6 REVERSE CULTURE SHOCKS OF RETURNING TO USA (from Italy)

[@TheQKatie]

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[@gabrielebergamin4730]

Per fare il caffè con la moka. Metti acqua nella caldaia fino a sfiorare la valvola di sfiato,non oltre! Poi metti la miscela di caffè nel filtro fino a riempirlo per bene ma non pressare la miscela. Mettere la moka sul fuoco con fiamma bassa e coperchio aperto.Quando senti bollire,abbassa il coperchio e dopo qualche secondo puoi spegnere il fuoco. Buon caffè❤

[@grantparman4705]

I live in Iowa, also in the Midwestern United States, and my wife and I are currently planning a two-week trip to Italy in September, and we're excited. I've been studying the Italian language for a year now, and I'm excited to use my new language skills!

[@TheQKatie]

Have fun! You'll LOVE IT! And congrats to you for your language skills....Italians are super friendly about language, so don't worry about being perfect!

[@grantparman4705]

@@TheQKatie Thank you! I appreciate your advice 🙂

[@lucacavazzini2343]

Welcome ! I really hope you will enjoy your trip.

[@poros7692]

Hi Grant, let me just start with "Benvenuto!" you are going to love it :-) If you land anywhere near Milano I'll be happy to show you around and give you some pointers in the first day. If you need help or suggestion while planning free to contact me, I love talking about my country with people that are not from here, especially now that we can't travel as much as I used to.

[@Matteo-04]

Grant Parman, ciao! Sei il benvenuto qui in Italia. Amo gli americani e l’America 🇮🇹🇺🇸

[@giovannimaiandi3455]

Comparing Trani to New York is quite a hard thing to do 😂! I experience some of these reverse shocks every time I switch between Lanzo, my wife’s little town and Turin: 40 km far! Wide sidewalks, large stores, quick web connection, people Who speak foreign languages in front of strong piedmontese accent and dialect…😳 Italy is very “dense”: many different worlds in a small space

[@lauragoreni3020]

I'm from Friuli and when I visited my Sicilian friend in Palermo I had the biggest culture shocks of my life. Southern and even Central Italy really felt like a completely different country to me, even more than the Uk and Germany, where I lived for a while. For many things I felt way more at ease in Germany. Italy is definitely so diverse and interesting.

[@BigSmallTravel]

@@lauragoreni3020 As well in the USA, we moved from Oregon to California and it feels like two different countries.

[@mauriziocanale1669]

ESATTO W l'orgoglio provinciale!!

[@giovannimaiandi3455]

@@stefanob8187 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKCmmmaif9tjns0😆 this is mandatory! especially for non-piedmontese. Katie... some training for your trip in Piedmont 😂

[@daniby9894]

@@lauragoreni3020 As a matter a fact there is difference between the mentality of people that live in costal areas and more continental areas just about anywhere in the world. Geographical position impact human comunities in different ways and conditions their development, just like other factors, but we rarely consider some.

[@flaviabuiarelli9673]

The thing about the grocery stores for me is funny. I am Italian and live in Belgium and when I am back to Italy I am amazed by the supermarkets and the quantity and variety (and quality I must say) of products compared to Belgium!

[@TheQKatie]

Daverro??!!! Hahaha, I love that!

[@lelloscodello]

Ciao Flavia, i live in Gent ahahah. I think that our impression of foreign supermarkets is bad because they tend to have tons of average quality products, while we look at special ones mostly….like, why the hell can’t they have squacquerone or scamorza omg Katie, i’m from near Como, i can tel you that below the river Po, everything becomes strangely slow xD now you know why we are always angry

[@DonBiroton]

@@lelloscodello also above Po, the speed is pretty appalling

[@ineslongo921]

Went to Italy, loved the supermarkets there ,have every thing that Australia has and lots of things that Australia hasn't got

[@ItsameAlex]

Very good video. But I wish she expanded on the ''things would invariably go wrong in Italy, while running errands'',

[@jeanniebeannie7310]

I came back to the US after a year in Japan and I was like OH MY GOD THESE PEOPLE ARE SO BIG!!! I don't mean "overweight"--just bigger people! That blew my mind.

[@BigSmallTravel]

You are in a small town in Southern Italy so you need to reference this. Either way, comparisons are always fun ...

[@worldgrea]

Hey Katie, It's funny how you're suprised by 5G. I live in Germany and I'm always surprised about how well the networks work in Italy. I've got pretty good reception even in small villages in Calabrian mountains. That's far superior to lots of places in Germany.Also 5G was more common there compared to Germany. Italy overtook many European countries in digitalisation, including Germany. I've read an article about it not too long ago. Also in terms of contactless paying, Italy is way ahead. I was about to move to Italy as well, before the Pandemic was hitting. I got Italian roots too, and also got family there. I'd really like to explore more of Italy in the future, and i think the proper way to do that, is by moving. Anyway, keep up the good work with your channel, you really have the passion for it 😀 Greetings, Daniel

[@mihaelaclaudiap..2]

Italy will always remain the love of my life. I am now in the U.K but I will run back to Italy in few months time, life there is perfect! (I live in Florence while in Italy)

[@TheQKatie]

Florence is wonderful

[@andredm7]

I'm working in my Italian citizenship process right now, and I'm originally from Brazil but I'm also a citizen in America. Love to listen to your opinions about things in Italy Katie, I so see a lot of similar things coming from Brazil in Italy from what you share, but I love to see your "American" view and take on things. Keep 'em coming!

[@TheQKatie]

Thank you! Good luck on your citizenship process!! In bocca al lupo!

[@CrociatoAzzurro]

If you don't mind me asking, from where in Brazil? 2 guesses. Sao Paulo or Rio Grande do Sul?

[@ddpagni]

Hi Katie, your Italian pronunciation is getting better and better! Your speech has no mistake! Keep up the good work

[@TheQKatie]

Thank you! 😃

[@83354]

Bravo! Io condiviso con te questa emozione di scoprire l´Italia como il nostro paese ancestrale. La lengua è ancora una sfida per me, ma viaggio bene li peró. Complimenti per il tuo lavoro.

[@valeriobertilotti8086]

Katie, I am Italian and I live in Italy, and I know from friends from other countries who live here that when you have been and are staying in Italy, then nothing will be the same... 😀

[@toroseduto4849]

ciao buon anno a te è a tutti i tuoi cari.....torna presto in italia che ci mancano i tuoi video....

[@jfr7160]

Kiro will will be happy to have his family back home! Safe travels when you go! Stay well!

[@neffscape6353]

Hi! Greetings from thr italian speaking Switzerland and congrats for your channel! The first thing I noticed when I went to the US the first time and that shocked me were all those people sleeping on the sidewalks. I remember almost stepping over an old couple (could have been my grand parents) that were sleeping hugged outside the subway. I felt so bad for them that this ruined my day in NYC. In San Francisco I really liked all the small talks with people I didn't know. It's not something I was used to in Switzerland. Another thing is the size of pretty much everything, from coffee, to stores, sidewalks and of course... to cars. I rented what for me was a huge SUV and was asked why I didn't want a "full size" SUV instead (like my car was a half sized one?). I loved it btw, it was bigger than my flat in Europe :)

[@molly_dudgeon]

You’re the best!! Always look forward to your uploads!

[@TheQKatie]

Grazie mille, Molly!!!

[@aaronl2777]

I just came back waiting for my work visa, it is SO STRANGE COMING BACK. Wide roads and like you said sidewalks, completely agree on coffee (I only had a half of a small when I got back), polite driving, overhearing english everywhere is overwhelming, quick service at stores and government stuff, MINDBLOWING BEING BACK

[@TheQKatie]

Haha YES! YOU GET IT!!

[@9bnell1]

POLITE driving 🤣

[@YTcygnus]

So only positive things leaving Italy :(

[@lauragoreni3020]

Polite driving is a thing in Nothern Italy, generally the Northern you go.

[@sergiobertoni4074]

@@lauragoreni3020 polite driving in northern Italy? You must be kidding...or maybe have never driven there...

[@cherin6703]

Totally agree about the coffee. My husband and I finally made it to Italy last August and I absolutely loved the coffee culture. We had our first Italian coffees at a gas station! We were blown away that we could get espresso in real china cups at a gas station. We got back to the US and I immediately ordered a moka pot. I do have to add sugar to it though, even though I can drink american coffee black. I really miss Italy and hope to go back. Love your channel. I'm trying to learn Italian, but just don't know if I'll ever get it.

[@TheQKatie]

Yes, a bit of sugar with the Italian coffee is absolutely delightful :) And I love your observation about even the cups you can get your coffee in at a gas station (and the quality of the coffee)!! Italians take their coffee culture very seriously, indeed :) Have you tried gas station pizza yet? Again, it blows most pizza in the States outta the water!

[@b13ne]

@@TheQKatie but Katie, you're half Italian! How can you say that gas station pizza is good 😄? Love your channel, greetings from Napoli!

[@stefano_etrusco]

Hello Katie! 5G network also exists in Italy. Arguably it's not everywhere, but it's getting there. It's just that probably your Italian subscription doesn't include it, because there are dedicated offers to have that.

[@AmitKothari1]

Absolutely - Try Fastweb or Wind Tre. They have 5G in Trani. TIM and Vodafone don't seem to yet. Italy is pretty well covered by 5G and getting better by the week.

[@kerryshaw8134]

Thanks Katie! Another reverse culture shock (from my son, a resident of Venezia for the past 2 years) - US has entire aisles in the grocery store dedicated to chips and cereals. He agrees with you about the ease of communication. Since he's lived on the island/lagoon of Venice, he also is getting re-used to cars everywhere.

[@TheQKatie]

Hahaha, YES! I 100% agree with this. Americans really love their cereals and chips! Kind of like Italians and their pasta aisle ;) !!

[@alemassa6632]

Ciao Katie, auguri di Buon Anno a te e alla tua famiglia. Adesso sei pronta per tornare negli USA, goderti gli spazi grandi e la vita frenetica. Lascia a noi tutti i pasticciotti. Ciaoooooooooo!

[@giancarlodirovasenda8263]

Love the video but i do have to disagree on 5g. Just came to Italy from the US after 6 months and I had your feeling but in reverse. US cellular service seemed to me so old and inefficient ,especially to the average cost of a us cellular membership account which can easily go beyond 50 to 60 dollars a month. And I wasn’t living in some lost small town in the Midwest but in SF, the so called tech Mecca. In comparison in Italy internet and 5G service even if not equallly distributed throughout the whole country is still very widely spread and much cheaper to access. For instance I just concluded a phone membership with the Italian national operator ( not exactly the cheapest option ) for 12 euros and that gives me 70 go by month. To have an equivalent offer with the same options in the us and a comparable quality of service, you’d probably need to spend at least 70 dollars.

[@germangarcia6118]

It probably depends more on the phone company than anything else.

[@shortdiver6545]

Iliad italy at the Moment 150 GB and free calls for 9.99€. whit 5g 😁

[@evaalimonti5277]

Your Italian is amazing. Brava 👏🏻

[@janetlombardi2314]

Great video Katie. America is one place I couldn't settle. I Love Italy. Happy New Year. Thank you

[@TheQKatie]

Happy new year!

[@elenakeil3644]

As amln Italian living in the USA I totally get what you are saying and it's funny how accurate you are!

[@leonardosunseri6065]

Buonasera ed auguri anche a te ed ovviamente a tutti i tuoi cari. Video interessante, è bello vedere che l’Italia lascia sempre un segno nelle abitudini delle persone che hanno vissuto qui. Ti faccio i miei complimenti per come hai migliorato la tua cadenza! Ora il tuo accento è meno marcato quando parli in italiano, continua così!💪🏻😁 Inoltre da cittadino italiano a cittadina italiana ti faccio i miei auguri per la giornata del Tricolore!🇮🇹💪🏻

[@TheQKatie]

Grazie per aver guardato ... e grazie mille per i tuoi complimenti del mio accento italiano!!! :) :) :) sono contentissima per questo! ❤️

[@leonardosunseri6065]

@@TheQKatie di nulla! È stato un piacere! Sono certo che appena tornerai in Italia sarai migliorata molto ed avrai sempre meno problemi di comunicazione!😁💪🏻

[@Domenico44055]

Having the narrow sidewalks makes you develop amazing skills when walking with the umbrella under the rain, i can dodge other people with umbrellas walking and without getting wet :) Also the moka you have is top notch. Bialetti is the best and i love how in time they expanded and they basically sell everything now not just mokas

[@marcocardona8911]

5g is a thing almost everywhere, also in the small city i live! :) About supersize grocery stores, i should say that i rather go with quality instead of quantity... ;)

[@peterc5543]

Love, love your videos Katie. Hoping to go back to Italy soon and actually stay in Trani as a base for exploring Puglia. Love Italy and Europe. Been many times. But many American supermarkets have very end fresh food. Also, frankly, as Kate says, it is simply less time consuming in US. Not only more efficient but also better sense of customer service. I’m obviously generalizing, but some Europeans don’t really get the politeness and need of helpful customer service. And I don’t travel typically to European touristy areas. Mostly find shops in European neighborhoods where there are mostly locals. Unfortunately in many of these non touristy European shops the spirt of kind and helpful customer service is lacking . And yes, I do always try and speak the local language; admittedly not very good….

[@DavideMassaJudo]

Il tuo italiano è migliorato davvero tanto! Brava!...

[@Dieterzimmerer123]

Always interesting to see your videos and hear about your experiences. Especially about reversed culture shock. I am a German, that immigrated to the U.S.in the 80's. Since then I lived a total of 16 years in the US, the rest in Europe. Now I have spend the last 7 years in Spain (again) and I have a hard time seeing me going back to the U.S. Due to the huge culture shock/difference. Wonder how you or others may feel after having lived outside the US for many years.

[@YasminBendror]

Love this video. As someone now living in USA that has been to Italy (and Europe) many times, it really tickled me and made us laugh. Especially the BIG coffee take away cups (coffee in USA leaves much to be desired) and the HUGE supermarkets! OMG it's crazy how much we can consume in the USA.

[@TheQKatie]

Love that you could relate to this stuff, too!

[@LiveInItalyMagazine]

Italian cafe all the way! ☕️🇮🇹 Fun video Katie!😍

[@tuxdude1]

I moved to Portugal this past Monday. I am feeling some of these points as the culture here is similar to Italy (e.g. running more than one errand in a day). I cannot wait to get over to southern Italy. Thank you for opening up a new part of Europe to me.

[@TheQKatie]

Congratulations on your move!!!! You've got so much to look forward to -- exploration, adventures, deliciousness ... so much!

[@tuxdude1]

@@TheQKatie Thank you for your kind words. Tonight it was trying to work out a vinaigrette from the local supermarket. I think I may have to join the quirky club to get some pointers.

[@ItsameAlex]

Very good video. But I wish she expanded on the ''things would invariably go wrong in Italy, while running errands''.

[@matteobossi]

5G is common in big cities and especially in the north. Here in Milan and surroundings is quite normal now, even if it's still a new technology.

[@rickhellsm8388]

I can find it also in my little town here in puglia... Maybe it's a fake 5G 🤣

[@davidermes]

@Paulo Dacosta Al sud è già tanto se avete l'acqua corrente e l'elettricità (che comunque vi paghiamo noi)

[@Ale55andr082]

@@davidermes posa il fiasco 😂

[@rmusaio]

@@davidermes Visto che ci sei, mi regali una Ferrari per andare a fare l'acinino?

[@marcoleone393]

@@davidermes tu non mi paghi proprio un cazzo. Semmai siete voi che vi siete costruiti le vostre belle città e fabbriche con i soldi del sud. La storia parla chiaro e non è a vostro favore.

[@mariocioffi188]

You can go back to where you have been, not to whom you have been... If travelling or living abroad is not changing you a bit... You are doing wrong! Love your videos, keep them coming and have a wonderful year!

[@TheQKatie]

Well said! Happy new year!

[@natalyaa4928]

Miss USA!! Hello from Finland 🇫🇮

[@mariangelarizzi9403]

Per le poste dovresti provare l'applicazione per la prenotazione, aspetti perché sono comunque in ritardo ma molto meno tipo 10/15 minuti

[@pascalsalvatore7505]

Hi, Love your videos. I also have dual citizenship. Canadian/italian. Born in canada. My italian is pretty good. All my cousins, aunts/uncles live in Altamura in puglia. Havent been back in 20 years. Plan to visit again soon , hesitant due to covid..

[@bk5916]

So fun to watch these videos! I studied abroad in Italy and lost touch with most of the Italian I learned so I’m attempting to relearn it now and came across your videos! When I was in Castiglion Fiorentino, we definitely did NOT have 5G haha we’d have to hike up the hill to the town and find a cafe to use their wifi 😅 made writing research papers tons of fun 😂

[@johndolewa8451]

Have a great holiday at home!

[@texastomilandiyitaly]

Thanks Katie! There must be 5G here in Milan, but I’ve never noticed it popping up on my phone, only 4G. I hear you with the language practice taking more of your brain - I routinely say my brain is tired!

[@roseconklin5392]

Happy New Year Katie!

[@TheQKatie]

Buon Anno!!!!

[@mariangelarizzi9403]

Here in Vignola a little town in the north of Italy 5 g it is just arrived but in a lot of big city arrived like one year ago.

[@giacomopeters9988]

Wow…sono d’accordo! Although I speak Italian, my experience was in Austria..and I agree. We (Americans) don’t appreciate or fully comprehend how much space we have and waste. Huge and often under-utilized if not empty parking lots where there were trees and deer. Why do we develop such huge expanses. We need to learn to get along with less space..we could. Coffee…I love it..and more when it is real coffee. Our watered-down version is ok but less satisfying. Supermarkets where I get lost. English? You need more time. I got to the point that I did not need to pay attention in German and could easily slip back in the conversation. I do have to work at my Italian, especially watching movies etc. I do ok in one on one conversations. I miss certain foods, for sure. Yes, slow down and enjoy the activity! Ora ho nostalgia. I think once one leaves home and lives (not vacations) elsewhere, embracing the culture, one cannot ever really return home. My wife and I love Puglia! Siamo stati a Lecce due settimane! I leccesi sono simpatici! Great video! Complimenti!

[@theknightswhosayyeet5185]

You have to go to Liucci market in new haven Ct or Tony’s in federal hill in providence to get that stuff!

[@backtosicily586]

Ciao, Katie! Welcome back to the ole USA!!! I just got back from Palermo 20 days ago!!! I see you've slipped back easily to number two with your index and middle finger...American style...acceptable, you're on US ground! Three with thumbs, index finger and middle finger, molto Italiano! Have fun!!!

[@TheQKatie]

Hahaha… very observant!!!!

[@gigi-jeff]

So can relate! Now that we travel back and forth by the time we get comfortable it’s almost time to leave! 😂

[@TheQKatie]

Haha, there's so much truth in that!

[@ItsameAlex]

Very good video. But I wish she expanded on the ''things would invariably go wrong in Italy, while running errands''.

[@TRATTORE1225]

Your N. 6 is why I left Puglia for Australia.

[@chiaravalenti7680]

Hi! 5g Is definitely a thing in big and medium cities (at least as far as the North of Italy is concerned), but I can understand your concerns..when I return in my town (15k inhabitants in the very North near Swiss, about 1,5 h from Milan) 5g is absolutely unknown..and if you step a little bit further between the mountains.. welcome 3g (if you're lucky to have network coverage😅). It depends on the size of the investment per population: phone companies often don't even buy network rights between mountains, except for the first former state-owned phone company -now on the free market-, if they don't have the return, so the more you move to smaller towns, the less network speed you will have 🙂

[@attiliodelloste4025]

Little advice you can make an appointment for the post office on their web page in order to avoid the line 😉

[@josephpettit8572]

You can Google Italy 5g coverage map. Looks like different per carrier. I saw some dots in bari but not sure about trani. Great video as always

[@doctorkuroneko8762]

4:40 I come from Bergamo, small town known for having two centers, even for us it's really common to have 5G, it's pretty much the one you find most easily together with the 4G+

[@Loumow1]

We are Americans and this last year we purchased a home in Puglia. Your video was so accurate!!! We love it there and are grateful for having the privilege of experiencing the differences. However, my greatest disappointment was in what they call biscotti! Every time I sample one, it is like eating a softer sugar cookie. No detected almond flavor. I was given a recipe in the U.S. which is fabulous and it forced me to make my own in Italy when I'm there. I realize olive oil is used instead of butter, but so does my recipe, so that's not it. Any answers as to why the biscotti sucks???

[@paolocarpi4769]

Literally I don't understand anything of what you wrote. 🤣 Make an example about a biscotti you've eaten in Italy. Why do you expected the almond flavor be common? It is used in certain kind of "paste" but not much in biscotti. And no, olive oil is not used instead of butter. When we make cakes or biscotti we do user butter. I think you have or had the wrong expectations. By the way, biscotti doesn't sucks at all. 🤣

[@AB_996SPS]

I moved back to the States after having lived in Europe for 20 years, 10 of which in Italy (and 5 of those in Puglia). It's incredible how hard it is to find some of the most common things at the supermarket in Europe. I wanted to make Tiramisu and I had to go to 5 different stores before I found the right ladyfingers! At least there are some nice Italian specialty stores around where I can get my fix, but it's still very challenging! Oh, and I totally gave up on espresso :( I've had a couple of OK ones here but most of them were pretty meh.

[@RudyEsposito-w9q]

Yes start also in Italy of course slowly the 5 g

[@jonsvenson7056]

I’m late to this video (and the channel) but when we returned to the US after six years in Ireland my brain froze up in the local QFC. There was too much choice on things I didn’t care about, and too little on foods I like (for example, potatoes. If you liv3 in Ireland long enough you learn to love all the varieties of potatoes). It took me a few months before I adapted back.

[@marcoluciano]

Hi Katie, yes there is 5G in Italy, with all the main carriers. You have to check with your operator (go in a shop) and ask to activate the option on your bundle, and you will have also 5G in Italy ;)

[@davidesperanza7701]

This is an important difference from a person who is native in english and all the other in the world: "extra thinking, extra part of my brain really working hard to comunicate". This is the normality for the other peoples: if you go outside of your country you know you have to use that extra part of your brain. This is my favourite part of comunication: I don't have a good pronunciation I'm not fluent or a good english but I love to use that part of my brain to comunicate with other peoples.

[@notexiv4370]

Thanks for sharing. In Italy, in order to access the 5G network almost all providers ask you to have a 5G-enabled data plan, which costs more than a 4G equivalent. The coverage is not so spread but main cities have it (eg. Bari in south). For coffee I suggest you to find a store of the Italian brand of which George Clooney was the testimonial. Their recent machines have the ability to make espresso or "lungo" by reading barcodes on the capsules.

[@TheQKatie]

Ah yes, I’ve seen those George Clooney ads!

[@lorenzor2555]

As an italian who lives in Milan, I think a similar cultural shocks could occur if you move from a small city in the South like Trani to a big more “modern” one like Milan. There’s a huge difference from a “metropoli” and a small city in the “provincia” I think everywhere in the world, more than two big cities of different countries, like, to say, Milan and Paris or London and Berlin

[@ThePlantPoweredRunner]

Great Video. My wife and I are thinking of buying a winter home in southern Italy but I don't know where yet.. I know it needs to be south of Rome and price point would be up to 100,000 euros. I love running and would like a place close to trails..What places do you like best so far? Keep the videos coming..Happy New Year.

[@GiorgioSilvioPatalani]

I love the fact that you got addicted to Italian coffe !!!

[@rachebartmoss1739]

Hi qkatie! Thank you for your videos. Do you have any plan to show us the supermarkets in the US? As you know, in Italy they are much different and you can show us a lot of stuff that can’t be found in Ita. Thank you!

[@TheQKatie]

Great idea!!

[@wcficionado7666]

There is nothing to show. The quality of food here is atrocious and primarily provided by corporate entities. The food is never fresh and ridden with unnatural ingredients and preservatives. After all, the the main goal here profit ($$$$$). Perishables aren't conducive to such lofty aspirations.

[@wcficionado7666]

And by the way, freshly baked daily bread and pastries? Forget it! Frozen or prepackaged is all you can hope for!

[@TamzinVokes]

I'm a Brit in Spain and despite being an hour from Barcelona where they have 5G, I can still ride to places close to my village where there is zero coverage of any kind! Errands here too can take all day and being able to just tick one thing off the list is always a blessing. I haven't been to the UK for nearly 5 years now but I'm always paralyzed by the choice and availability in supermarkets when I visit. The downside being insufficient space in my luggage to take things back!

[@Giovis968]

Is like compere small town in Nebraska , with Milan , Turin, bolonia , etcétera

[@ingathomas6653]

5G, yes Genoa and glass-fiber in the apt. Vincotto seems to be a pugliese thing, thanks for the tipp, sounds really good! Post-office: I only go there by appointment. You'll get that online or by app. Maybe at your place too?

[@anthonyscali.a6088]

Ok Katie, but you can't compare a small town as Trani with my favorite capital of the world :the big apple ❤️ I suggest you to go visit Taranto,(near your town in Puglia) especially the new town, and the bridges, I think you will be surprised And sorry for my English Katie... We love you

[@ItsameAlex]

Cool. But I wish you expanded on the ''things would invariably go wrong in Italy, while running errands'',

[@ChristinaRenee2014]

I haven’t been back to the US in over 3 and a half years. I’m hoping to go back before my 4 year mark but, I am so anxious about it! Enjoy your time there! Please eat some Panera Bread or Chick-fil-a for me! 😂

[@TheQKatie]

Haha, will do!

[@randomstreamer7]

In italy 4G is basically everywhere but 5G is available for the moment in the biggest cities

[@aigcfabio]

Mai visto Trani sin ora. È bellissima, come tutti i vecchi borghi del bel paese.

[@ItalianoinTasca]

I'm so proud to see your Bialetti Moka in the US!! F A N T A S T I C A !! I always travel with my mini-moka too :)

[@ItsameAlex]

Very good video. But I wish she expanded on the ''things would invariably go wrong in Italy, while running errands''.

[@DonBiroton]

Ciao @qkatie! Hai mai provato il vincotto di fichi?

[@daniby9894]

I live in a small italian town in the middle of the industrial triangle (TO-MI-GE) and having 4G on the cellphones is a "standard" with any cellphone operator. My husband's with Tim and he switches from 4 to 5 G sometimes during navigation. My home wii-fii was upgraded to 5G recently (charge free - the company decided to upgrade without extra charges) and I can't tell the difference. I guess it's becouse we don't do gaming on-line. There are a lot of people that are converting to optic fiber. The lines are very stable and in 1,5 year of schooling on line and 2 computers running contemporary we had overload issues with home line only 2 times, but then kids would use their cell phone as a hot-spot and never miss a lesson. So I had this line for the past 6 years, limitless navigation, now it's 5G at the mdic price of 30€ per month, so no way I'm changing it!

[@henrypuyi5485]

I have a story to tell when I needed to get my machina repaired quickly. Adomani. 🤣

[@elizabethlarose3632]

After living in Sicily for nearly 3 years our reverse culture shock was definitely a thing. We too were amazed at the choices in the grocery stores. How fast everything happened and drum roll Huge book stores. Great video.

[@TheQKatie]

Glad you could relate!! And yes, huge bookstores! Hahaha...basically just everything gargantuan sized!

[@mariceltrinca5363]

Funny, i just got here after watching a video from "Not just bikes" chanel, a video about car centric cities, and among other bad things was the lack of sidewalks or sidewalks ending whit the sign "End of Sidewalk" .SO i am confused, you guys have sidewalks or not? xd

[@Norman_Peterson]

A bit strange I say this as an Italian from the city where you live. You are making a comparison between a HUGE American city, and a SMALL city in southern Italy. Trani has 54 thousand inhabitants. So is normal that burocracy slow, market are little etc.etc. The reverse shock then you would also have it between a huge American city, and a tiny city in the American province. What I mean is that it is normal that there is no 5G, or that the sidewalks are small. I was in a small town in the States and there were the same problems. Culture shock as a comparison should be made, for example, between MILAN and NEW YORK to make sense. nice video anyway.

[@bloopville]

A couple of observations. First, there are about 100 5g sites here in Italy. Obviously, except for Roma, most are in the industrial north. I live in a small town in the Sibillini Park area. Any kind of reception is spotty, here, but that is the nature of living in the mountains. I had the same experience at the food museums that they call grocery stores in the US. I went to a Wegmanns in the Boston area and it was two mall floors. The area dedicated just to prepared foods was bigger then the largest ipermercati here in Italy. Those are the biggest grocery stores we have. I do miss the food variety in the US and the sense that old recipes are just a base for new experimentation. But, of course, the vegetables here in Italy are much fresher and tastier than those huge radiated things they call produce in the US.

[@metfan4evr]

Depends where you live in the US, my friend. The produce in California and Florida is as good as anywhere in the world. You can go to the thousands of farmers markets in those states and get produce that is fresher and tastier than anything you've ever tasted.

[@mariosimoni2841]

yes sidewalks are larger in new york than in trani. that's for sure. but large shops... or grocery stores... aren't something that i find particularly interesting. i prefer small shops. try finding quality stuff in large shops. the more you have of something the crappier it is. it's a general rule of life.

[@samueleravanelli1260]

Using a Fiat in USA! Bravi ragazzi ahahah, yes 5G is up to now in the principals cities, for example for TIM (Roma, Milano, Torino and Napoli) but depends on network operator of course.

[@TheQKatie]

Lol I love that you noticed the Fiat ;)

[@rportanova]

Concerning the 5G connection I does not agree 😂 I’ve emigrate to Canada and here it’s so expensive and the connection is far away to be so diffused as in Italy; what I understood is that this problem is similar to US. Things change in big cities, ok even in America you have good connection but when you exit from the big cities not, can you confirm? In Milan you have always good connection. I didn’t tested 5G widely in Milan but, as you said, here we have tight and narrow streets, 5G needs to see the antenna of you phone in order to work properly then in America should be better. PS-in the south of Italy you need to have the right provider, probably in Trani is Vodafone, but in Fasano (the town of my mother) is Tim

[@elenArmonico1317]

The last one really surprised me. As an Italian who has lived here and there, I get it, but it took me a while to realise it. It is actually true! As a Milanese I never considered that fare le commissioni, running errands, is so so difficult on an average in Italy. Good lord, I live and breath for my commissioni! (Btw, I have 5G, it popped up when I got a newer phone. It didn’t really change anything compared to previous 4G).

[@fredjackson3264]

Ciao, ho iniziato da poco a seguire il tuo canale e mi piace moltissimo! Un punto del video mi ha fatto venire in mente una curiosità da chiederti, quando dormi i sogni in che lingua sono? Italiano o inglese? 😁

[@TheQKatie]

Purtroppo i miei sogni sono quasi sempre in inglese ... solo un paio di volte ho dormito i sogni in italiano. Non vedo l'ora di farli più spesso!!

[@irenetafani627]

everything is huge in the USA!!

[@silviaclerico1478]

Bellissimo video, ma molte delle cose che tu osservi dell’Italia sono in realtà tipiche di piccole città del sud, non di tutta l’Italia. Nelle grandi città del nord la vita per molti aspetti è davvero diversa, ma non per questo meno italiana….

[@campanianrepublic82]

"Piccole citta' del Sud"...Quindi secondo te, Napoli che conta piu' di tre milioni di abitanti, parlo della citta' metropolitana, sarebbe una piccola citta'? La Campania ha sei milioni di abitanti. e poi....quali sarebbero queste "grandi citta del Nord" Torino è grande come Palermo...Milano è grande come Napoli, e Genova è solo poco piu' grande di Bari....tiratela di meno, eh ? MENO !!!

[@ryol6048]

@@campanianrepublic82 probabilmente stava solo parlando dei diversi paesini che troviamo al sud, non penso stesse dicendo che Napoli sia una "piccola città del sud".

[@thecaptain2000]

a cell 5g coverage i very small so you likely have it in big cities (also in US) so I am ot sure you will have it, even at the end of the subway

[@umbertostabia]

You need have app posteitaliane you can book time ticket for' day After.

[@youraverageshauna]

I need to move there. I’m not made for hustle culture and excess so I feel like Italy would be perfect for my lifestyle.

[@lucianomariani9019]

I saw some companies offering 5g service, but never saw it on somebody’s phone even in Milan or Turin. I am new here, Love your channel!!! seems that we were doing citizenship papers almost at the same time

[@NyreeAlana]

We have 5G in some parts of Aotearoa (New Zealand), but it's a pretty slow rollout 🐌

[@andreafederer]

I’m attending university in Ferrara and the 5G coverage is fine. But in my tiny little hometown in the south of Italy (Otranto) It’s not a thing yet unfortunately :(

[@marialomunnojudd6102]

Otranto is so beautiful though!

[@andreafederer]

@@marialomunnojudd6102 i agree, who needs 5G when you’ve got such beauty 😁 so you’ve been there? Or you just looked it up on the internet

[@MarkusFlorence]

c'erano cose STRAAANEEE!!! 😅😂🤣🥰✌

[@diana3434]

I'm Italian and I have no idea of what vincotto is 😂😂

[@allenmontrasio8962]

Yes, we have 5G in Milan and also WiFi6. 😊 Also, living in a small town in southern Italy you'll probably experience as big a culture shock if you visit Rome or Milan.

[@herrrorschach590]

OK Italy is famous for its infinite queue at public counters... BUT nowadays only elders just go there and stand in line, waiting hours for their turn to arrive. Every public exercize (such as Poste, banks, municipal offices) have their website or smartphone app where you can book an appointment at the date and time you prefer

[@lidodelnonno]

while watching your enjoyable video all i can think of is who is taking care of your dog while you are back in the states?

[@abefroman53]

Do they not have 5G in Europe yet? I live in the midwest and we had it here (spotty, admittedly) for around the past year, but now it's just standard all over my area. And I live in the suburbs of what most people would consider to be a mid to smaller sized city

[@StefanoCanepa1970]

Was the car you were driving a FIAT?

[@Buio0209]

Yes... but all of these things, are true because you live in a little village like Trani. If you live in city like Milano, or also Bologna, Firenze... a lot of difference like those, doesn't exist. Probably if you lived in a town like Brunswick Georgia, you'll not find a groucery!

[@cloudbilla7200]

No way! I live 30-45 mins away from Brunswick

[@gattalbe]

Non è la prima volta che fa questi paragoni assurdi, come se noi andassimo in un paesino del centro degli usa e poi facessimo un video sulle differenze con Firenze o Bologna.