What we brought from England in the car

[@francescaould66]

The shopping you brought back from England made me laugh. I live in France and I bring back random things too, lots of chocolate, marmite and friends bring me over those huge bags of tea which I then hand out to friends who always think that I really generous but really I have something like 3000 bags of tea. Even I can't drink that much tea! I eat my chocolate locked in the bathroom, there are some things that you don't share even with your children.

[@NickiPositano]

Hi Francesca, I'm Carlo, It makes me laugh to think of someone I don't know locked in a bathroom eating chocolate, Thanks.

[@lighthousetravelers2246]

How nice of you to dedicate this video to Ms. Maria Rosaria (I guess she's the lady speaking to Carlo at 11:05). Life is so precious and tomorrow isn't promised to anyone. I am so glad that Carlo speaks to everyone he encounters... we never know how lonely some seniors can be. ❤️

[@asgharakram]

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[@janetyamashige9573]

Oh my goodness, I about fell out of my chair when you hoisted up that giant bag of Typhoo! All it takes is running out of something you NEEEEEEED just once, and...lesson learned!

[@deplorable3683]

Brought back memories how my Mum always had a large jar of pickled red cabbage when I visited home in London and I would bring back to California. 81 year old now and still yearn for a good jar of red cabbage or mustard pickle, nothing like it in California .

[@marisayoung8670]

Hi just watching this in January 2021. I was little surprised at how many every day grocery items are not available to you. That and your difficult access is the prices to be paid for living on the Amalfi Coast. Lucky you. Enjoying your channel. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@sharonp3563]

So I found your channel about 8 days ago cant even remember why I found you. However I've been binge watching the last year and as I'm starting my travel moodboard for 2021 im now adding Positano to that list.. once Europe is open to us in New Zealand

[@jol2924]

I love how you include your daily life: in the middle of speaking for example- bringing that cat :)

[@peterbarber5442]

Love it! I remember after 6 months on the Amalfi Coast getting a box of Yorkshire tea and being so excited it's the little things in life eh :)

[@NickiPositano]

well said!

[@janep6455]

So many of the same things we always bring back from the UK (to Canada), club bars, penguins, teabags, bisto gravy, various pantry food items, toiletries from boots, underwear from M&S the list goes on !!! Luckily we are able to buy a lot of this stuff in the general supermarkets here nowadays in the British section. Ooh not forgetting marmite!!! Loving your channel, its so uplifting and I am really enjoying catching up and watching all the videos.

[@cosudu3002]

I love that giraffe head - so freakin' cute!

[@barbaracameron5610]

Love your videos and want your life! How lucky you are to live in such an incredible part of the world. I will be watching your life adventures and happy to be able to see your day to day life! Thank you

[@jeanettedellicarpini5616]

Enjoy all your yummies. It’s so much fun to bring home what you can’t get at home

[@SH-jg5zq]

Not a thing that you post is boring! 💕💕💕

[@emerkelly4916]

Loved this video, so natural

[@annearnott2108]

Carlo does make me laugh.. With the shopping and his sweets for family.. Awww Lovely present for him from your dad. And your teabags. Xx

[@rosannapizza6402]

South Italians are super generous.. If you go visiting you always go with something (even Italians here in the states.. you never go empty handed.. even if its a bar of chocolate@ my Nonna and Dad were the most generous) and when you go on vacation it was an ordeal too of bringing back things for everyone even though you went on vacation. yep....

[@berthasanchez6559]

nicki at least for me your videos are never boring it’s interesting to see what you can buy in England love Italy but your country is gorgeous, Blessings

[@SuperBeadgirl]

You had me at the massive bag of tea 🤣🤣🤣

[@andynixon2820]

You're a very interesting person nicki , you're a very English person and have a very italian life . And that mix happens naturally - think that's why your videos are enjoyable to watch . Other videos about being on the amalfi coast show a superficial tourist view but your videos are about the everyday experience . Keep doing what you're doing and yes best stash that chocolate away .

[@torycook1215]

I am binge watching you for the past month now and enjoying every minute of it.💞 I'm binge watching, because your videos are a total escape from World News and US national news.👍🏽🤡👍

[@kimjriley5463]

Loved this video. I used to live in Europe and I remember the chocolate. Amazing! I still miss it to this day! Love seeing what you brought back. I used to live in Ipswich England for 2 years. Loved it!

[@puricaro6738]

Your Dad must a great person...God bless...Him.

[@dianeb3919]

Hello...I just discovered your channel yesterday ....I visited Positano a couple of years ago and wondered about how people manage to live on cliff sides...thank you for these videos! I will be enjoying these for quite some time!

[@arriesone1]

Seems a lot of folk love British foods and we in Britain rave over Italian pasta dishes! (well at least I do).

[@mlang3066]

That was so much fun... always exciting to get things from home. And so smart to be stocking up on lots of essentials. We never know what tomorrow will bring in this crazy world we now live in.. Blessings everyone..🤗

[@nicolebrown1986]

I love this video!!! I've watched it over and over.

[@humblebee8028]

I see that I'm not the only one that hides cadbury chocolate away so that I don't have to share it!

[@denisescull4227]

You always think that we'll think things are boring- this is not! We give a Terry's chocolate orange to each kiddo in their stocking at Christmas and I get 2 for myself lol. I only see them at Christmas time. I totally understand stocking up on things you love, when I go back "home" I do the same. It's so interesting to see the things you bring back, just in case I ever go to England. The Cornishware is gorgeous and really smart- nice to be able to pick up a piece or two or ten as needed. Again, not boring- Thank you!

[@aleta5873]

Rest in Peace Maria Rosaria. Thank you for your lovely video. They are always appreciated over here in California. Luv seeing how Europeans live, love and travel, etc....hope Positano or Sorrento have good dentists....heehehe

[@taracarelli5383]

I started crying at the Quality Street chocolates, then bawled when you pulled out the zTerrys chocolate. I’m a Canadian living in Calabria, the past two years.I can relate to so much of your life. Thanks for sharing.

[@dianalewis8548]

Rewatching your earlier posts. I never tire of your adventures. And Holly is a joy.

[@kerryharrison3806]

So lovely sharing time with you in beautiful Positano. Can those of us in the UK also take a moment to appreciate how lucky we are when it comes to shopping, especially for chocolate 🍫 !

[@gnarbeljo8980]

I don't understand it, bc to me English chocolate is usually full of awful additives and very very sweet, wheras in Italy as in France you get top of the line chocolate without all the junk or sugar added. I'm really surprized. I can't live without proper tea (i get the Yorkshire tea and Japanese Sencha, whole leaf Oolong and Lapsang Soushong for cold weather) but lentils take literally 15 minutes to cook (and Italy has fantastic ecological lentils I bring back home all the time) and chocolate. It's like Americans bringing coffee to Italy... 😳 After 20 summers in Capri and travelling around what I know right off the bat I'd bring is all my needs for cooking Thai and Vietnamese, and things like buckwheat, chick pea flower, seeds, kamut, amaranth, quinoa, couscous, some middle eastern and far east spices hard to get in quantity and lots of dried blueberries and cranberries, concentrated elderflower cordial and specific things like snap bag clips and rolld of icecube bags (the kind you fill with water and simply stack in the freezer and break in one go saving so much space compared to trays), I bring a roll every time I go, haven't found them in Napoli. I'd also bring natural liquid soap from pine, and ecologocal, biodegradable detergent as most chemtech in Italy I've found is either really toxic to the environment or terribly expensive. Maple syrup and pecans was absolutely genius though! I've never found horseradish for sale so I'd definately bring that too. I usually gift my Italian friends with big bags of porcini I've picked and dried myself free of cost here in Sweden. The prices are i n s a n e for them in Italy. Vacuum packed game like venison, deer, moose would be a good choice for the freezer for winter too. I always bring sweet and salty liquorice which some of my Italian friends like as well (it's a Scandinavian acquired taste, like Brits go for Marmite). I really understand the biscuits if you're English and not keen on baking. Proper English marmalade from seville oranges, rhubarb and goosberries (rhubarb is too hot to grow there I think) Chocolate confused me though I'm a chocolate lover, sorry. It's quite interesting what expats have cravings for! 😊

[@elenamamaliga2971]

I never ever heard of tea bag of that dimension you really love your breakfast tea

[@choosim6858]

this is so surprising to learn. i live in uk but love italian chocolates and there you are in italy with your italian family loving english chocolates. lol...

[@critogni]

So glad we found you this past week. We're an American couple who just retired, currently in Leicester England for 6 months visiting friends, through May. We're waiting to head to our forever home in the Campania region of Italy (Guardia Sanframondi, Benevento) once the pandemic calms a bit. We've got our very special cat (Gino) with us, and will possibly drive from Leicester down to Italy, but may fly. I'm sure the border will be interesting with Brexit in play. So this episode sparked our interest!! I'd love to see what your drive was like and how you navigated it. Sounds like you've done it more than once, so probably have some "tips". I'll search for an episode of yours as soon as I finish this one!

[@joyful8072]

It's good you drove and were able to return home with so much bounty. Even if you can buy something where you live, it is a good thing if you can get it somewhere else for much less expense. Your little dog is so cute the way she was tilting her head at your questions in the beginning of the video. I'm glad she made the trip with you and Carlo.

[@beths3288]

And here I thought I was the only one who hid chocolate in her underwear drawer.

[@patriciahall2223]

God Rest in Heavenly Peace Maria Rosaria .......I fly back to Toronto with bags like that filled with chockies especially the Club biscuits lol ..lovely video Thank You

[@carollangman1163]

Since i found you a week ago ive been watching your videos and really enjoying them so i subscribed from England ✋

[@anneofgreengables1619]

That's the biggest bag of tea I've ever seen! I am English lady now living in Finland & I can totally relate to your shopping haul. I always come back loaded with English treats & teabags along with various other bits'n pieces. Going by car is a great way to shop there.... but not a sensible option for me..

[@marilynroberts6644]

Another great bit of time spent with you.! That was so interesting. The chocolate orange seems to be a big hit in lots of places. We have them at Christmas here in the states. And I think most people bring back familiar favorites when they travel home, I know I do. Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. ( prayers for Maria's family )

[@jeanneamato8278]

You can never have too much chocolate. My favorite British candy from childhood is Allsorts. This was a joy to watch. As all of your vids are.

[@NickiPositano]

thank you!

[@ChoochooseU]

I love your constant JOY with sharing your chocolate haul! Ps- I know you’re a professional so this might not even be worth sharing- but I’ve come to realise the most safe yet efficient cleanser for my makeup brushes is what I use on my own hair- so simply shampoo and I do use a tiny bit of conditioner as well and it not only cleans them well- and safely - they smell good, and hey... it saves. Once I sorta got an understanding from exploring dermatology and ingredients- it occurred to me that my brush cleanser needed to be about what I’d use on my own head.

[@SHIRLEYZAPORZON]

Love this video, love seeing what others purchase. Good job on the tea and chocolate, my two fave food groups !

[@judyengle7728]

Love it. Thanks.

[@karenmccluskey2693]

You remind me of Trinny Woodall UK. What brand cosmetics/skincare do you use? I love both of you for your honesty re life, fashion & beauty. 💗

[@roslynmonahan1352]

Loved this video Nicky, what an ordeal to unpack a car. I think I take my driveway and garage for granted a wee bit.

[@NickiPositano]

Yes, driveways are under appreciated!

[@dduncan3613]

I just found your channel and I love it !

[@rolandtinker734]

Just beautiful scarey paths though Have a great day

[@1208sharon]

Love the stuff you brought back. I love the Murray Mints!! We are lucky enough to have a British store in NYC here I go there to stock up.

[@NickiPositano]

The Murray mints went somewhere else!

[@madelinemercado6850]

Enjoyed! Amazing stuff of goodies buying at the store! I LOVE CHOCOLATES , great idea where to keep extra chocolates, panty drawers , you made me laugh lots😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@iamcharlemagne]

You weren't kidding about the chocolates! That's quite a lot in your haul! Each Christmas we get a Terry's Chocolate Orange in our stockings, and funnily, I think that this is the only time of the year we eat that. 😂

[@melaniedeardorff3460]

Omg, that tea bag was huge. 😁 You love your tea like I love my coffee. I have the same bacon cooker tray. So handy!

[@agent4you2]

Your cat's tummy looks like mine, but we're happy! I've never seen those chocolates here in the US.

[@marchoupilamy3625]

Buongiorno :-) Just discovered your channel and OMG I'm jealous of your place. Been many times to Italy (not since 2019 due to COVID) and next time (srping 2023), I'll be in your area, I'll bring you lots of chocolate (I'm from Belgium , the chocolate country) if you want me to.

[@nancyfielden270]

Merry Christmas to you all from Montana USA🥰

[@suginami123]

Oooo. I love to see what ppl buy and bring home. Unpacking is exciting. A must buy for me in the uk is Savlon.

[@mimspet6654]

This reminds me of everything we send/ bring to my daughter in Croatia from the States. Reese’s chocolate, certain deodorant, certain makeup brands, shampoo, etc... as well as chocolate and candy gifts for others. Many times it is much cheaper in the States. Love your vlogs... keep them coming!

[@ricespiceandme8541]

Love reese's

[@va9502]

In New York I get all the stuff Niki bought. Marmite I can buy too. In the Indian shops a variety of teas. I get the lose leaf.

[@teamclarevlogs]

Love your videos, my hubby just said to me ‘we’ve just packed away our grocery shopping and now we’re watching someone unpack their shopping!’ 😂 but we just love watching you, we lived in Naples a few years ago, and plan on visiting the Amalfi next year so your videos are so interesting, thank you for sharing, and no it’s not boring, it makes you happy and that’s all that matters ♥️

[@NickiPositano]

It did feel a bit silly filming myself unpacking shopping!

[@janelle144]

@@NickiPositano I love to see what people have bought and are unpacking from their haul.

[@renecilliers5980]

The tea thing, they probably reduced the acidity of the tea. Plant milk curdles with less acidity than cow milk. Hope that makes sense ❤️

[@silviaiacono8889]

Italian living in the UK here. Funny how the roles are reversed, with all the chocolate and confectionery in Italy, you bring back English sweets? And Carlo likes squash? That is bizarre. I know everyone gets attached to the foods and drinks we grew up with. I of course brought back packs and packs of Mulino Bianco biscuits, olive oil and Italian tea. 😜

[@carlotapedro6695]

I like all the stuffs and food that you bought from England🥰

[@lchristoffer]

Loved this one! I have been watching for six months now and I love your life. Beautiful home with a tremendous garden, all the fabulous pets, a handsome, and handy husband, a beautiful home in a safe woodsy area and in a place I have wanted to live for about 25 years. It’s my dream life. Unfortunately, when I’ve had the money, I was married to a man who had no desire to even travel. Now that he’s gone, I have no money. Isn’t that the way is always goes. But following your life on video is the next best thing and makes me feel like I’m there, if only for a few minutes at a time. Thank you, Nicki. Linda C. U.S.

[@viviandibrell849]

Very fun and interesting! You edit these well...thanks for sharing....your life there really is different than so many of us who live in ordinary houses in ordinary places!

[@tirednsnarky9555]

Lovely! I was riveted for the full 15 minutes!

[@NickiPositano]

really!

[@aleta5873]

Tired..me too.

[@tashatherunner]

i discovered your channel today and love it! i grew up in a British household in southern France so love watching other people's experiences in southern Europe!

[@FaithofMelchizedek]

Please share and subscribe, trying for 50,000 by Christmas!

[@va9502]

Cocoanut milk?

[@judyhayward431]

Girl after my own heart about 8 years ago went to Cairns and purchased some Daintree Tea and now that's the only tea I drink I order it online 1,000- at a time.

[@swicheroo1]

When I went to Italy, I packed pretty much similar: two suitcases full of food--sweets and hard to find products that would be expensive in the states. Also, a leather jacket.

[@donnah574]

Just an FYI on the Tres Semme hair prosucts. Check the ingredients for DMDM. My hair was falling out by the handfuls. I was thinking it was aging and diet when someone sent me a class action suite- come to find out it was the shampoo and conditioner! just in case anyone in your family is losing hair. 🤪

[@joannsalas7015]

This wasn’t boring at all! No matter where you live, it’s always nice to have things you enjoy from your home town. But all those stairs! I will not complain about taking my packages out of the car and a few steps into the house, it’s a walk in the park compared to what you and Carlo have to do. Thanks for sharing Nicki!!

[@totallytania7978]

Carlo has a beautiful smile!😁

[@rosannapizza6402]

anyone who criticizes can F off.. these are beautiful i'm living vicariously through you@! my dream was always to live partial in Italy.. I have my Italian passport but life is hard .. my beloved parents died in the past 3 years. .My father inspired me to love italy and all things italian as he was a native sud italian. Hearing your husband in dialect reminds me alot of my dad and makes me long to watch more videos-i feel a connection and a longing to see, hear it all. my first trip to italy in 1985 was with my dad! all over italy inc. Positano Sorrento Amalfi etc and his village in the mountains of Salerno (so more south than you). Keep it up! Thank you Nicki!

[@dannyconnors6872]

i luv u n carlo so nice too watch god bless u both

[@Jana-wz7dr]

I have had to buy a spare suitcase in the past, just for chocolate bought in Europe. I totally get it!

[@paulawallace4043]

“If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuits join our club’ 😆....remember? 🌈

[@NickiPositano]

Hi Paula, I'm Carlo, Thanks a lot for the comment, obviously I can't remember Nicki's stuff, but can I sign up?

[@paulawallace4043]

😆🍫🌈

[@arshiaaaqil]

Hey Nicki i was in Positano for Christmas and was renting an apartment in Montepertuso. Saw your videos before going there and they helped me and my family alot in exploring the beautiful Positano. Love from Denmark.

[@NickiPositano]

Hope you had a great time !

[@vcomments3484]

Found your videos on youtube by chance and absolutely love watching them. The lifestyle and scenery remind me of my childhood in the Azores where I grew up. I was very surprised to see how much junk food you brought from England which doesn't quite fit into the lifestyle that I've been watching with all those fresh fruits and vegetables. Anyway, stay well and thank you for sharing.

[@margaretgantt9499]

Every time my husband and I go to England from the U.S we buy sweets,and English biscuits ,bring them back and have to pay extra weight fees because we always go over our weight limit ,but we are happy for a few months

[@enzocentofanti6520]

Love all your videos Nicki, Carlo and Sky. Writing from Georgia USA.

[@cressidaritchie4411]

I love tea, of course. Here in London in my flat, every day. But when in Italy, even if I take teabags (PG Tips/Typhoo/whatever) as soon as you add Italian milk, it simply doesn't taste right. So I gave up and just drink coffee and forego tea until I get home.

[@txspacemom765]

You are my Spirit Animal, holding up that huge bag of tea! LOL

[@4600norm]

It was a bit random, but still useful to know what is not available or is expensive in Italy. I'm surprised pecans are not available, but maybe they need a lot of water and/or Italian cuisine doesn't use them.

[@agirlfromnylivinginitaly]

They are, we can get all types of nuts I live in Sicily and I get them at the weekly grocery market

[@va9502]

Pecans are expensive in America.

[@eaudeborrajas7822]

But you have one of the best olive oils (as well as our, in Spain) 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe it is for the convenience of the spray bottle

[@aranisle]

What happened to the ragdoll cat? I don't see him in your current videos.

[@emmajrosegibson7529]

I live in Egypt and always bring max luggage from UK wow if I could drive would be amazing so many things cannot get hardly anything here and if you can its like £15 for a box of kelloggs cornflakes, over £2 for heinz beans. I love your shopping video x

[@rebeccarendle3706]

This was so fun to watch😊... I always bring back different oxo cubes, sage and onion stuffing mix, reggae reggae sauce, marmite, carob, Branston sandwich pickle, orange and mint clubs, ginger biscuits, chocolate orange, mince meat (for mince pies), various crisps eg thyme and chicken (my kids love) and several thousand Yorkshire breakfast tea bags (if I run out I use loose orange pekoe tea which is strong), also M&S underware.. .. And I also buy loads of first aid stuff and medicine because it is so expensive in Germany!

[@patriciatagliabue5037]

awesome video Nicki

[@juneburns1565]

Absolutely love your videos I feels like I've come to visit !

[@FaithofMelchizedek]

I don't think there was enough chocolate....this is my 4th viewing I believe...and there is definitely NOT ENOUGH CHOCOLATE. Just one criticism....lol. Cyber Hugs.

[@dorisdoris2633]

AHH, this made me chuckle, it's funny the things you miss from home when you can't get them. I don't blame you for stocking up, I'd be the same, enjoy. X

[@sharonseach5381]

Shame man....kitties are grazers...let him eat!

[@purplelilacs6706]

If you ever have a chance to reply to this...greatly appreciated. What “brand”: is the mattress bought on line? ...(Amazon?) Thank you so much Nicki. Fun to see what your brought back from UK - still can’t believe what you haul up and down those hundreds of stairs!!!! Especially on a cold rainy day - 😳. Loving & appreciating your vids every single evening, 😘

[@NickiPositano]

Its an Emma Mattress, we love it, no regrets at all!

[@watugondu]

Diabetic cholesterol depth charges lol I love chocolate as well

[@sar3901]

Love your videos . And where are your boots from they look fabulous 🌻

[@janemarett1885]

Ever since Cadbury started using palm oil in their chocolate over here in NZ , it just wasn’t the same taste and flavour.

[@7ofthem]

Totally agree but Whittakers is much nicer anyway and cooks better too

[@barbb]

LOL at your huge bag of tea bags, good for you. I love the Quality Street chocolates, which we csn get here in Canada. Loved the English chocolate bars, great memory of the treat I brought back from England when I was there in 1997. Thanks for the video loved watching your treats you brought back.

[@pattyfromfl]

Your vlogs are always so interesting! Carlo cracks me up! I understand your need for your tea, I would be the same way about my coffee! Thank you for sharing!

[@brianhoyes2896]

One thing I love about Italy are the many markets where it is possible to buy lentils, beans, etc. By weight and the seller wraps it in paper or fills the recycled bag the purchaser brings. And the conditorie where sweets and baked goods and chocolates are ready fresh with few of the chemical preservatives in packaged items to extend their life on a shelf. The plastic wrap litter is starting to choke beaches and beauty spots.

[@annedodd5888]

Yes, I know people miss food from their own country but I was surprised at many of the items brought back because they can be bought in Italy. For example, Italian chocolate with nuts, spray olive oil, lentils etc. Tea bags are difficult and if you have a sweet tooth for English biscuits or Terry’s or Quality Street, they are impossible to find. However, there are so many other delicious Italian ones to try. When you also consider all the Cadbury’s chocolate with palm oil and ALL the plastic wrapping, I’d prefer to buy local. IMO

[@claverhouse1]

Weird. This like me in reverse when I visit my Italian family! Can't quite imagine missing the crap you can buy in UK shops LOL

[@jessicalist7916]

I see Costco is everywhere🤓

[@sharonp3563]

Not in New Zealand unfortunately

[@graceeack3093]

Love watching you unpack all your goodies. Most of all I love the videos.

[@annearnott2108]

I am laughing at your shopping .. 🤣😂🤣😂. Oh my word. The sweets.. As I don't Eat Cadbury or galaxy .. I would be fine. It really is a good job you took the car..!! Great candles 👍👌😁.

[@NickiPositano]

the sweets have all been distributed!!