ITALY VLOG pt.1 🇮🇹🍦 Gelato, pizza, pasta...😍

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We stayed in Pieve Ligure in Liguria, a few kilometers away from Genova. I can highly recommend going there for vacation! ☺️
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Maya :)

[@khalilahd.]

Wow Maya you make Italy look like an absolute dream 💜 I’m so happy you get to create such beautiful memories

[@teenager.]

Italy IS an absolute dream

[@burningred737]

Girl I swear I see your comment everywhere.

[@pigoff123]

I love Italy. Wish I had gone more often when we lived in Germany.

[@kimzw]

This looks like an amazing vacation! I looooved the vlog. Thanks for taking us along!

[@tizioincognito5731]

As italian, we need more of you.

[@dareugo2407]

Careful in Italy if your vegan diet is strict (especially because of religion) and/or have allergies, because the "vegan concept" is unfortunately still very new and misunderstood by the most. For example you find many pre-packaged products sold for vegan but are actually vegetarian (containing egg/milk - egg protein/milk protein) and fresh food sold as vegetarian that is not even that (bread and breadsticks often contain "strutto" which is lard, and Italians usually use pig fat - the original recipe for focaccia contains strutto and especially in Liguria region is extremely rare to find a focaccia without that ingredient!) so be careful! In Italy as of now it is not helpful to ask if something is vegetarian or vegan, you MUST cite the ingredients. This is very important! I bought focaccia from a bakery in Genova to bring back for some friends in London (one of them is Muslim and three of them are Jewish) and I specifically asked if it was vegetarian, and the answer was "yes", then I asked if it had strutto in it and the answer was an annoyed "well of course that's how you do it"! I also found that some restaurants (in particular those in the south regions or owned by elderly people) often cook using meat and animal fats and truly believe they then have a vegetarian/vegan option because they removed the meat bits, so since you don't actually have the animal parts in your mouth you are not having an animal product. I truly believe most are honest mistakes but I also believe this should be known so that you can think for yourself what it would mean to you to potentially step off your diet. Good thing though, every single pre-packaged food in Italy has a full list of ingredients in their label.

[@pigoff123]

We eat a lot of vegetarian foods. My new favorite is spaghetti and tomato garlic onion red orange and yellow pepper sauce.

[@silvia-ku6tx]

Little tip from Italy: after draining your pasta, move it into the pan with the sauce you’re going to season it with, don’t do that directly in the dish. It’s gonna soak up the flavours muuuch better! Love your channel! ❤️

[@suritroopa3446]

Try the Farinata! It’s a typical street food of the city of Genova: an exquisite low and golden savory pie made with chickpea flour. You can find it in almost all Ligurian bakeries. Eat it when it is still hot. Obviously it's vegan! Buon appetito!

[@berolinastrassmann]

I second that. It is delicious! You might also find it advertised as "Fainá" which is the local dialect name for this chickpea farinata. It is also very easy to make at home with chickpea flour and (lots of) olive oil 🫒

[@Lucyloom23]

Unfortunately Novella pesto contains parmesan cheese 😭 and pay attention to focaccia cause sometimes they make it with lard 😖

[@marinapasqualinarusso8750]

Vero

[@marinapasqualinarusso8750]

L Italia è bella da nord a sud 😊

[@Donion333]

I can’t wait to be in Italy 🇮🇹

[@Vulturelover2013]

You do such an amazing Job on your videos, Maya! 😍👏 I believe this is the first vlog of yours that I’ve watched, and your editing is perfect and your personality shines! ✨ Thanks for all the yummy inspiration! 😋💖

[@jainproduction3953]

You posted this on my birthday!!!!

[@animefangirl9006]

Happy birthday ❤❤

[@berolinastrassmann]

Delicious food as always. Thanks for showing this. Which village did you stay in? Looks amazing. For future trips, you can get lots of local spices in Italy too: peperoncino (several types, actually), bay leaves, thyme, rosemary, oregano which are easy to find in any grocery store in Italy, even if small. Also for future trips to Liguria, try Fainá (genovese name for Farinata) which is made of chickpea flour. Fainá dates back to medieval times, when Genoese sailors traded with Middle Eastern or North African countries, where Chickpeas were native to their diet. Thanks again for the culinary tour!

[@deborahbloem1325]

What a great video Maya! You are really a star in cooking and baking but also a star in filming and editing! Thanks to you I got to enjoy some time in Italy! Even if it is on a screen (laptop), it was really a joy to watch! Curious how your pizza is going to turn out! Xx

[@ropolito1980]

Wow, what a beautiful place you visited and the food looks so good and fresh!!! I’m so hungry

[@suraksha9229]

These are so fun! 😍 more travel vlogs!

[@rrrrebecca]

happy you tried food from my city❤️

[@alessandroferraresso8176]

Sei bravissima 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻☺️👍

[@graziazulian6035]

amazing as always! remember, in Italian you say “pistaCCHIo” as you say (correctly) “zuCCHIni 🙂 CCH sounds like a K

[@mamamauki]

Wieder ein tolles Video liebe Maya. Bin erst vor kurzem auf dich gestoßen und liebe deine Rezepte, das Buch ist auch schon gekauft. Kannst du bitte verraten, wo das Ferienhaus genau liegt und wo man das buchen kann? Das wäre super lieb. Vielen Dank.

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

Wow i love the buildings in italy

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

Best pizza pasta and ice cream you find in italy

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

I love pizza,pasta,ice cream!!😱🤤😍omg take me whit you please 👍🏽👋🏾😁😄🥰 hope you have a great time in italy

[@Chloe-hr1vv]

Hallo 🦋 habt ihr das Haus bei Airbng gemietet oder vielleicht wo anders ? Das Haus hat so eine schöne Lage

[@mikeskylark1594]

Great vlog! I'm impressed. Also, you're a very nice person, with a very nice life, Maya. #PastaOverload

[@mariafernandagutierrezpere891]

OMG I love it. ❤❤

[@mariaatkinson8862]

i do not know how you can be vegan, you have determination.

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

Wow cool a real pizza oven omg😱🥰😁👍🏽👋🏾

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

Wow i love italy. I wanna go there too

[@frustratedmel]

iron and B12 , keep these supplements in your diet as well, I am a vegan too.

[@uditkoralli1772]

Can you put down the name of the Airbnb you stayed in p Zzz

[@wenxuanlim88]

thanks for the video! is this an airbnb you rented during your holiday in Italy? mind to share the link?

[@thedivineherself]

8:11 shes a metallica fan.....now im extremely gay i love her she's the dream girl

[@tobeygun]

thank you for your positive energy, it’s really refreshing in contrast to what’s going on in the world at the moment. 💫 also i’m very jelous of the gelatos! 😩😩😩😅

[@cobi311]

You was in Liguria and not eaten FARINATA!?😢...come back soon!!!

[@skadi69Ems]

Boah sieht alles soooo lecker aus 💚💚

[@PietApus]

Ich liebe deine videos butttt where is part 2 sorry bin kurz abgedriftet aber erlich bitte mach wieter so und i love your videos😊

[@PietApus]

#Stayvegan🌱

[@TarieS7]

Yummmmmm.

[@anitak8056]

Beautiful

[@abrah135]

Maya never changes clothes 😭🤣

[@JMusic433]

Can you show us how to make vegan pizza dough? 😊

[@MagycArwen]

Pizza dough is always vegan. You don't need a "vegan" version.

[@alien766]

How long you are vegan? I thought Your all family is vegan. I love Your channel :D

[@miladobrova7154]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@silvie3653]

Love all your video’s Maya 😊

[@ML-yw4hv]

where is pt 2 :(

[@mirchen01]

Danke dass du durch dieses Video zeigst wie schön das Leben sein kann ❤ und wie nice ist bitte der Pizza Ofen haha bin auf den zweiten Teil gespannt wo ihr den ausprobiert

[@barbaraburgos9871]

Is it good for vegans vegetarians to live in italy????

[@fraaam]

Yes it is :) I can speak for the northern regions and it was very easy for me to find Vegan options when I lived there ! Most bakeries even have sweet Vegan options (croissant for example) and salty, too. In the restaurants you always find something Vegan so it is not a big deal. All gelaterias have Vegan flavours, too !

[@lottederuiter2962]

Wow the food looks delicious! Maya, I have a question, have you always been vegan?

[@SneedforSpeed]

down tremendously

[@juchidaf]

OMG the fooood and that spot! 🥰

[@alessandroferraresso8176]

Ich finde keine Rezepte mehr aus deinen Videos!?🤷🏻‍♂️😢 Trotzdem, weiter so, Du bist super 👍 😊

[@jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16]

Praise the LORD for creating Italy!

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

I don,t like chick peas i have had them once i did not like them

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

1,10 is not expencive for a crossaint

[@Elisha-dy7zg]

So beautiful 😍

[@barbaramunzebrock1990]

Seid ihr mit dem Zug nach Italien gefahren? Was habt ihr dabei beachtet? Das kann ja sonst echt teuer werden.

[@deepacharen4534]

Grazie 🙏🏽💚🙏🏽

[@GarudaLegends]

you are adorable. you are on of they few vegans that know how to cook

[@jorgfriedrich7639]

Hallo, das ist ein tolles, großartiges Video. Dankeschön dafür. Mfg

[@NicoleBe]

finding vegan options in this forsaken land is an ordeal, i'm not vegan but i have noticed it since i'm italian born and raised. Also, bread here is not generally vegan, it contains pork fat

[@maritaschwetz8490]

Sorry, 🙊can you get ready ... 🙈Click the CC button at the top of the video to activate the Italian subtitles !!! thank you very much 🙏🏻 Vegan 🌱 💙

[@beyondmaya6692]

Is she the girl who murdered her sister?

[@vedikakumeria8576]

That’s sad going to Italy and eating tofu and hummus.😢

[@nilsgd3848]

Feigen sind doch eigentlich gar nicht vegan oder?

[@p5ych0p4th]

Feigen brauchen Wespenlarven zur Befruchtung aber die werden von der Frucht absorbiert lang bevor sie reich ist. Ob es das nun unvegan macht, ist in der Tat schwer zu beantworten. Ist ja schon irgendwo ein natürlicher Vorgang. Anders als Honig zB.

[@berolinastrassmann]

Feigen sind Früchte. Obst. Also vegan. Kein Tierprodukt in der Produktion :-)

[@CHICKENHERO96]

@@berolinastrassmann Die Diskussion gibt es, weil Feigen von Wespen bei der Eier ablage bestäubt werden und alles was es nicht lebend aus der Feige schafft, wird von der Feige "verdaut". Deswegen sagen einige es ist nicht vegan, weil letztlich oft eine zersetzte Wespe drin ist, die nach dem Eier legen ihre Flügel verliert.

[@nilsgd3848]

@@berolinastrassmann ja das is scho klar, aber zur Befruchtung wird eine Wespe benötigt die im inneren zersetzt wird und somit ist für die Reifung ein Tier gestorben 🙂

[@carnismiscancer2108]

Veganism is rising and thriving while carnism is trying and dying! WE ARE VEGAN! WE ARE STRONG! IF YOU'RE NOT VEGAN WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG!?!??!

[@olgatorrado5558]

Ich komme aus Katalonien und folge dir auf Instagram. Du machst tolle Rezepte, danke für die Inhalte, die du teilst. Ich wünschte du würdest mehr Videos auf Deutsch machen, es ist sehr gut zu lernen!!!!

[@piperfoellmer9423]

i loved this Maya, the editing style was so lovely! you seem like such a joy to be around :) xo

[@ruka2821]

I just came back from Sicily, and a common hotel room breakfast for me was raw smoked tofu on bread with pesto/hummus and pickled grilled peppers too haha!

[@iremeeroglu]

Ich brauche italy pt.2 pleaseeeeee:333333333

[@lilli250]

so ein schönes Video geworden! bitte öfters Vlogs ;) Deine Familie wirkt auch so super sympathisch! LG aus Wien

[@viorelpopa4489]

Is there a part 2?

[@Juicada]

Den Pistazien Joghurt von Valsoia hol ich mir immer in Italien! Liebe Ich!! Die Marke hat auch einen wirklich leckeren Frischkäse :)

[@Jannah.and.Fares.Family]

Great video blog I am really here watching your good work my friend keep the soul my wishes to you for success and success 🌺🌷😊🌼.

[@Pandozzi]

Ohhh i really hope you got to try a farinata di ceci while in Genova!!! It's one of the most amazing traditional things that are vegan by default

[@silke501]

Where is part two?? I thought she uploaded it but now it is gone😢

[@tvz123]

Love your videos💚, I think I heard somewhere that the reason for being hungry after spending time in the pool or the sea is because your body is spending a lot of energy trying to maintain your body heat at about 36.7 ° because the water are colder :)

[@sophieschremmer6954]

Wow, nice food ideas, gives me really good summer vibes. I would be interested in: how do you deal with food that you are not 100% sure if it is really vegan because for example you cannot read all words in Italian . Do you eat it anyways or do you always do your research until you are sure?

[@MaryMansonAz]

Vegan products are tagged as "vegan": there's a green label with a leaf (usually made up of tiny stars) or a yellow label with a green "V", they are certified by EU.

[@matildearmenghi560]

Your italian pronunciation is very very good👌🏻❤️🥰

[@Jazz-wo5zt]

I really enjoyed this video, thank you ! I live in Sicily.. and im vegan so I understand the struggle with lack of options! You did really well and all the food looks so yummy! Xx

[@gigitijarain]

Be careful with the bread and focaccia because sometimes(surely focaccia ligure)contains lard(strutto in Italian)

[@giannigervasi8110]

if only I knew you at the time you were in Italy I would have asked you to meet

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

OMG ice cream pasta pizza i wanna go to italy

[@Vernacularpressact]

okay pronunciation queen

[@magalissantiago2817]

Wow beautiful vacation.

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

I never had viggs are they good?

[@Sirmasterchief]

Feigen sind aber nicht vegan

[@gioiafiammettaforconi2849]

5:04 „Die kann man besser mit der Gabel so aufpicken… zack, zack, zack, zack“😩😂

[@alessandrorozzo1927]

Complimenti per il vlog, bellissimo ❤️

[@agnieszkastarczewska3018]

Have you been to any restaurants for dinner/lunch? If so, did they have a lot of vegan options? :D (apart from pizza)

[@inaplaceofsolace]

Aglio e olio and noodles with tomato sauce are always an option there :)

[@Sa.veglove]

Unfortunately not, In italy there are not many vegan options. Salad, potatoes and vegetables😅

[@fulviomiglio4162]

Italy is very vegan

[@gigitijarain]

I am Italian and no

[@fraaam]

I suppose it depends on where you are. I read online a lot of negative expereinces about being Vegan in Italy. I am originally from North Italy, now living in Germany. I had less problems eating out in Italy than here.

[@3cani]

Ironically the Trofiette was made by “Centro Latte Rapallo” that means “Rapallo Milk Center” 🥲 (obviously without milk)

[@berolinastrassmann]

Pasta would never include milk...but eggs for sure. This vegan option is obviously without 🥚 :-)