del mio paese sono così lenti, che alcuni preferiscono andare a quello del paese accanto 😂. Inoltre se puoi ti consiglio di prenotare il tuo posto online, così non devi fare code

[@ferruccioveglio8090]

"Late dinner" is tipical of the south, in the north is very different.

[@zozzarogeorge6720]

Nice to get info on how you can stay there after the 3 month deadline?

[@massimopanza8582]

min. 08:04 - When it comes to cheeky childish intrusive curiosity vs taboo subjects, I guess the Italian equivalent of "don't ask me my age" would be "please, stop with your police survey on my bank account". I suppose the different degree of tact depends on what is commonly accepted as "normal" in a culture where curiosity has no special limits apart from those required when you don't want to belittle people on the basis of their low income/lacking affluence at large and a culture full of limits and self-constraint but the good taste limits Italians (like everyone else here in Europe) tend to feel as such...

[@amereaz]

your 4 at 3:04 is not European 4. look at your friend counting on her hands at 3:57... (noticed as I`m a European, living in the US)

[@clarisd]

Only a shock if you've never experienced Italians where you were born. I was very fortunate to live in a very culturally mixed community. The American Civil services and the military. Here in the Northern Italians Alps, we reserve our tables at 7 or 8pm. In Sicily we did find that booking was from about 8:30 pm and Sicily is far dirtier than where we live. You I hope will visit the North more,

[@annadelcol2428]

I agree. Do you live in Vicenza or Aviano?

[@clarisd]

@@annadelcol2428 I live very near the boarder to Switzerland and you can use maps, Tirano and my husband's family is from Bormio.

[@annadelcol2428]

I know Tirano, I'm based in Milan right now 😊. But since you mentioned the military, I thought about you living in Vicenza or Aviano. By the way, I'm from Pordenone and I met a lot of Americans based in Aviano that they were so happy to stay in Friuli and it's always nice when you hear compliments about the quality of life of your hometown.

[@nunziocafagna]

ahahahahaha al "CACACHEZZ" mi hai fatto morire dal ridere. Well done KatieYou are setleing down!

[@andrearegis1356]

Mio padre era del Canavese , vicino ad Ivrea (lavorava all'Olivetti infatti) e mia mamma é Torinese ( i suoi nonni da parte materna erano immigrati Pugliesi di San Severo, FG). Il canaveseno é abbastanza diverso dal Torinese standard. Io parlo bene piemontese (piú Torinese perché il canaveseno di mio padre non sono riuscito ad impararlo bene) e ora vivo in montagna. Mi piace parlare in dialetto.. 🙂 My parents always spoke in dialect to each other but with me and my sister in Italian, not without mistakes and a strong piedmotese phonetic accent and cadence which is by the way similar to French.

[@keysersozefede]

I love that you have got a little accent from Puglia! The "o" especially :-)

[@TheQKatie]

hahah davvero?

[@keysersozefede]

@@TheQKatie siiii, un pochino!

[@gabrieleriva_bboykappside]

I can confirm, strongly pronounced dialects or the ones that are far away from you sound incomprehensible. I live in Milan which is northern Italy and I can understand the milanese dialect pretty well, but dialectal forms such apulian, campanian, Sicilian and sardinian dialects just sound like other languages. Plus I think it's a kind of "old generation pride thing" like my grandpa or generally speaking people his age said something in milanese dialect and while I understand them, they ask me if I speak any of that and my answer is always "sadly no, but I'm willing to". The understanding thing also applies with nearby dialects. A strong Bergamo accent for example. This city is near Milan compared to many more popular centers and that one sounds incomprehensible as well, typically used by construction workers and farmers (I experienced myself being about to join the farming working world)

[@AB_996SPS]

Hey Kate, just have to say that I love your videos. I lived in Lecce for almost 6 years (my mom still lives there) and in Torino for another 4 and your observations are hilarious to me becuase they were EXACTLY the same as mine having grown up in the US, even though I have southern Italian roots. It's been really hard to move back to the states and meet people for dinner at 6pm...constantly thinking "what are you, 80??" On #9 I can add to comments about age and weight; from May to September you get constant comments on your sun tan (at least where my mom lives) whether its "oh, you're so white...you need to go to the beach" or "wow, you're so tanned already" :)

[@TheQKatie]

That is so true about the tan comments!!!

[@christophereverest4547]

Excellent video. Thanks. Keeping up with the trend set by yourself and followed by CC below, I'm an Englishman down here in Palermo who is 57, 5' 10" and 175! Of course, in England my weight would be given as 12 stones and 7lbs, just to make things even more weird! Sounds medieval - "stones"?! As for the constant use of receipts in Italy, I believe the exchange is required as a matter of Italian Law. That is to say, retailers are legally obliged to issue receipts to purchasers and (this is the quirky point, no doubt) the latter are legally obliged to take possession of them. You could get into trouble as a purchaser if you ignore it. Believe this is connected to the Italian preference for cash over cards and is designed to help the authorities combat tax evasion. Anyway, all really good observations! It's 8:13pm and my Italian wife and family are calling me to dinner!!!

[@TheQKatie]

Hahahah. I never understood stone when we lived in London!

[@dlevi67]

@@TheQKatie 1 st = 14 lbs Not the most convenient multiple, but... then not much of USC or Imperial is about convenience in the modern world where we are all taught decimal arithmetic.

[@Hastdupech8509]

Well tax evasion here is a hot topic so it is compulsory to give receipts so that they can track how much a shop makes in a year and determine the right amount of taxes they should pay. They could declare to earn much less than what they truly do and consequently pay much less than they should. I hope Draghi's government will tackle this down, but you know, it's an issue that involves also the high taxes that could suffocate many businesses and consequently create a fertile ground for social unrest. Kinda like the mafia issue, the State could cancel it but it is a much more complex issue and therefore nobody wants to take risks just for the Southern poor half of the country that ia associated to the "destined to decline anyway" idea by many Italians since like 150 years.

[@tlacorp.3813]

The Italian dinner time is 8 to 9 pm. Keeps you healthy ...

[@amberfur5750]

I live in northern Italy and I have been paying contactless with my phone for 2/3 years. I never have cash.

[@alessandropirrone7772]

Ciao cara! Volevo dirti una cosa sui dialetti e sugli Italiani che sono emigrati in tutto il mondo , Usa inclusi. Quando la maggior parte degli Italiani hanno lasciato l'Italia (fino a 50 anni fa) quasi tutti parlavano SOLO il dialetto e non l'italiano,perciò all'estero tra Italiani , che venivano ognuno da una zona diversa con un dialetto diverso, non era semplice comunicare. È per questo che nei Paesi che hanno accolto gli Italiani non si è mai sviluppato e trasmesso alle generazioni successive l'Italiano comr lingua, ma al massimo , ad esempio in Usa, un mix tra inglese e dialetti. Questo è successo nonostante in alcune zone soprattutto in Argentina e Brasile gli Italiani erano così tanti da essere la maggioranza. Insomma per questi italiani la lingua comune non era l'italiano, ma la lingua straniera che trovavano in quel Paese (inglese, spagnolo o portoghese ). Ciao e complimenti per i tuoi video.

[@mgz9999]

Commento spettacolare, grazie per questo aneddoto

[@indigobuntz3564]

What time do you wake up in the US and what time do you eat lunch and breakfast? How can you eat at 6 and go to sleep at 9? I’m curious

[@TheQKatie]

I'm honestly not sure how they do it either! There's a big break in the day from 1-4. I Imagine they catch up on sleep then. Still trying to figure it out after a year here!

[@visitingfromsantafe1329]

My schedule: Get up at 6 a.m, no time for breakfast, drive to work by 7:45 a.m., eat banana at desk, have a little fast food lunch whenever I can fit it in (at 12, 1, or 1:30 p.m.), have a cup of tea at desk about 4 p.m. to help me last until I can leave work about 5:30 or 6 p.m. Drive home. Fix something quick for dinner, clean up kitchen, get in pajamas, and finally have a little time to relax before falling into bed about 9:30 p.m.

[@shotgunner3780]

4:28 No, that's can translate in standard italian in "Caga cazzo" wich in englosh mean "Someone that shit the fuck" that translate in "someone that's annoying" or "someone that's disturbing you in someway"

[@nd493]

North Italy was conquered by Lombards (Germans). That explains some differences between Italy's north and beautiful south.

[@galgar5660]

Southern Italy too. As a matter of fact southern Italy stayed under Lombards rule much longer than the north

[@aegee613]

Do you have any advice for an American wanting to make the move one day? I imagine you’d need to save up some money first (which can be hard to do in this economy in USA.)

[@jade__1903]

Some of these are also stereotypes of southern Italy, in north Italy things are a little bit different

[@lauradivittorio1014]

🙂 I live above 200 km sud est from Trani, II can't really undestend Trani dialect. Other Planet.

[@TheTeachingCouple]

Love this series ❤️

[@AllYouCanItaly]

Bel video, molto divertente 🤗♥️

[@pierangelorusso6419]

Brava Katie, ti seguo con affetto da Varese

[@TheQKatie]

😊👋

[@MauroVictorBarros]

I can say most of the things you mentioned about Italy apply to Brazil.

[@Noname-xi7xi]

Nice video, funny as usual and easy to watch but remember, Italy is very different from North to South, as you probably have already experienced. What works down South often doesn't apply up North and viceversa, like meals for example. We generally eat late without doubt but in Northern Italy you will see that they tend to have similar habits close to yours, unless you're in a big city which has a rythmn of its own. Usually were it's cold they tend to eat and go to bed earlier, as opposed to Central and Southern Italy were, due to the extremely hot temperatures, things start when it's cooler and more pleasant to move around. You would be suprised how different your life would be if you lived in Central or Northern Italy, as much as it is when you change from a small town to a big city and viceversa. Keep up the good stuff but try and visit, whenever you get a chance, also other parts of Italy which are so beautifull and rich of culture and excellent food (and wine) as well.

[@dariodaverio7968]

You're talking about south Italy, very very different from our northern culture

[@babs546]

Late dinners only happen in the south of Italy.

[@festyguy7405]

Wow; Elderly Americans would LOVE the whole receipt thing!

[@visitingfromsantafe1329]

Don't we pretty much get receipts for everything in the U.S.? I'm trying to think where I wouldn't get a receipt.

[@TheAzidahaka]

You have to understand that you are in a very peculiar part of italy. I live in Rome, and i always pay with card, i have dinner at 8:30 at most, and almost anyone here bags the dog poop an throw it out. Southern italy is very closed and has totally different habits from the rest of italy, and i would say, the rest of europe.

[@Pergidezi]

Such a silly, generalising and ignorant comment

[@TheAzidahaka]

@@Pergidezi i go to the same city of the video (trani) at least every two months, maybe i know something about it.

[@Pergidezi]

@@TheAzidahaka yeah too bad you talked about "southern Italy", not just about Trani. Do you also happen to "know something" (that anyway wouldn't be enough to pontificate and try one's hand at sociological opinions such as the one you expressed) about the entirety of southern Italy? I am a southerner too, therefore I should know something about It too, yet I have a different opinion, so maybe going to a Place every now and then doesn't necessarily make you omniscient

[@TheAzidahaka]

@@Pergidezi lol, i'm not a southerner, and you are the stereotipical butt-hurt provincial. You have to cope with the fact that you live in an underdeveloped part of the country, and no amount of written bullshit will change that.

[@Pergidezi]

@@TheAzidahaka actually it looks like quite the opposite, and the only one making campanilistic statements and coming out as provincial and narrow minded - as well as ill-mannered judging by your last comment - Is actually you. The rest of your guesses are equally wrong but they're not even worth a response. PS: "cope with the fact that you live in an underdeveloped part of the country" - man how twisted are you

[@lola.44.77]

6:05 Same thing in Brazil LOL

[@TheDelem]

a discovery for you.... before to go to the Posta office you can have an appointment by internet page .... Poste page give you a QRcode to enter into the machine when you arrive there... really quick and smart...most fun when you arrive to the office and comunicate to people that you have an appointment !!🤣 no queue for you

[@TheQKatie]

I'll need to try that -- although I've noticed people with appointments end up waiting just as long sometimes 🤷‍♀️ Grazie mille!

[@alexdragoon74]

Cara, la grossa differenza è tra il pranzo in Italia e quello in USA, in Italia il pasto di mezzogiorno è di grandi dimensioni e di solito verso le quattro del pomeriggio si spezza con la merenda, di conseguenza la cena la si fa due o tre ore dopo rispetto agli USA, da noi la cena abitualmente è verso le 7 e mezza/ 8, ma a volte mangiamo alle 8 e mezza, in ristorante ovviamente anche alle 9....

[@vietnamvet4533]

Many great things about my visit to Italy the home of my grandparents. One only language you hear people speaking with the except of English for the most part is well Italian. And the amount of people with cell phones glued to their hands and ears is so much lower then in the US of A.

[@giuseppequello378]

Ciao, in posta puoi prenotarti comodamente con l app poste italiane e prenotarti per qualsiesi cosa. Vai all'orario scelto e boom fai subito. :)

[@giulianomamane897]

Also in usa every state has different slang and you can’t say no

[@jaytrees7304]

I agree! Stupid.