My Pros and Cons After Visiting Italy

[@MeetConservatives]

From what I've heard, French waiters being rude seems to be primarily in the Paris area. Other regions are nicer, I'm told.

[@milantehrandubai]

Same in Milan, Italy

[@TC_BEN720]

sooo true

[@greenmushroom6891]

I traveled for a month in France in the summer, let’s say “depending on your luck”, and yes, service in France is - 40 minutes you have to wait for the main course, It seems like this is a tradition, I don't know.. So when you don't have time, you go to Asian cuisine, 15 minutes and you've eaten and you're not late for the train.

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Customer service level between America and Europe in restaurants most likely due to tipping culture meaning American wait staff are competing for your tips while in Europe, they aren’t

[@briantravelman]

True, but we also have the "customer is always right" mentality. That doesn't exist in most places outside the US

[@theresa_s]

"you want a to-go box? get out of my restaurant!!!" 😂😂😂

[@AlecMersmann]

I'm trying to, I just want to take my food with me

[@SirHargreeves]

We don’t really take to go in the UK either.

[@Knighmare0]

Hope you had great time in Italy

[@naception]

What about food quality? I hear the food in Europe isn't as processed and doesn't mess you up as much. Many Americans report feeling better after eating in Europe for a few days.

[@milantehrandubai]

That's true. Europe banned chemicals and we have genuine healthy food ! You will feel much better here...

[@Pintrestusernames]

Could be why it takes longer too

[@lukasystem2491]

Kinda strange seeing Petrov not talking politics, but I like it .

[@whatare8963]

In an ideal world, this would be everybody.

[@MasterDanielson]

I’ve always wanted to go to Italy. Thanks for the insight!

[@Deehvad]

The "sauce on the side" problem is cultural. French and Italian chefs (and restaurants they work at by extension) are extremely proud of their craft,. and by bringing changes like this you're messing with their recipe and it's annoying and borderline insulting. It's like asking a painter to make his trees less green, or to put less deer and change them with rabbits or something: No, this is my art, I created this, you can't tell me how to do my job.

[@nimics]

I asked for extra pasta at a Paris bistro and they dragged me behind the restaurant and shot me it was kinda weird

[@Jacob.380]

@@nimics Glad you're some kind of bad ass and survived.

[@OneBrainStorm]

Hey! Great video! I would personally recommend visiting Munich, especially around winter! Another place is Singapore, I've been there twice, and I've had so much fun and I think you'd like it! + they speak English which is great for tourists.

[@Mauricio-Saucedo]

Interesting your experience. Some people i know who are American, have experienced some sort of rude treatment by countries like France or Italy. Seems like there is some kind of idea about Americans tourist being not respectful, at least to what they told me. And that’s why they have had that rude treatment towards them. Italy it’s quite beautiful on it’s architecture, what I found really interesting is how different the north compare to the south is. And I as far as I barely know there is also like a culturally historical difference between those two Italian regions Edit: I deleted by accident my other comment because I’m so distracted sometimes 🤦🏻‍♂️, about how you may “trigger” Italians because of your take on their coffee because is something they are proud about than places like Starbucks.

[@fidole791]

I believe locals in big touristy cities often get annoyed by over-tourism *cough* Barcelona *cough* *cough* , which is stupid because tourism gives them a massive economic boost. Once you leave the tourist traps people generally become friendlier. And yes we Europeans are somewhat racist toward Americans.

[@gideonparry5684]

Italy was a bunch of city states for a long time. That of course has shaped the cultures of the different places

[@briantravelman]

That's exactly what I said to, because I've read those posts from Americans complaining about the French and most of the time, it's the Americans' own fault that the French are rude to them. Yeah, I visited Veneto, Tuscany, Lazio and Campania and it's true that the north, center and south are completely different worlds. OMG, that's so true! You can literally roast their entire nation/people, but if you dare to criticize their food or coffee, that's the ONE thing they will call you out on😂 And believe me, their food and coffee is nothing to write home about.

[@gideonparry5684]

I'm surprised there was no mention of how many smokers there are. That was one of the 1st things I noticed

[@RealiMisha]

That too! Not as bad as Paris tho

[@Errrnggf]

Hi Misha from Italy ❤❤ 🇮🇹

[@kateerwer7224]

Talking about the coffee thing, I think the taste of coffee is different for every culture, I am originally from Russia, and when I came to UK for a vacation, I tried a coffee at Starbucks and it was disgustingly sweet for me but perfect for my Chinese friend. I think that nowadays people don’t differentiate between tasty coffee-like drinks and coffee and that is kinda sad…

[@whatare8963]

I've been to Italy a few times, and I would love to go back once more. The art, architecture, history, and even the nature is gorgeous. Venice is a neat little city, but I could accomplish everything there in only a few days. Rome is very crowded in the summer, obviously, but the historical layout is still nice. The fields between Rome, Venice, and Tuscany are beautiful. Florence is also a neat area with so many fun museums and cathedrals. Naples was exciting both times I visited. Once, I ate a slice of pizza near the Leaning Tower, like most amateur American tourists used to do back in the day. Genoa has a fantastic aquarium and several nice shops and stuff, and it is also a great place for cruise ships to appear. When I went on one out of Genoa last year, I met these beautiful sisters my age that were incredibly nice, whereas in New Hampshire, the women are either ignorant or mean and the men are a hit or miss. Italy is a friendlier lot than the Northeastern US, that's for sure, and I was warned in advance that they're nicer than the folks in Paris. I have legitimately contemplated going to Siena for my master's degree since I plan to return to Italy next fall if I can raise the money, and that would have given me a good excuse to do academic work beyond the woke state of New Hampshire. (But I have recently decided to do Germany for masters college instead because, even though tuition in Italy is not that much, German universities are literally free besides housing.) My only bad experience in Italy was last time, where I almost died from overheating in Venice because our room had no AC. But besides that, while I will never go back in the summertime, I would absolutely visit Italy again in the fall, the winter, or even the spring. I'm happy to hear that you had a great time in Italy, and I hope you consider returning again soon. But next time, I would try going to Venice and Padua because, like I said before with Venice, that is a gorgeous city where you can do so much in a short time. Will you travel to Europe again soon, and if so, will you check out Spain or Greece? Those countries are also very nice.

[@milantehrandubai]

Hey Misha !!! As a (Northern) Italian, I'm glad you enjoyed your time here and appreciate your feedback. You should have come to Milan, we are the biggest city and the most cosmopolitan in Italy, as well as the fashion capital of Europe. Milan is cold and very similar to Paris, but so beautiful. I just want to add some things: I agree that customer service is pretty bad all over Europe, especially in France, in Italy we're friendlier and actually even better towards americans and we have better english knowledge and accent, but not in the big cities (Milan is exactly like Paris), we appreciate you trying to speak Italian but some people might have an attitude, I hope that waiter was just a one-off episode (the french are worse yes) because not everyone has that attitude. AC is bad for you and not that common in Italy and France, even though many places have it now. I'm VERY surprised about the coffee. I think you just got unlucky because Italy has the best coffee places. You probably went to the wrong ones. Have never heard of coffee being watery (In not saying every coffee will be good, you can find some terrible places even here)... And don't get me wrong, but I don't think the average american has a say in what coffee tastes good and what doesn't. Please. I hope you come back and I wish I could take you to the best coffee places lol. Btw, my family is originally from Tuscany and I agree with you, it's my favourite region. It's so beautiful, and yeah it does look like Bordeaux (they're both wine-making regions) and also California's Napa Valley (countryside) as well as its coast. There is actually a place in Tuscany called "La California". Greetings from Italy and grazie mille !!! Come back soon. 🇮🇹❤️

[@giuliacentenaro7349]

Hi!! I'm from Brazil, have an Italian citizenship, and I want to study college in Italy. Me and my family are already looking for the documents necessary for this and learning more about the process. But I would like to know, how are colleges in Italy? How do you view it? My reality are the colleges in Brazil, extremely woke and they are losing a lot of quality in teaching. Could you tell me how are the things there? Btw I'm thinking about studying in Verona, Florence or Bologna, in the fields of engineering.

[@briantravelman]

Rome was sort of an exception, but elsewhere in Italy, especially Venice and Pisa and Tivoli even, I did find the customer service better than in most places in Europe, so I will give them credit for that. You're Italian, so I'm not expecting you to say anything nice about the French, but French people really aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be. I think they're more polite, humble and well-mannered, but they can be very direct. But just don't be an idiot and you'll be fine.

[@pc-hardware6879]

Agree, sounds to me like an american who finds out what coffee really tastes like and realises the sugar milk ice drink she likes was just a soft drink all along.

[@dodaz2049]

@@briantravelmanI'm Italian and I love the French actually... they love us too. We don't fight. I actually don't like spaniards. Italy and France are white, Spain isn't.

[@dodaz2049]

@@pc-hardware6879Exactly !

[@hypergraphic]

Sounds like you had a good trip overall. When I was living in Switzerland I visited the town in Italy across from Locarno (in the Italian speaking part of 🇨🇭) and at dinner when I ordered a Cappucino, the waiter flatly told me no, that was just for during the day. I was like what? But I guess that's the way it's done there lol. Personally, I've had better Italian food in Switzerland than I have in Italy, but I'd like to do a proper cuisine tour in Italy someday :) Also, I back in 2007, A friend of mine from New Zealand got the same treatment in France, but when she told them she was not American but from NZ, they profusely apologized. Yeah French people are an acquired taste.

[@thedriverofallthings]

Ive been to Rome and loved it. We went to the vatican meuseum at 8am one day and was first in the que then we went to st peters and th que was huge, so we came back at 8am the next day and got straight in. Please tell me you went in to st peters cathedral? I can say it was not built by normal average humans

[@alexwhite2377]

This is incredibly relatable after my trip to Italy. It definitely made me appreciate America a lot more. Still I love Europe. Maybe you and I can go together? 😉( I’m 19)

[@Marcus-nn6js]

Nice!

[@AlecMersmann]

I love visiting other countries, but I don't think I'd ever want to live anywhere else. I don't remember having a problem getting a to go box even I was in Italy

[@Jacob.380]

Do any of your fans recognize you when you're out and about and scream, "OH MY GAWD it's Misha Petrov!" ... I wouldn't do that but imagine being somewhere halfway across the globe and you get that reaction out of nowhere lol.

[@milantehrandubai]

I would if I see her here !!!

[@AKJeeper]

I've traveled to Europe several times and have found the coffee to be extremely bitter. I ended up having to put cream in my coffee (I normally drink my coffee black when I'm in the US and Central America). In Switzerland and Germany, I found that I had to put a little bit of water in my coffee as it was too strong for my tastes. I just resorted to drinking tea after a while. I have not tried any US establishments at all in my trips to Europe, but now I am curious if Starbucks coffee in Europe is similar to how we would expect it in the US.

[@clarabella8]

Starbucks in Italy is for tourists only since Italians hate the sugary Starbucks drink. From what you say you came to Italy with the classic American “colonizer” mentality. This is particularly hated by the French. In Italy the very concept of “fast food” is hated: when you eat, you sit down, enjoy the meal, eat slowly, talk to friends or family, enjoy the moment. That's why they don't gain weight. Also, if you ask for a plate of pasta with “sauce” on the side, in Italy of course they look at you upset. It's like if you ask in America to eat American food, but with “shit on the side.” A dish is not just a collection of foods put together, but it is a cultural element. I once heard an American order pasta bolognese with pesto on the side.... In Italy you can risk killing someone with that request!

[@briantravelman]

What about the famous Napaleon folded pizza? That's designed for people to eat on the go.

[@clarabella8]

@@briantravelman yes, but if you go to a restaurant and sit, maybe it's clear that you're not ordering on the go

[@Lemondrop157]

Why cant people order what they want without being called colonizers?

[@clarabella8]

@Lemondrop157 you can order what is offered on the menu. If you want otherwise, learn how to cook and stay at home. Chefs are not slaves, and they're not going to ruin their creations for your bad taste.

[@Lemondrop157]

@@clarabella8 How is asking for sauce on the side automatically affiliated with bad taste? Its not. It’s simple to do effortless gestures to make your costumers happy, especially if its as simple as putting the sauce on the side which shouldn’t be seen as ruining the dish at all or having “bad taste.” Dont shame people for having their own preferences.

[@PUNISHERMHS_2021]

5th comment and 19 minutes ago? Crazy. Loved the video Misha!

[@leonznidarcic]

I'm surprised about your coffee experience. Cappuccino, macchiato or espresso I'd say it's the best safest way. It's mostly a different EU in last decades or so.

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]

..there is a saying in Portugal, that i'm sure has equivalent in english, but i don't remember.. "The just, pays for the sinner".. of course NOT you, but americans before you, left this heritage for newcomers.. specialy black americans.. (i'm refering to some prejudice against american tourists, specialy in the common same visited places).. My advice, is go the further of common touristic places, or, why not, use yelp or something..or better, ask locals ! ..about the expresso coffee: I worked for some years as semi-truck driver thru Europe, and, i think no bias, the portuguese expresso is the best, because here is followed a simple rule: (i drink without sugar, but principle aplies), that is, the small expresso coffee, must sustain the sugar for some seconds on its "cream", before sinking before mixing.. In Spain, it is necessary to ask for strong solo expresso, or they will keep pouring coffee of the machine into cup, making it weak and watery (tourism had some influence on it, because foreigners weren't used to such condensed and strong coffee and being "ripped of for such small amount", and wanting some more).. (i would guess this is what happened to your coffees..), because when i was in Italy or France, i used to mostly stop on "truck stops", and they were ok.. In Portugal some people prefer these watered coffee, but they have to ask "pingado" where they let it run a bit more, making it more watery (even though many don't realize, that the amount of coffee is bigger, because even if weaker coffee keeps flowing, it is still more coffee to the cup).. Depends as well from where the coffee grain is imported from.. A expresso cup, should have no more than 3/4 of volume, and should come out creamy.. (and temperature of machine adjusted for season of the year, because keeping the winter temp, extracting coffee in Summer, will burn the taste of it).. But just in case, if i go to a placei don't know how it usualy is taken out of the machine, i aways ask for strong ,short and creamy.. they usualy know why i am asking it..not saving in coffee inside the machine thing where it comes out, compress it, and the right amount! ..damn..so many lines about coffee i wrote, and barely nothing on the rest..☕☕☕☕☕

[@Augustus_Imperator]

I think many of these problems, especially in the restaurants are only related to tourist traps. Usually in Italy if you go to smaller places, often they are family run and people are kind and polite with the customers. In big tourist places they are insufferable

[@lecso0519]

I would take my friend to Rome just to tell him, that he can never escape the Forum (he works at a restaurant called Forum and he's not big fan of it)

[@robertpembroke8902]

The Vampire Murders and the Christopher Leigh Joke Before the Vampire Murders happened in Brisbane the offender started to call herself Vivien because she believed she was destined to play the role of Vampira in a movie vis a vis Vivien Leigh. Believe it or not!

[@StormCrusher94]

What i think happened with your iced cappuccino is they added either ice or just cold water, which consequently made it more watery. Not sure for the rest though.

[@krystofthepolishguytalksan310]

The part about the French hating when you butcher their language is so true!!! My sister lives in Paris.

[@briantravelman]

I think that's mainly Parisians. They think anyone who doesn't speak Metropolitan dialect doesn't know proper French. I saw a video of a girl speaking to French people in Québecois. They were a little confused, but no one was rude. I butchered entire sentences in the Pyranees and didn't have any problems. I saw a French language challenge on "The Amazing Race", and they were butchering the words so bad, and the judge was so lenient, and usually the judges in other countries are so strict with language challenges. I saw an episode in Taiwan, if they pronounce the Chinese word EXACTLY, they didn't get the clue. Most French people actually aren't that anal about it, because they know they're language is difficult and there are certain sounds foreigners simply can't make.

[@maten146]

It's not really that, it is just that in France we are very direct on negative feedback and do not sugarcoat stuff. We are used from early age to have very bad comments on our exam, at school, ... therefore, it feels completely natural and not personal at all for a French individual to be corrected or to correct. Also, and it is especially the case in Paris, people are not used to know any other language and accent than Parisian French, which means that if you try to speak them any other way (in English, in another accent, ...) they will have trouble understanding and be stressed as they are not used to it.

[@dodaz2049]

Rightly so

[@dodaz2049]

@@maten146Oui c'est la même chose aussi ici en Italie

[@SirHargreeves]

I’m sure the reason the French dislike the English language is more to do with their historic 1,000 year rivals north of the English Channel.

[@briantravelman]

It's not THAT. It's because of their accents. They don't like how they sound when they speak English.

[@maten146]

@@briantravelman No it is just that in France we do not know how to speak English. Most people don't speak English there and as a result get very stressed when they have someone speaking English to them as if they were native in it. Also, American tend to have an "entitled" mentality when it comes to how they act as a customer forgetting very basic politeness words and behaviour that are vital in France such as : saying hello to start any sentence or conversation with someone, saying hello when you enter a restaurant or a store, not acting as if the other person should speak perfect English, not speaking loudly, etc....

[@dodaz2049]

Well they have rivals in us Italians too

[@dodaz2049]

@@briantravelmanMeh no it's not THAT

[@AvgeekLMML]

I'm from an independent island below Italy called Malta, We have our flaws in Malta but the issues you have in Italy thankfully we don't have in Malta. On another note, Italy and Malta both use the metric system (which I can understand, can't understand the imperial system) for measurements which is better. Food quality is much better (I visited the USA for 2 weeks and the food quality wasn't as good) and our electrical grid is much better and much safer.

[@briantravelman]

I visited Malta for a couple days from Italy. Completely different world from Italy. Italy is obviously more interesting, but I found Malta to be friendlier and much more organized and laid back, though it had some cons too. I've been to the Cayman Islands and researched other British territories/colonies, and although Malta is independent, it to me still feels like a "British" island in many ways. Very safe and well organized.

[@AvgeekLMML]

@@briantravelman yes I much prefer my own country of Malta, I find Italy is too chaotic

[@dodaz2049]

Yes you do have the same issues. You were an Italian colony. You are worse.

[@dodaz2049]

@@briantravelmanIt was also an Italian colony and the influence remains to this day.

[@dodaz2049]

@@AvgeekLMMLThere's nothing to do in your tiny island. Italy is way better. I'm also an avgeek but at LIMC, the best !!! Air Malta has such a nice livery and branding.

[@Whysoserious648]

Didn't know you had a second channel 😭

[@sangjeongkimcho293]

PRO TIP: ESP IF THE KITCHEN ARE ALL FRIENDS TRY NOT TO ARGUE BC THEY COULD SECRETLY SPIT OR DO WORSE TO UR FOOD; INSTEAD JUST TIP ZERO BUT IF URE AT THST PT U PROBABLY LNOW URE NOT GUNNA REVISIT AGAIN!

[@alexisandbillclerico15]

Misha never said that she argued with anyone. She said that she received the wrong sandwich & asked to get the correct sandwich that she ordered.

[@The_Psycho_Red_Ranger]

Italy is the best! You Americans are thick headed!

[@tacc529]

fuck italy

[@Lemondrop157]

No

[@Oscar_E486]

I thought it was just me, when going to American chains like Starbucks and McDonald’s it tasted much worse, maybe it was a sign to eat more Italian authentic food 😂

[@hermionegreen333]

The ingredients are different because a lot of artificial ingredients are banned in Europe, so European McDonald's is different from American McDonald's,

[@MadisonMagazineYT]

Love Italy Misha! :3

[@robertstefan1090]

You look great

[@decaje890]

Can you Tour 🇸🇮Moscow

[@calex9398]

😊👍

[@donfacundo6089]

😍🥰

[@greenmushroom6891]

I don't know about America, but in Europe, coffee is not good everywhere. They really don't put enough coffee, if I feel it, I just order an extra espresso and pour it into a glass with cappuccino :)

[@JaxonSmith-sg2rd]

God bless the Italian people. 🇮🇹

[@hermanjohnson9180]

If they don't like hearing English sounds to me like they don't like English people.

[@whatare8963]

France and England are frienemies.

[@hermanjohnson9180]

@@whatare8963 😂 Probably

[@maten146]

It is just that they do not speak it. It is like if you go to the US and speak Spanish or French at normal speed and expect Americans to perfectly understand it.

[@hermanjohnson9180]

@maten146 makes sense

[@sangjeongkimcho293]

1:57 THIS IS REAL IVE HEARD SO MANY TIMES ALSO ON POLLS FRANCE COMES IN YHE RUDEST PLACE IN EUR BY FAR

[@milantehrandubai]

True 😂 Italy is also rude but way friendlier than the frogs

[@maten146]

It is just that American act entitled and do not understand that politeness in France is much more strict than in the US (which means that very often the French person is rude because he thinks the American is). Also, they simply don't speak English which makes it hard for them and put them under pressure when you come up to them speaking English. Also, Paris is very different than the whole remaining of France, and each regions of France are also very different. There are more differences between the North and South of France than between New YorkL

[@maten146]

and London for instance.

[@אריאלברקוביץ-ת5ס]

interesting. my mom loves the coffee in italy. to be fair though, were from israel where the coffee is closer to the coffee in europe, not america

[@milantehrandubai]

Thank you but go back to israel

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

@@אריאלברקוביץ-ת5ס I guess that’s why there are no Starbucks in Israel, similar to Europe where there are very few Starbucks, especially outside of tourist areas

[@dodaz2049]

@@thomasgrabkowski8283But they're zionist

[@hourbee5535]

How liberal and progressive is Italy?

[@milantehrandubai]

Quite liberal in the bigger cities but not woke, and actually somewhat conservative in other parts of the country ! Source: I'm from Italy-

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

It’s the most conservative country in Western Europe. Remember Meloni’s their PM

[@briantravelman]

The north is more liberal and the central and southern parts are more conservative. Like Veneto and Tuscany are liberal but Lazio and Campania are conservative.

[@Cormorant-oj9my]

@@briantravelman What? no

[@PsychedelicUniverse]

Come to Israel 😍 Whenever the war ends

[@barkmaker]

Spend your money in America. We don't need to keep on bleeding our country of its wealth, especially seeing as we've just been invaded by a few million people who will need our help.

[@scifichicky3934]

you're pointing out how precious american's are when they travel, that's probably why there's a bad reputation of american tourists lol coffee isn't good in europe, america does worse coffee, come to Australia for the best coffee, we are full of cafe's and the best coffee snobs in the world! 🙂 when i went to Italy they wouldn't even do a mocha for me, i said ok can you make a hot chocolate and put a coffee shot in it? they said NO, so i had to buy separately, a hot chocolate and a shot of espresso and mix it myself lmao

[@dirkdebot7856]

the French don't like other langues

[@SkywalkerSam64]

Why did you visit EU in the first place??! It’s a never ending HORROR-MOVIE here!!! Customer servants are SLEEPING and EXTREMELY uncourteous to all lively people!!

[@maten146]

Seems like a you problem

[@SkywalkerSam64]

@ 👊🏻👊🏻

[@SkywalkerSam64]

@@maten146 shut up!!!

[@dodaz2049]

Your problem not ours

[@SkywalkerSam64]

@@dodaz2049 nope, it’s ONLY YOUR problem for all the future!!! 👊🏻😁😁

[@MeatIsMurdah97-bg4fm]

YUROP IS A SMALL AND POOR COUNTRY

[@JaxonSmith-sg2rd]

You mean "Europe" and "Continent"?

[@dodaz2049]

No it's not