About the bidet, it does not replace toilet paper, it comes after it. So first you clean yourself with the toilet paper, then you wash your private parts using the bidet. We like it very clean down there. You can also use a bidet to wash your feet. If you have a small stool in your bathroom you can just fill the bidet with water and sit on the stool with your feet in the water and relax!
@@maxholder1395 personal hygiene IS A THING for us!! 😌 I lived in so many countries abroad and the thing I always missed the most is bidet!!! We can’t understand how the rest of the world can live without that! Glad to see that Conor understands!! 😁 it’s simply sooo terrible to walk around with that sanding paper feeling between your cheeks 😂😂😂 bidet solves it all!!! 😁
To cover forniture is a so old tradition by southern grandparents, because they were really poor in the past, they supposed to be a lifelong furnitures, so they covered couch for exemple, to preserve the duration. My sweet granny used to do it as well.
I can tell you, all my grandparents are from northern regions and all cover their fornitures. Also I cover my sofà but that's because my cats have trashed it
Your rent is so cheap for 2 main reasons: it's in Southern Italy and it's not in a main or big city. With the same amount of money you'd be able to just get a room in a shared apartment or even a SHARED (so like...not even just for yourself) room in Rome, Bologna, Florence or Milan, big difference!
it's not even cheap, I have seen more modern, refined apartments for 350€ in Cesena and Cuneo both North Italy. But on rent there's NO link whatsoever between mq and price. In fact big apartments cost less proportionally
@@LDTube-pz9fq lucky so,but consider that they aren't important as well as Milan or Rome or Turin.the tiles are ancient,and so the furnishing,but I don't mind:I love them and the flat/apartment all the sale.Historical/old part of town:that's the reason for that price.and as a local,I don't quite recognize the place.Katie,did you know that the now closed Supercinema,who has asbestos on the road,was founded by an expat Trani carpenter who came back from Cleveland,Ohio?
@@michelelaraia7358 true, it's the province that cost less. Milan is price but you just to rent on Pieve Emanuele, just 15 minutes from Milan and the apartments are already cheap and not too old.
@@LDTube-pz9fq we had a phone call from that town 30 years ago to our navy draft office in Manfredonia,70 km from me.Local city/town hall.for infos.Pieve=Country parish-parrocchia di campagna,if you want listen or ask for pronounciation.Only in Louisiana they call the countries parishes.
Hi, I am Italian (living in the UK) and I am glad you appreciate the bidet! I really miss it here!! I have to say that the washing machine is usually in the bathroom in Italy, or in a separate room called "lavanderia". Sometimes it is also placed in a small room that takes the name of "sgabuzzino". I suppose that yours is in the kitchen because of the lack of space in other parts of the house. I hope you will enjoy your stay, and maybe visit other parts of the country once the Covid restrictions are eased :)
Hi!! Where in the UK are you? We love London! (But we're also loving Italy so much, we don't have much time to miss it!) Good to know that in most places in Italy the washing machine gets its own room (or is in the bathroom) -- that makes MUCH more sense to my American sensibilities! Yes, ours in the kitchen must be a space issue. I cannot wait to visit other parts of the country as soon as Covid restrictions are up! And can't wait to make videos of all those incredible places :)
@@TheQKatie I currently live in Oxfordshire but I also spent 5 years in London and I fully understand why you miss it, it's an amazing city! I am originally from Sardinia in Italy, I hope you will be able to go there while travelling across the country and discover not just the food but also many other things that my beloved island has to offer! :)
@@TheQKatie the "washing machine in the kitchen" thing might come merely from issues with space, as suggested; older apartments in Italy are very often older thant the mass diffusion of washing machines. There was no place in a standard bathroom to install such a large equipment, while kitchens tended to be larger (and came with a faucet and drain).
Growing up in the '60s in the US we had a formal living room where the furniture was covered in plastic, it made for a noisy, hot seat in the sweltering Texas heat. I would go for the fabric any day. LOL!!
They have the dish drier in the cupboard in Finland too. I've lived in houses in AZ with the washer in the kitchen. The drier was either on the back porch or it was clothes lines.
Many people cover the furnitures, but not whit that kind of blanket called “lenzuolo”, go on a casalinghi shop or something like Ikea and with few few euros you can find a “copridivano-copripoltrona” in many shapes, colors, stamps etc.
I love lo Scolapiatti in the cupboards. We have them in our flat too. Didn’t know what it was called until now though. Also the bidet, I haven’t been brave enough to use it yet. 😂 Grazie.
My friends in Barcelona had a dish-drying rack in the cupboard like that and it seemed so practical that I wish I had one! And, yep, our washing machine is in the kitchen, too - though our water pressure in Toulouse must be a lot better than Paris ! Loved seeing your apartment and the differences between what we consider "normal" for living in various countries.
Hey you! Miss you! Thanks for watching. We love our scolapiatti. I also wonder if our water pressure is better because we're lower in the building. In Paris, I was several floors up.
There are also elastic couch covering, that fits perfectly with it. So you can change the colors. My couch covering color is exactly the same of it though. 😄
the mystery appliance is a "centrifuga"! it's a juicer but for veggies and some harder fruits, I wouldn't use it for oranges... As a kid my mom would make me "centrifugato" with celery, carrots and apples: delicious! give it a try ;-) it's a bit of a pain to clean up after, I'm afraid... but still worth it!
la lavatrice viene messa in cucina specialmente negli appartamenti in affitto per due motivi: c'è più spazio che in bagno e ci sono gli allacciamenti acqua e scarico più comodi :) nelle case "normali" o sono in bagno o sono in altre stanze ;) ps: quella macchina è una vecchia centrifuga per fare succhi ("centrifugati") di verdura/frutta.
è più un problema elettrico, non tutte le stanze della casa hanno la messa a terra, in cucina con frigo, lavatrice ed eventuale forno elettrico "kill two birds with one stone"
Really interesting to relive my early teens. My dad was in the USAF, and we were stationed in San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy (now an abandoned base). About 2-hours further south than you, in the heel of the boot. Lived there from 1979-1982. The first 1.5 years we lived off base in Latiano, and the last year moved on base. It was a wonderful time that I cherish!
9:13 it's a juce extractor You drop fruit and vegetables trough a funnel on top of the center spinny thing and it makes juce I suggest you try it with stuff like carrots, apples ecc, mostly hard stuff
@@TheQKatie Fun experiment! The weird thing is that when I googled that brand name sewing machines came up. But the inner part of that appliance looks just a juicer I have (centrifugal style, which is not as good as macerating juicers). You might need to press the pulp by hand to get more of the juice out as centrifugal juicers tend to be inefficient. Good luck!
Yup. That's what it is. I have a Braun that's very similar. They can be loud, as the basket spins very fast, but they juice a myriad of fruits and veg that you can't juice with a regular juicer. Onion juice anyone? (I did it. I don't recommend it.) Fresh carrot juice is pretty awesome though!
It's a juicer, this whitish 3-4 piece thing! You can have juice fm any squizable vegetable or fruit! A little old, but if it works... gives you healthy material! 🤗
I am now straining my brain to think on if every home I was in in Rome had covered furniture. I love the dish rack. I have lived without an oven for 10+ years and learned to bake some things in our pressure cooker. In Hong Kong our w/d is also in the kitchen but I've also seen them on a balcony. We put a rod up in the shower centered over the tub and turn on the exhaust fan and clothes dry overnight. All our appliance in HK work better than those in the US. I think the 220v and being able to get appliances from any country makes it more competitive for quality. The inner basket of the Necchi appliance is similar to a juicer basket. Show again, in detail slower if you don't figure it out. My husband also loves a bidet, he likes it so much he has a travel bidet. We get the same feeling of temporary when we move. Check if IKEA has something you can use for covers. Duvet covers would work. I like firmer beds, I am using upholstery foam in a Soma bed.
The forniture cover it’s a really personal choice, usually comes from older Italian generation that doesn’t want ruin anything by the time (or for covering the consuming) or it’s, like in my case, to protect the forniture from animals, I’ve 4 Cani Corso (Corso Dog or Italian Mastiff) and we bought proper covers for our sofas to avoid dog’s smell and dirty will ruin it
@gkatie is used to make cotton candy ... to switch on, warm up the engine, put a little white sugar in the central cone, and then with a wooden stick collect the strands of sugar that come out of the cone (circle external).
Have a seamstress make you a tight form fitting slip cover with separate cushion covers out of a nice cotton or linen. It would be worth it to sew it yourself if you can. Think IKEA cover.
Great video! I found your channel recently as I'm moving to Puglia in Feb for a new job! Was apprehensive about it due to lockdown but your videos have me really looking forward to it, it's so beautiful ✨
Thanks for watching! I'm so excited for you. Puglia is the best. You'll love it. The journey here was probably more stressful than actually navigating lockdown. Once you're here, everything will sort itself out! in bocca al lupo!
Lo scolapiatti is in EVERY kitchen in Italy, and almost no one owns a dryer because of the favorable climate. That thing is to peel/mash tomatoes for salsa. 😆
I love your channel!...The “covering” If for easily clean the sofa...You just clean the cover, and No, the wash machine is not so often in the kitchen!!!!😂😂 Maybe old apartment in centro storico...And your editing skill is really great...👍🏻Ciao!...
That’s it 4:50 🧳 👜 👛 🧳 🧳😱I have so many clothes I wear! Hats 🎩 boots 👢 🥾 from fancy dance, vintage, 💃🏼 costumes, to outside adventure gear ⚙️. So that’s a scary thought to me. I’ve been looking at the furniture 🪑 and only two pieces I like but could store or sell majority. But I’m brining my bike 🏍 🚲 helmet ⛑ I think we’d get a container shipped.
Come altri hanno già suggerito: forse Trani è un paesino e con una cultura ancora un po’ “datata”. Coprire, mobili (divano, poltrone, etc) è una cosa molto da “vecchi” (lo facevano i miei nonni 😊).
Loved the Video! We can totally relate to our Sicilian rental and living a simple life! Best Wishes on your time in Italy ... let’s hope for Giallo soon!!! 💜
Hello Katie,sadly renting is not that cheap in italy. In the south is much more cheaper than the centre or north. I pay 400 for just a room in tuscany.
@@TheQKatie 5 years ago i bought an appartment near milan and i spend your same amount of money for a mortgage loan... btw, it's true you can find a single room for the same amount of money in bigger cities in italy... but of course you can be lucky and decide to move outside big cities... you will not regret this decision
Maybe its a southern European thing? We spent a week in Lisbon a couple years ago and we definitely get similar vibes all the time down here in Puglia. Thanks for watching!
In Italy it is not so common having the washing machine in the kitchen. It is usually in the bathroom, or in the laundry/ second bathroom. Probably cause your bathroom is pretty small and there were no other places available, they had to put it in the kitchen..
I have to cover my sofa but because I have a dog :D And the washing machin is in the kitchen because there is not space in bathroom. Most of the people have it in the bathroom, and if you have 2 bathrooms it will be in the secondary (only used to wash and not the main one). Have a good day in the sunny south :D Living close to the sea is kinda of healty for my mind... :D
@@mariofuccio1168 “Can’t wait for summer!” Significa che non vede l’ora di vedere l’estate, non che non potrà esserci, comunque io non la seguo, ma da quel che ho potuto vedere da questo video (non ho idea del suo reale lavoro, potrebbe essere questo) lei viene supportata da patreon, offrendo contenuti, per questo si può permettere di viaggiare
Not an Italian myself, but my nonno certainly was, and he definitely covered his furniture, even here in the States xD I remember visiting my grandparents' house as a kid and there being plastic coverings on the couches and tables lol If I remember correctly, his sister still has coverings on her couches, too, in their childhood home in Sicily, which she still owns and visits annually.
only our "grandparents'" generation (mostly in south Italy tbh) would probably still cover the furniture on a daily basis. more prolonged absences from say, a summer home, would still see furniture covering but that is to safeguard the furniture from humidity and the accumulation of dust
While rent can be cheap, you most likely won't have a kitchen, light fixtures, dishwasher or washer dryer... and when you heat your house, your bill can cost more than your rent! Our bill in Jan. Was $1,000 euro... no Bueno...
I’m a Canadian/ Italian and in my early days as a kid a remember most of the Italians covered there sofas with plastic covering.. my parents did not but most of friends and family did ... it was kind of weird the summer you would stick to it 😂
LOL! Yeah, all the Italian and Jewish mamas in Long Island, NY in the 1970s used to cover their living room furniture in plastic-form-fitted covers. Man, what a memory!
Yay! Thank you! Glad you like it. Lots more to come! Looks like you're on your own awesome Italian adventure, too! Any recommendations? Or requests for videos?
You got a very good deal on thet apartment, here in the North it would be much more expensive (though I have a large unfurnished apartment for 260 but it's rare and I lucked out. I'ts also 50 km from the main city of the region).
I would cover my furniture too if I were living in a fully furnished apartment. Then again, I have fitted slipcovers over my furniture at home so I can occasionally wash them. It's all about being able to clean your space.
you're living in a really turistic town so the oven is not contemplated in the city centre because everybody lives there just for holidays and goes out to eat!
Hi, I am planning to spend some time in Italy for the time the emigration allows me two stand.. I'm 75years young. I will love to fine a apartment, like the one you're living in, but small, near the city town. Can u pls recommend any rental company. I love your energy and videos. In the 90 I have live in Napoli for 5 years. Also in Spain an US now I am in Argentina but isn't a friendly place to live. 🤗
Great video. I wondered: Why Trani? So small town among small towns. How did you find the place? Clothes line in the window seems too small to do anythhing more than handkerchiefs. How often to do you leave to go to metropolitan areas? Why get dual citizenship (or should I want that video). BTW I did watch the bidet video. I wonder if you take a small duffle bag with your own towels and toilet paper when you leave home and visit restaurants for emergencies. Many questions answered. Many came to mind.
In Italy you have the washing in the kitchen if you are poor and don't care, like idk a student on a rent. Normal people usually have it in the bathroom.
hey i just started watching you so this question may not be the first. How long did you take before you can actually be able to speak italian? (daily convo, no need to be fluently)
washing machines can be in the bathroom as well, but there's usually no separate room and this is usually done if you have two bathrooms (so it's not the guest one that has the machine)
Hi there, Your video reminded me of when I moved here 15 years ago and things were curious to me as well. The sofa and chairs covered with what seems like random sheets of fabric is actually not as strange as it seems (and I am really hoping the person who commented what "low classes" do, simply made a poor choice of words because that's a midly offensive term to say the least.) Sofa and chair covers are common in the US too I think ours are usually just tailored to fit the furniture. We have fancier sofa and chair covers here ,but sometimes they are expensive and that leads me to my second point. If you spent a lot of money (and a lot of money is obviously relative to your income) you want the furniture to last, thus sofa and chair covers. My mother-in -law survived WW2, was a widow and single mom at 32 and worked as a school janitor to raise 3 kids. She has a cover on all her furniture because every lira she had was precious and things needed to last. I imagine especially in a furnished rental that the owners don't want to have to change the furniture after every renter (because you know all renters aren't necessarily respectful to the property), thus furniture covers. There are stores that sell those sheets of fabric and they're usually labeled as a "copritutto" o "telo arredo". You can actually fit that giant sheet in the corners, etc., of the sofa/chair and it will look a little less janky. So tuck that telo arredo in better and it won't seem so odd, I promise.
Apple monitor??? Assume it wasn't part of the furnishings? Did you bring it from London? If so, how? Or an Italian acquisition? Just curious how it got there as you traveled light to Italy.
Katie since you've traveld around here you probably know that you couldn't even look at an apartment like yours in Milan for even double the price. The sale price of my "very" small apartment in MIlan , 20 minutes easy walk from the city center, could but me a nice villa in Puglia and leave me money left over. Perhaps, since you are pretty good at it, you should explain to your followers how different Italy is regionally. Just a thought.
Those coverings are soooo granny summer house and I live just a couple hundreds kms south than you guys, still in Puglia so I do have my basic knowledge on that🤣. I'm pretty sure you could find something at IKEA in Bari or online. At my mom's we've got coverings as well for our leather sofas but don't know where she's got them and they oozes kinda granny vibes as well 🤷🏻♂️ Hope you'll be able to thread through these next 3 red zone weeks without going crazy locked at home. Stay safe, stay quirky ( very good Italian BTW just watch out for those plurals such as in "Rimanete strambI" other than that everything's super). You should check the southest part of Puglia soon anyway you'd be amazed.
If you'd need somebody to show you guys around a bit just hit me up, I'd be more than happy, hoping things will get better soon😔 Keep up the great work!
People put coverings on sofas and chairs because they think it's gonna make them last longer... One of the things I cringe the most at... It's more traditional in the South of Italy than in the North where I'm from, I'm lucky my mum never really did it, only if my brothers were coming home from work and sitting with their dirty clothes on the sofa. The machine it's definitely a centrifugal juicer, works ok with hard fruit and veg, don't bother with soft stuff, you'll get so much waste out of it! I live in England, Hampshire, and I'm so jealous of the bidet you got lol I lived in 3 different places over the past 8 years and even travelling across the country I never managed to find a place with a bidet.. I had to make do with a glass I fill in on the tap lol You find way around it somehow, but we do definitely use toilet paper first lol
Very nice Space! If you're not sure how long you want to live in that Apartment how long is your Lease? Is it flexible? I've heard that Italian Leases are 4 or 5 years.
We were able to negotiate a flexible one year lease through the firm that's handling my citizenship. I hear that's pretty rare to find a lease so short here! Thanks for watching!
Actually there are different renting lease.. Could be short term ( for students or up to 18 months for workers), or longer terms ( 3 + 2, or 4+4, depending on the renting contract)..
Until recently 500 was a lot of money for an apartment 😂 it still is in the country, although international cities are skyrocketing to northern European levels.
Hello Katie! I just discovered ur channel and love it. So I want to live in italy for a few months but I’m having a hard time getting a Hold of an agency that can let me know what’s available. Who can I contact? Where do I start ? HELP!
Hint on couch covering? Well, work on the quality/aesthetics of the covering, convert "problem" into play (get different kind/style covering and change often to your liking...
Know Bakery Lula,took a roman maritozzo with very fresh and tasty whipped cream in between.Railway station area,in front of a Chinese store/former Expert.The chocolate bread,€9 for 100 gr.
About the bidet, it does not replace toilet paper, it comes after it. So first you clean yourself with the toilet paper, then you wash your private parts using the bidet. We like it very clean down there. You can also use a bidet to wash your feet. If you have a small stool in your bathroom you can just fill the bidet with water and sit on the stool with your feet in the water and relax!
Love the foot hack! We use it after the beach!
It may be useful even after having sex😁 or for the womans when they have their stuff😂
Do you also Wipe down your body with paper towel before showering 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
@@maxholder1395 personal hygiene IS A THING for us!! 😌 I lived in so many countries abroad and the thing I always missed the most is bidet!!! We can’t understand how the rest of the world can live without that! Glad to see that Conor understands!! 😁 it’s simply sooo terrible to walk around with that sanding paper feeling between your cheeks 😂😂😂 bidet solves it all!!! 😁
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is what they are trying to tell us in America. I think Dr. Oz started it... crazy!
To cover forniture is a so old tradition by southern grandparents, because they were really poor in the past, they supposed to be a lifelong furnitures, so they covered couch for exemple, to preserve the duration. My sweet granny used to do it as well.
I can tell you, all my grandparents are from northern regions and all cover their fornitures.
Also I cover my sofà but that's because my cats have trashed it
Same tradition exists in iran and I suspect it has a similar mentality to it.
100% accurate, my grands on both sides used to do that exactly because "u dddvann si rovin' a nonna" 😅
In the 1950’s American women covered the furniture in CLEAR PLASTIC! Ewwwww!
Not just southern, coglione
Your rent is so cheap for 2 main reasons: it's in Southern Italy and it's not in a main or big city.
With the same amount of money you'd be able to just get a room in a shared apartment or even a SHARED (so like...not even just for yourself) room in Rome, Bologna, Florence or Milan, big difference!
Assolutamente!
it's not even cheap, I have seen more modern, refined apartments for 350€ in Cesena and Cuneo both North Italy. But on rent there's NO link whatsoever between mq and price. In fact big apartments cost less proportionally
@@LDTube-pz9fq lucky so,but consider that they aren't important as well as Milan or
Rome or Turin.the tiles are ancient,and so the furnishing,but I don't mind:I love them and the flat/apartment all the sale.Historical/old part of town:that's the reason for that price.and as a local,I don't quite recognize the place.Katie,did you know that the now closed Supercinema,who has asbestos on the road,was founded by an expat Trani carpenter who came back from Cleveland,Ohio?
@@michelelaraia7358 true, it's the province that cost less. Milan is price but you just to rent on Pieve Emanuele, just 15 minutes from Milan and the apartments are already cheap and not too old.
@@LDTube-pz9fq we had a phone call from that town 30 years ago to our navy draft office in Manfredonia,70 km from me.Local city/town hall.for infos.Pieve=Country parish-parrocchia di campagna,if you want listen or ask for pronounciation.Only in Louisiana they call the countries parishes.
I feel like only older people cover the furniture here, though :')
Hanno vissuti tempi duri. Usa e getta non era una scelta possibile.
In the US this was also a tradition of older people, often even in their vehicles.
Hi, I am Italian (living in the UK) and I am glad you appreciate the bidet! I really miss it here!! I have to say that the washing machine is usually in the bathroom in Italy, or in a separate room called "lavanderia". Sometimes it is also placed in a small room that takes the name of "sgabuzzino". I suppose that yours is in the kitchen because of the lack of space in other parts of the house. I hope you will enjoy your stay, and maybe visit other parts of the country once the Covid restrictions are eased :)
Hi!! Where in the UK are you? We love London! (But we're also loving Italy so much, we don't have much time to miss it!) Good to know that in most places in Italy the washing machine gets its own room (or is in the bathroom) -- that makes MUCH more sense to my American sensibilities! Yes, ours in the kitchen must be a space issue. I cannot wait to visit other parts of the country as soon as Covid restrictions are up! And can't wait to make videos of all those incredible places :)
@@TheQKatie I currently live in Oxfordshire but I also spent 5 years in London and I fully understand why you miss it, it's an amazing city! I am originally from Sardinia in Italy, I hope you will be able to go there while travelling across the country and discover not just the food but also many other things that my beloved island has to offer! :)
@@TheQKatie the "washing machine in the kitchen" thing might come merely from issues with space, as suggested; older apartments in Italy are very often older thant the mass diffusion of washing machines. There was no place in a standard bathroom to install such a large equipment, while kitchens tended to be larger (and came with a faucet and drain).
I LOVE Italy. The UK has too much violence in pubs and the people are not happy.
Growing up in the '60s in the US we had a formal living room where the furniture was covered in plastic, it made for a noisy, hot seat in the sweltering Texas heat. I would go for the fabric any day. LOL!!
Oh wow! My skin feels sticky just thinking about it...
I think the mystery appliance is a tomato sauce maker, which allows you to separate the skin of the tomatoes from the pulp and juice.
the thing is...that we Italian CAN NOT imagine how the ROTW does WITHOUT having a bidet...
Sadly some of us must go without, but baby wipes aren’t just for babies!
@@bonnieoliver219 But that's not good for the environment :P
Well, in Japan they are addicted to their Toto washlet toilets. We have one in the Midwest, USA and I love it. #KeepingItClean
Well, in Japan they are addicted to their Toto washlet toilets. We have one in the Midwest, USA and I love it. #KeepingItClean
You are so fun!
I think that mystery appliance was a juicer, but I could be wrong. :-D
They have the dish drier in the cupboard in Finland too. I've lived in houses in AZ with the washer in the kitchen. The drier was either on the back porch or it was clothes lines.
I loved the apartment tour and appreciated the bidet getting the attention that it deserves! Also, it’s a “yes” for a fridge tour!
Awww Thanks, Tom! Fridge tour is on the list for sure!
You are so talented. Take a quilting course for your couch coverings...
Many people cover the furnitures, but not whit that kind of blanket called “lenzuolo”, go on a casalinghi shop or something like Ikea and with few few euros you can find a “copridivano-copripoltrona” in many shapes, colors, stamps etc.
I love lo Scolapiatti in the cupboards. We have them in our flat too. Didn’t know what it was called until now though. Also the bidet, I haven’t been brave enough to use it yet. 😂 Grazie.
Except for Milan, italy is pretty chill with rent prices. Also due to the fact that wages are pretty low
For €500 a month, your apartment is really very nice! Definitely a keeper!
We’re happy we found it!
Dude, yours is definitely my new youtube channel crush! I love it! Keep it up!!!
Oh that is where I get the covering from the furniture from!
My friends in Barcelona had a dish-drying rack in the cupboard like that and it seemed so practical that I wish I had one! And, yep, our washing machine is in the kitchen, too - though our water pressure in Toulouse must be a lot better than Paris ! Loved seeing your apartment and the differences between what we consider "normal" for living in various countries.
Hey you! Miss you! Thanks for watching. We love our scolapiatti. I also wonder if our water pressure is better because we're lower in the building. In Paris, I was several floors up.
That dish drying rack in the kitchen is one of the best things in my house. 😃 🇮🇹
Yeah, water pressure is more of a city basis thing
There are also elastic couch covering, that fits perfectly with it. So you can change the colors.
My couch covering color is exactly the same of it though. 😄
Need to find where to buy some of those elastic ones!
Get to Ikea and you'll find something nicer and more modern 😘
I think those are even tackier ^_^'
Thanks for your videos!It clearly looks like you spend a lot of time on editing, and that's the key thing for success on RUclips, I think!
the mystery appliance is a "centrifuga"! it's a juicer but for veggies and some harder fruits, I wouldn't use it for oranges... As a kid my mom would make me "centrifugato" with celery, carrots and apples: delicious! give it a try ;-) it's a bit of a pain to clean up after, I'm afraid... but still worth it!
We've just been using carrots and oranges. You're right, it's a mess, but it sure is delicious!
la lavatrice viene messa in cucina specialmente negli appartamenti in affitto per due motivi: c'è più spazio che in bagno e ci sono gli allacciamenti acqua e scarico più comodi :) nelle case "normali" o sono in bagno o sono in altre stanze ;) ps: quella macchina è una vecchia centrifuga per fare succhi ("centrifugati") di verdura/frutta.
è più un problema elettrico, non tutte le stanze della casa hanno la messa a terra, in cucina con frigo, lavatrice ed eventuale forno elettrico "kill two birds with one stone"
Really interesting to relive my early teens. My dad was in the USAF, and we were stationed in San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy (now an abandoned base). About 2-hours further south than you, in the heel of the boot. Lived there from 1979-1982. The first 1.5 years we lived off base in Latiano, and the last year moved on base. It was a wonderful time that I cherish!
I feel kind of jealous... Trani Is the town where I come from and I left almost 9 years ago 😊☺️
Thanks, I might try it.
9:13 it's a juce extractor
You drop fruit and vegetables trough a funnel on top of the center spinny thing and it makes juce
I suggest you try it with stuff like carrots, apples ecc, mostly hard stuff
That mystery appliance looks like a juicer to me!
I guess there's only one way to find out... *grabs a pile of oranges*
@@TheQKatie Fun experiment! The weird thing is that when I googled that brand name sewing machines came up. But the inner part of that appliance looks just a juicer I have (centrifugal style, which is not as good as macerating juicers). You might need to press the pulp by hand to get more of the juice out as centrifugal juicers tend to be inefficient. Good luck!
Yup. That's what it is. I have a Braun that's very similar. They can be loud, as the basket spins very fast, but they juice a myriad of fruits and veg that you can't juice with a regular juicer. Onion juice anyone? (I did it. I don't recommend it.) Fresh carrot juice is pretty awesome though!
@@TheQKatie I believe it is to peel/mash tomatoes for salsa.
It looks like an ice-cream maker..la gelatiera..not sure!
Ciao Katie, nuova iscritta! La cosa del copri divano mi ha fatto morire dal ridere, è proprio così!
I think the Necchi appliance is a coffee urn for making a lot of coffee at once, for when you have guests.
It's a juicer, this whitish 3-4 piece thing! You can have juice fm any squizable vegetable or fruit! A little old, but if it works... gives you healthy material! 🤗
I am now straining my brain to think on if every home I was in in Rome had covered furniture. I love the dish rack. I have lived without an oven for 10+ years and learned to bake some things in our pressure cooker. In Hong Kong our w/d is also in the kitchen but I've also seen them on a balcony. We put a rod up in the shower centered over the tub and turn on the exhaust fan and clothes dry overnight. All our appliance in HK work better than those in the US. I think the 220v and being able to get appliances from any country makes it more competitive for quality. The inner basket of the Necchi appliance is similar to a juicer basket. Show again, in detail slower if you don't figure it out. My husband also loves a bidet, he likes it so much he has a travel bidet. We get the same feeling of temporary when we move. Check if IKEA has something you can use for covers. Duvet covers would work. I like firmer beds, I am using upholstery foam in a Soma bed.
The forniture cover it’s a really personal choice, usually comes from older Italian generation that doesn’t want ruin anything by the time (or for covering the consuming) or it’s, like in my case, to protect the forniture from animals, I’ve 4 Cani Corso (Corso Dog or Italian Mastiff) and we bought proper covers for our sofas to avoid dog’s smell and dirty will ruin it
i think that the "machine" at 9:14 is something to grind tomatoes to make sauce. But i can be wrong
@gkatie is used to make cotton candy ... to switch on, warm up the engine, put a little white sugar in the central cone, and then with a wooden stick collect the strands of sugar that come out of the cone (circle external).
Have a seamstress make you a tight form fitting slip cover with separate cushion covers out of a nice cotton or linen. It would be worth it to sew it yourself if you can. Think IKEA cover.
Remind me to show you how to setup the treadmill 😉💋
Haha. Deal!
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Great video! I found your channel recently as I'm moving to Puglia in Feb for a new job! Was apprehensive about it due to lockdown but your videos have me really looking forward to it, it's so beautiful ✨
Thanks for watching! I'm so excited for you. Puglia is the best. You'll love it. The journey here was probably more stressful than actually navigating lockdown. Once you're here, everything will sort itself out! in bocca al lupo!
Wow! Cool. What will you be doing in Puglia? (If I can ask) 🙂
Hello! I think that the device in the kitchen is to remove water from the vegetables
Lo scolapiatti is in EVERY kitchen in Italy, and almost no one owns a dryer because of the favorable climate. That thing is to peel/mash tomatoes for salsa. 😆
Ahh the climate is one of the joys of living here. And YES, wow, making salsa with tomatoes in that machine is definitely going to happen! Thank you!
@@TheQKatie Just double check cause I'm from the North! I saw you used it as a juice extractor and it might as well be one! 😆
Love this video! A great view into both your lives! Thank you for explaining the Italian rules and the need for an oven!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love your channel!...The “covering” If for easily clean the sofa...You just clean the cover, and No, the wash machine is not so often in the kitchen!!!!😂😂 Maybe old apartment in centro storico...And your editing skill is really great...👍🏻Ciao!...
Grazie per questo!
That’s it 4:50 🧳 👜 👛 🧳 🧳😱I have so many clothes I wear! Hats 🎩 boots 👢 🥾 from fancy dance, vintage, 💃🏼 costumes, to outside adventure gear ⚙️. So that’s a scary thought to me.
I’ve been looking at the furniture 🪑 and only two pieces I like but could store or sell majority. But I’m brining my bike 🏍 🚲 helmet ⛑ I think we’d get a container shipped.
I moved into a furnished apartment in Catania and have the same exact dresser and bed! Mondo Convenienza!
Come altri hanno già suggerito: forse Trani è un paesino e con una cultura ancora un po’ “datata”.
Coprire, mobili (divano, poltrone, etc) è una cosa molto da “vecchi” (lo facevano i miei nonni 😊).
Loved the Video! We can totally relate to our Sicilian rental and living a simple life! Best Wishes on your time in Italy ... let’s hope for Giallo soon!!! 💜
Ciao! Thanks for watching. Giallo.. then bianco!
Thank you for what is like I living in Italy.
Hello Katie,sadly renting is not that cheap in italy.
In the south is much more cheaper than the centre or north.
I pay 400 for just a room in tuscany.
Wow so interesting how it changes from place to place. Thanks for watching!
@@TheQKatie consider that in city like milan a room for a student in a share appartment is 550/600
@@stefanocecchini1725 same in Alto Adige/South Tyrol
@@stefanocecchini1725 the same goes for Rome, and not in the most central borough
@@TheQKatie 5 years ago i bought an appartment near milan and i spend your same amount of money for a mortgage loan... btw, it's true you can find a single room for the same amount of money in bigger cities in italy... but of course you can be lucky and decide to move outside big cities... you will not regret this decision
Is that gaget a coffee bean grinder? I am so curious!
ANSWER 9:15 juicer or extractor or blender
That's very similar to Portuguese apartments, especially the kitchen and the bathroom.
Maybe its a southern European thing? We spent a week in Lisbon a couple years ago and we definitely get similar vibes all the time down here in Puglia. Thanks for watching!
Not all of Europe does the washer in the kitchen. Here in Norway e don't. We either keep it in the bathroom or in a laundry room.
Interesting! We had one in the kitchen in London. Maybe its just when space is less? I love this insight about Norway. Thanks for sharing!
In Italy it is not so common having the washing machine in the kitchen. It is usually in the bathroom, or in the laundry/ second bathroom. Probably cause your bathroom is pretty small and there were no other places available, they had to put it in the kitchen..
You're adorable. 😊 I really dig you skowing the bits and pieces of living in Italy.
Thanks for watching!
Haha...Japanese have an automatic bidet for both front and back cleaning, its warmed up and has massaging shower-head and can even play music...😆😆
I am Italian and I love my Bidet but I have to admit that when I came back from Japan I missed Toto washlet ❤️
@@sdresak Yes...tradition is important but upgrades are wonderful inventions. ❤️
Good to see you living your life, Italian style.
Grazie!
I have to cover my sofa but because I have a dog :D And the washing machin is in the kitchen because there is not space in bathroom. Most of the people have it in the bathroom, and if you have 2 bathrooms it will be in the secondary (only used to wash and not the main one).
Have a good day in the sunny south :D Living close to the sea is kinda of healty for my mind... :D
Stay until summer to appreciate sea sunset and if possible this year the traditional feste Patronali.
Can't wait for summer!
@@TheQKatie sorry so much.........so Your job can allow you to move in different country? That's great! Mine not.
@@mariofuccio1168 “Can’t wait for summer!” Significa che non vede l’ora di vedere l’estate, non che non potrà esserci, comunque io non la seguo, ma da quel che ho potuto vedere da questo video (non ho idea del suo reale lavoro, potrebbe essere questo) lei viene supportata da patreon, offrendo contenuti, per questo si può permettere di viaggiare
for 500 per week that's amazing value, here in NZ you're looking at a minimum of $700 for the same space, much more near the sea 🎉
Not an Italian myself, but my nonno certainly was, and he definitely covered his furniture, even here in the States xD I remember visiting my grandparents' house as a kid and there being plastic coverings on the couches and tables lol If I remember correctly, his sister still has coverings on her couches, too, in their childhood home in Sicily, which she still owns and visits annually.
Can you give me some tips as where rent an apartment in Italy ?thank you
only our "grandparents'" generation (mostly in south Italy tbh) would probably still cover the furniture on a daily basis. more prolonged absences from say, a summer home, would still see furniture covering but that is to safeguard the furniture from humidity and the accumulation of dust
Love your apartment 🥰, what’s the correct spelling of the name of your town. Any sea food there
First time viewer. Where is the bombola? What about the skid marks in the toilet? I lived in Aci Trezza for a few years. Ciao
While rent can be cheap, you most likely won't have a kitchen, light fixtures, dishwasher or washer dryer... and when you heat your house, your bill can cost more than your rent! Our bill in Jan. Was $1,000 euro... no Bueno...
Ciao, gli anziani coprono tutto. Visto che affitti forse meglio coprire?
I’m a Canadian/ Italian and in my early days as a kid a remember most of the Italians covered there sofas with plastic covering.. my parents did not but most of friends and family did ... it was kind of weird the summer you would stick to it 😂
LOL! Yeah, all the Italian and Jewish mamas in Long Island, NY in the 1970s used to cover their living room furniture in plastic-form-fitted covers. Man, what a memory!
Found your channel via Instagram. Loved the Italian content. Can't wait to binge your content ✨
Yay! Thank you! Glad you like it. Lots more to come! Looks like you're on your own awesome Italian adventure, too! Any recommendations? Or requests for videos?
That Necchi machine is a juicer I think
You got a very good deal on thet apartment, here in the North it would be much more expensive (though I have a large unfurnished apartment for 260 but it's rare and I lucked out. I'ts also 50 km from the main city of the region).
Where did you lok for places? Immobilitaire?
So excited for this!!!❤️
haha! hope you like it. What do you think of the couch coverings...?
@@TheQKatie I would have never thought of that pattern combo, but now that I see it I really dig the vibe! I love vintage prints.👍
@@nikkifuller8955 Haha I appreciate your kind words. We're not sure if we should replace the or not. Glad you approve!
I would cover my furniture too if I were living in a fully furnished apartment. Then again, I have fitted slipcovers over my furniture at home so I can occasionally wash them. It's all about being able to clean your space.
How did you learn Italian?
you're living in a really turistic town so the oven is not contemplated in the city centre because everybody lives there just for holidays and goes out to eat!
Good point! Thanks for watching!
Hi, I am planning to spend some time in Italy for the time the emigration allows me two stand.. I'm 75years young. I will love to fine a apartment, like the one you're living in, but small, near the city town. Can u pls recommend any rental company. I love your energy and videos. In the 90 I have live in Napoli for 5 years. Also in Spain an US now I am in Argentina but isn't a friendly place to live. 🤗
Great video.
I wondered: Why Trani? So small town among small towns.
How did you find the place?
Clothes line in the window seems too small to do anythhing more than handkerchiefs.
How often to do you leave to go to metropolitan areas?
Why get dual citizenship (or should I want that video).
BTW I did watch the bidet video. I wonder if you take a small duffle bag with your own towels and toilet paper when you leave home and visit restaurants for emergencies.
Many questions answered. Many came to mind.
It gets HOT in the south, so does your apartment have AC? If not, how is that?
In Italy you have the washing in the kitchen if you are poor and don't care, like idk a student on a rent. Normal people usually have it in the bathroom.
hey i just started watching you so this question may not be the first. How long did you take before you can actually be able to speak italian? (daily convo, no need to be fluently)
hmmm good question? A couple months? I was practicing A LOT. I talk about it here: ruclips.net/video/FeYz8sUeFBs/видео.html
@@TheQKatie Grazie mille
Sei un uragano complimenti, you do a great job!!
washing machines can be in the bathroom as well, but there's usually no separate room and this is usually done if you have two bathrooms (so it's not the guest one that has the machine)
Great insight. Thanks for watching!
What a great little apartment!! Very functional for two! Also how “bidet” of Connor to join in the tour! 🚽 🚿 🧼🤪🤪
If I had a quarter for every time he talked about that bidet!!! 😂 Thanks again for joining the Patreon livestream today!! xoxo
Hi! Is the cost including utilities? And how did you find the apartment?
in which italian city is ur apartment
Hi there,
Your video reminded me of when I moved here 15 years ago and things were curious to me as well. The sofa and chairs covered with what seems like random sheets of fabric is actually not as strange as it seems (and I am really hoping the person who commented what "low classes" do, simply made a poor choice of words because that's a midly offensive term to say the least.) Sofa and chair covers are common in the US too I think ours are usually just tailored to fit the furniture. We have fancier sofa and chair covers here ,but sometimes they are expensive and that leads me to my second point. If you spent a lot of money (and a lot of money is obviously relative to your income) you want the furniture to last, thus sofa and chair covers. My mother-in -law survived WW2, was a widow and single mom at 32 and worked as a school janitor to raise 3 kids. She has a cover on all her furniture because every lira she had was precious and things needed to last. I imagine especially in a furnished rental that the owners don't want to have to change the furniture after every renter (because you know all renters aren't necessarily respectful to the property), thus furniture covers.
There are stores that sell those sheets of fabric and they're usually labeled as a "copritutto" o "telo arredo". You can actually fit that giant sheet in the corners, etc., of the sofa/chair and it will look a little less janky.
So tuck that telo arredo in better and it won't seem so odd, I promise.
oh yes, your mystery appliance is a centrifuga (i.e. juicer) if you google "centrifuga necchi" you'll see someone selling one for 35 euro:-)
These are such helpful comments. Grazie Mille!
On the hunt for some copritutto! Thanks for watching!
The washer-machine in the kitchen caught my eyes immediately. Quircky! It is a no-no, at least for me.
Apple monitor??? Assume it wasn't part of the furnishings? Did you bring it from London? If so, how? Or an Italian acquisition? Just curious how it got there as you traveled light to Italy.
FANTASTIC!
Not even my grandmother used to cover furniture :) but it's actually a thing in Italy, mostly for ranted flats, I think....
Katie since you've traveld around here you probably know that you couldn't even look at an apartment like yours in Milan for even double the price. The sale price of my "very" small apartment in MIlan , 20 minutes easy walk from the city center, could but me a nice villa in Puglia and leave me money left over. Perhaps, since you are pretty good at it, you should explain to your followers how different Italy is regionally. Just a thought.
Also @Connor Boals, Bidet demo on point!!
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hahah. He knows his stuff!
Those coverings are soooo granny summer house and I live just a couple hundreds kms south than you guys, still in Puglia so I do have my basic knowledge on that🤣. I'm pretty sure you could find something at IKEA in Bari or online. At my mom's we've got coverings as well for our leather sofas but don't know where she's got them and they oozes kinda granny vibes as well 🤷🏻♂️
Hope you'll be able to thread through these next 3 red zone weeks without going crazy locked at home. Stay safe, stay quirky ( very good Italian BTW just watch out for those plurals such as in "Rimanete strambI" other than that everything's super). You should check the southest part of Puglia soon anyway you'd be amazed.
Aww thank you! Yes, still getting caught on plurals! Can't wait to get south when it's safe!
If you'd need somebody to show you guys around a bit just hit me up, I'd be more than happy, hoping things will get better soon😔
Keep up the great work!
People put coverings on sofas and chairs because they think it's gonna make them last longer... One of the things I cringe the most at... It's more traditional in the South of Italy than in the North where I'm from, I'm lucky my mum never really did it, only if my brothers were coming home from work and sitting with their dirty clothes on the sofa.
The machine it's definitely a centrifugal juicer, works ok with hard fruit and veg, don't bother with soft stuff, you'll get so much waste out of it!
I live in England, Hampshire, and I'm so jealous of the bidet you got lol I lived in 3 different places over the past 8 years and even travelling across the country I never managed to find a place with a bidet.. I had to make do with a glass I fill in on the tap lol You find way around it somehow, but we do definitely use toilet paper first lol
I recently started covering my couch because I don't want to have to wash the cushion covers so often. I'm getting old. This may be the true reason.
Very nice Space!
If you're not sure how long you want to live in that Apartment how long is your Lease? Is it flexible? I've heard that Italian Leases are 4 or 5 years.
We were able to negotiate a flexible one year lease through the firm that's handling my citizenship. I hear that's pretty rare to find a lease so short here! Thanks for watching!
Actually there are different renting lease.. Could be short term ( for students or up to 18 months for workers), or longer terms ( 3 + 2, or 4+4, depending on the renting contract)..
It is definitely normal because living in little Italy in The Bronx. All the Italians did it all the time.
Until recently 500 was a lot of money for an apartment 😂 it still is in the country, although international cities are skyrocketing to northern European levels.
Not bad for a furnished one, and I saw enough ugly furnished flats to say it is ok for that fee.
Hello Katie! I just discovered ur channel and love it. So I want to live in italy for a few months but I’m having a hard time getting a Hold of an agency that can let me know what’s available. Who can I contact? Where do I start ? HELP!
Hint on couch covering? Well, work on the quality/aesthetics of the covering, convert "problem" into play (get different kind/style covering and change often to your liking...
Know Bakery Lula,took a roman maritozzo with very fresh and tasty whipped cream in between.Railway station area,in front of a Chinese store/former Expert.The chocolate bread,€9 for 100 gr.
That's the place! I can't believe I get to call this town home!
@@TheQKatie you did.more than locals.