This is a quick visit of Pontremoli with information from the tourist office, my apologies if it's not all correct! Also my first attempt at recording a voice over... Filmed on 15 August 2020
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@bebegranger94174 жыл бұрын
Nice tour of town. Thank you.
@rachelmiranda18704 жыл бұрын
I think all of Italy is a canvas of art, scenic towns, wonderful food. Mind you I am Puerto Rican but I love, love Italian everything.
@ffi10014 жыл бұрын
Trust me it has it’s awful parts too
@rachelmiranda18704 жыл бұрын
@@ffi1001 i refuse to accept that. Lol😪
@MrTinner663 жыл бұрын
@@ffi1001 - Obvious: as in all countries of the world. The important thing is not to have only "horrible things" ... and someone has only those.
@NL11774 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tour! It’s nice to be able to see Italy virtually.
@marisagalea49124 жыл бұрын
I so enjoyed your tour of Pontremoli!! You certainly took me back!! My Parents were both born and raised in Pontremoli and came to the U.S. where they had me and my Brother. As a matter of fact, my Nonna never went back!! I still have family that lives there. Best wishes to you and your family on your renovation...it's going to be wonderful! There is a cafe in the piazza that sells the most amazing pastry called "amor"! Enjoy!
@SDugan524 жыл бұрын
You’re giving your family an education in culture and history that will be part of who they become. You and your partner are doing an excellent job as parents.🌿
@CarolinaCanada4 жыл бұрын
Ahhh the art of living life fully in Italy. I know that administrative issues can be mind boggling (and I say this as an ex-resident) but you are surrounded by so much beauty. I love how much the locals are proud of their villages and towns. I think that the occasional tour, after a round of renovation videos is fantastic. I really liked that you left the chatting locals and even the clattering dishes in one spot as the background to this tour. And your parking skill...fearless! Not that you had much choice! And can you believe it?! ... you will have 10k subscribers quite soon! I am very happy for you. Bonne continuation.
@suenorton8734 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking us with you as ya'll wall around your village. My mothers parents both came from Italy many many years ago. Again thank you
@rachelmiranda18704 жыл бұрын
A beautiful tour. Who would leave such a place. And the bells, how exciting. You and your family are so lucky to live where the people are passionate and lovely.
@judyrosey4 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful tour. It's hard to express how marvelous it is to be able to see such rich history and beauty when I know I cannot likely ever go to these places. I TRULY appreciate these videos more than you know. Hug from Judy.....❤
@imapadlock4 жыл бұрын
You could go 👍👍❤️
@vickys82484 жыл бұрын
I used to think that too, but it really is doable! I do hope you are able to visit wherever you wish to see!
@TheDooskinCO4 жыл бұрын
This is such a great video! Thank you for showing us the beauty of Italy!
@peacedove94654 жыл бұрын
Not sure how I missed this video! Beautiful!! Thanks for the tour! ☮️
@JenShea4 жыл бұрын
Lovely town. I really enjoyed the narrating! Grazie!
@flipmcdonought5835 Жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable. I particularly appreciate the informative and unobtrusive commentary.
@nadiaiseli-michelotti10754 жыл бұрын
Un grand merci pour ce merveilleux reportage sur PONTREMOLI, cela me fait chaud au cœur! Mon grand-père y est né biens des années en arrière et ensuite est venu s’installer en Suisse 🇨🇭 où mon père y est né. Mon nom de famille est MICHELOTTI et mon grand’père s’appelait Carlo!
@lorimcgowan18803 жыл бұрын
Lovely tour, the arcades are stunning.
@NotUselessYet3 жыл бұрын
Pontremoli is a hidden gem, and worth a visit.
@heatherscott-fleming48884 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this little tour, and thanks for letting me spend my Sunday morning in Italy!
@rogerhampton41114 жыл бұрын
it's a lovely little town. I was there a couple of years ago. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
@critogni4 жыл бұрын
Lovely! Thanks for taking the time to share!
@magpie57104 жыл бұрын
Lovely lovely Sunday morning stroll for us. Thank you, have a good day.
@cherbinsted23784 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the walk around your lovely village. 👍🇦🇺
@o2bnov03074 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tour. Great views.
@eellss72534 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed the tour, thank you.
@ferayster4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your tour and all your videos.
@leighevans14892 жыл бұрын
Pontremoli is now on my list of places to visit - thanks so much for showing us . That was some tight squeeze .......
@marymarysmarket35084 жыл бұрын
Such a fine walkabout. TFS
@angelakilroe32714 жыл бұрын
Bloomin good reversing!
@mariehiggins52254 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing us around the lovely town and area where you live. It reminds me of the pictures I saw as a child of the countryside where my grandparents came from. And you are correct when you say not much has changed in hundreds of years which keeps it so peaceful. You're working hard for your dream so enjoy your time there and la familia. Ciao!
@amandahunt14334 жыл бұрын
You should share this to one of the Pontrem FB pages. They'd love to see this from a new member of the Comune. Great vid. Just made me miss it more this year 😔
@maholidaylife3812 жыл бұрын
Great video. We love Pontremoli. Can't wait to visit again.
@jacsfalconer19294 жыл бұрын
Utterly enjoy your videos. Onwards and upwards people. 👍👍👍
@liampoole2384 жыл бұрын
Hi Raff, Lovely vlog of a beautiful town. The markets and the little streets/alleyways are wonderful. You are very knowledgable about the area and have great historical information to give on the vlogs. Well done Raff, keep up the great vlogs 👍
@veronicamoran79693 жыл бұрын
This was wonderful viewing. Thanks for transporting me to Italy
@noreenkellett38634 жыл бұрын
Beautiful village, thanks for the tour, 😊 Glad its not me trying to park that car 😬 have u ever thought of showing us some scenery in Austria near where u live, i know its not the aim of your channel but would b nice to see as well.🏔
@vickys82484 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! Austria is still on my bucket list.
@annmarielyons734 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lovely scenery around the village. I hope that you-all enjoyed the dip in the river. Hoping to see you again soon. Thanks again.
@Radnally4 жыл бұрын
More village tours. Really enjoy these. Thanks
@grazynawieczorek19324 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this the wonderful history of the town I love good music and l love Italian history. I very miss the market. 😊 Thank you
@moinature8034 жыл бұрын
Super nice little town. When you said you had measured the car to fit before buying it, you were not kidding!
@DBurgg4 жыл бұрын
Damn fine parking...good grief😬. Your little blonde back up camera is so cute. Excellent narration; what a beautiful place to be.
@charmees6637 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Love the tour, the bridge, the Cathedral is amazing. The food market is my type of thing. Love food. So much charm and the courtyards are wonderful. You have awesome places to go on walks. So much history. P.S Good reverse parking 👏
@NotUselessYet Жыл бұрын
Absolutely worth a visit!
@mariadigiovanni11684 жыл бұрын
Nice parking ! Thank you for your boots on the ground tour of Pontremoli. Hopefully my dashed plans of cycling the Via Francigena this year will resume in 2021 and I will be cycling through on my way to Rome. Loved this video!
@judis49004 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing another beautiful and informative tour. Happy to see you are taking time out to enjoy your vacation home and surrounding area.
@margaretnoah67414 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your very interesting videos.
@man8god4 жыл бұрын
The car fits !
@jmbpinto734 жыл бұрын
Previous owner had a Fiat Topolino, and built the entrance just so it would fit. :D Jokes aside, this is to show how much extra space we need to accommodate our cars, and our modern cities with double carriageways and parking.
@webaholicsweet4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@jenniferwilliams96564 жыл бұрын
Breath taking views of your Italy! I held my breath while you parked wow!
@carmenherrera47514 жыл бұрын
This town is so lovely. Thanks for this beautiful video, I enjoyed it very much.
@maryannknox71584 жыл бұрын
Beautiful so enjoyed.....Blessings
@protectanimals97924 жыл бұрын
Awesome job on the video ! Great little tour and the history lesson was fantastic. Thank you 🙏
@jacquelynhollinger40064 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to film these enchanting villages. I really enjoy your renovation videos,after seeing these snippets of life being lived as the have done for centuries, puts context and purpose for your renovation. Well done.
@mylifeandwhatitbrings99724 жыл бұрын
Beautiful town, it looked so peaceful. My heart was in my mouth when you walked along the metal path at the side of the castle!!
@davidetoma85853 жыл бұрын
My city! I love living here!
@NotUselessYet3 жыл бұрын
Hi Davide, it is a wonderful little town, I love it too!
@davidetoma85853 жыл бұрын
@@NotUselessYet If you return contact me
@hilmerjaime63994 жыл бұрын
Hello, amazing 👍👍from, Lima Perú 👍🇵🇪
@newday53 жыл бұрын
Thank much enjoyed
@NotUselessYet3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@patassion4 жыл бұрын
Wow, wonderful
@conniekimble88604 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the tour. I could imagine being there. We don’t say bits and bobs in the US. I like hearing those “foreign” expressions. Tight parking spot!
@pattiwhite95754 жыл бұрын
Isn't bits and bobs a UK thing? Like out of Mary Poppins.
@lorrainemoore34944 жыл бұрын
@@pattiwhite9575 No not just a U.K. thing. I am Australian and I have a set of wooden drawers with Bits stenciled on the first And on the second and Bobs on the third. I think it is usually an expression used by older people but both my daughters say it now and then.
@lulastylewithjuliep69324 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing!! I’ve always wanted to go to Tuscany!
@ciaobella89634 жыл бұрын
Well done Raff on this enjoyable video. Excellent overview of the history and architectural beauty of Pontremoli. This ancient city is certainly a jewel. I tend to side with the historians who believe the stele are of the ancient Etruscans. Maybe even their forebears. But other historians tend not to agree with that theory. Even to this day, stele are discovered in fields and various remote places throughout Lunigiana.
@vickys82484 жыл бұрын
Parts of this town remind me so much of San Gimignano (LOVE it!). Thanks again for bringing us along!
@michelletothill85514 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Beautiful town. I had the god fortune to spend 5 weeks in Florence 3 years ago. I loved the food markets and the markets that appeared to sell just about everything under the sun.
@marionsmith12374 жыл бұрын
Every video of this area is so breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you for taking us along to share a bit of the history and beauty. Your channel is a wonderful mix of the restoration of a wonderful building, but you’re also giving the house context. Thank you as always!
@maureenbrophy78524 жыл бұрын
Raff hi, thanks for beautiful armchair travel of little bit of Tuscany. Mb🇮🇪
@jbraswel14 жыл бұрын
Great seeing a video of Pontremoli. Looks like the perfect place to kickback! Thanks for sharing.
@beverlymartin14144 жыл бұрын
What a great tour, thank you for taking us all along. Amazingly complicated and narrow areas where we have seen cars parked. No wonder you choose a small narrow model for getting around!
@joycef24994 жыл бұрын
All I can say is thank you 😊 for all your time showing us your walk about and letting us experience this beautiful town. I am enjoying watching your channel and appreciate you sharing. 👌
@Randy89234 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed very much! Beautiful architecture everywhere you look. Thank you for the tour. Please give us more. Your doing great! Take care.
@sandrafrench61254 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Throughly enjoying your vlogs about your house renovation, love Italy. 💜🇦🇺
@sherae4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the lovely tour! I have never been to Italy but it is just as I pictured it only better! No wonder you wanted a house there! I am trying to persuade my husband to visit there when we are all free to travel again - maybe next year! Thank you.
@gregorythomas26744 жыл бұрын
Nice tour! Bellisima!
@carolyng51334 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the lovely tour! Nice parking skills! All the best to you and your family from Maine ♥️
@danielintheantipodes67414 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. The village is sublime!
@Oladriver4 жыл бұрын
Interesting and beautiful tour! Thank you!
@cmjrecording81194 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all of your videos. My wife and I would love to do what you are doing and one day we will :-) We absolutely love watching them, especially the ones touring your area :-) Stay safe and keep posting them !!! Thank you, Chris and Gail (from North Carolina USA)
@milliemcgrail84584 жыл бұрын
So beautiful! Thank you for showing us around 😊
@brianashton14284 жыл бұрын
(Moira Ashton) What a lovely tour, such a pretty place,, thank you for taking us around! Nice to see your little family too ! Yes I am still wondering about the car fitting into the tunnel, and you being able to get out! 🤩😍🥰
@dotwillcoxson53524 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very enjoyable 🦘🦘🦘
@shawnpower62064 жыл бұрын
Beautiful church! I hope you bought some herb plants for your new balcony porch you just fixed up! Thanks video was wonderful! ❤❤❤
@debiforthe4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this tour we really enjoyed and appreciate you taking the time to do it ..well done a really beautiful place much more so than I imagined it reminds me of a mini Verona.
@thundaera4 жыл бұрын
Ausgezeichnet Spaziergang! Perfect filming speed and narrative brilliant! Best I've seen, as others have mentioned you are sharing a priceless gift of memories. That may not be of Italy but of other amazing places in their lives. Thanks to technology and phones,, in my day we were lucky if we could afford film and printing fees for a brownie camera. Memories lost in time, a heartfelt thank you "tech guy" for sharing as you've jumped into making all these repairs without previous experience. Amazing legacy for your family and an inspiration to others across the world. Bless you and your family.
@thelilacmum4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning!❤ Thank you for the tour.
@matto9044 жыл бұрын
Once again thank you for a free history lesson and tour.
@ilzedutoit78034 жыл бұрын
some awesome driving skills there. ;-)
@blueberryblues33654 жыл бұрын
Wonderful tour Raff! Happy that you are not working on the house and enjoying yourself. Thanks so much for showing us Pontremoli. So much history. Loved seeing the church, those old doors and the families picnicking under the trees. Maybe I won't get to Italy this year but your tour helped. Glad the VW fit! Was wondering if you were going to have to climb out. Xo
@sioframay4 жыл бұрын
I love the little tours!
@rosepayeur45914 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this nice virtual traveling!!!
@pattiwhite95754 жыл бұрын
What a perfect tour guide you were. It was a beautiful day to show off your area township on foot. Such history. Beautiful old buildings. I would be confused by the doors and arched alleys there. How do you know which are for a home entrance or a business entrance? They seem interchangeable. The churches are not to bad either. Can you fix the master bedroom up in that main churches Baroque style? LOL Is is Baroque or Rococo? The Baroque gilding makes me feel rich. Rococo is usually done up in paler colors like that. Just a fantastic church. I could sit in there for hours. That little valley is so full of splendore. It looks like there have been big flash floods down in that river bed. Amazed at the trail going back up the side of mountain to your home. How unique is that. Not some you see everyday. Did you say the train runs under your home inside the mountain? Wow ok. That is interesting. As always you throw in a little humor. I do appreciate it so. Big man Small car Even smaller garage. Just put some big rubber bumpers on and your good. I must say you are doing such a fine job in these videos. Your focus is good, you know when to go wide or close in, you capture the moments, the place. You draw me in. I always end up watching you videos a couple of times. I learn something or want to know more about something and open google for more information about a subject or open up a map. Thank you and have a wonderful time while you are there.
@southerngal3454 жыл бұрын
Very lovely, thank you for sharing.
@carograce41114 жыл бұрын
Delightful tour & great travelogue - thete's a v still quality to your voice that's v calming. The tour of Pontremoli made me yearn for our summer home in Spain which is in a small town of 6,000 with v similar baroque churches & street markets. Unlike you, we can't easily drive there from Worcestershire. But like you, I can also get my GOLF into amazing tight spaces!
@Italiana9112 жыл бұрын
Very similar architecture to Atina Superiore, near to where I live. Coincidentally, the Cathedral is also dedicated to Maria Assunta.
@rnggall96404 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tour. Please fold the mirrors in, my husband took off one of ours they are expensive to repair!
@annmariez95964 жыл бұрын
Lovely day trip and great parking skill there. 👍🏻
@Iloathsnow4 жыл бұрын
That was wonderful, thank you. Respect for your parking although the poor little car did not sound very pleased. lol
@jacobbrower98924 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video!
@realeoinarmstrong4 жыл бұрын
Fab! Content and presentation getting better and better. Pontremoli still a whopping 3+ hour drive from us!
@christine33584 жыл бұрын
Lovely!
@debbydhill4 жыл бұрын
Lovely walkabout! Thanks!
@jirimondo4 жыл бұрын
You walked right by our house (on via Garibaldi) going from Piazza Repubblica to Porta Parma. In fact, as you panned across from the train to the buildings, you panned right across the back of our house & balconies. That's the closest we're getting to our house this summer! Wishing we were there. Ferragosto is always fun. It's a shame there is no Medievalis this year due to Covid. You should definitely post some video of that (hopefully) next year. For those that don't know, Pontremoli has a Medieval Festival every year that brings >20k people with re-enactments of the granting of the town charter in 1226 and other medieval festivities with beer, wine and food all around. Lots of people dressed up in medieval garb... medievalis.org/gallery/ -- images from past festivals.
@ceeceeh4 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait until Americans can travel to Italy again. Love your entertaining videos. Heart placement always makes me laugh. My Tesla software could have gotten your VW into your parking space without you being in the car. In my small garage as the rear mirrors meet the opening, it pauses then proceeds cautiously.
@lovicrisci964 жыл бұрын
You made my day. That was really beautiful and thank you so much❤
@Lea-bw9wj4 жыл бұрын
that's a tight spot to park. good thing you have a convertible. doesn't look like you'll be able to open the doors.
@CarolinaCanada4 жыл бұрын
Omg, you are right. I had not thought of that😂
@jmbpinto734 жыл бұрын
@@CarolinaCanada the car was bought under measure to fit there.