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I love these regional trains which stop at all the stations - you get a chance to see more of the local colour . Besides who's in a hurry when you're a holiday. Any attempt to usurp the title of home of pizza will be met with strong opposition from Naples .
Something I woukd do... in fact I'm looking at a wee trip to the Czech Republic. I was supposed to be flying to Berlin tomorrow, but a snap securiy strike at Brandenburg airport put an end to that. At least Ryanair offered a refund.
Rosetta Stone helped me learn broken Italian to get by when I lived and worked in Bologna some 13 odd years ago. Back then it was just a CD ROM how things have evolved
Hi.... Tomorrow I'm going back to my lake of Como... I stay in Glasgow....I love trains too .... I hope to see you In Como soon. Ciao enjoy my country...
Brilliant Scott, loving the longer videos which show more of your trips. Your tongue in cheek humour is also very funny as well. Keep up the great work 👍🙂
Great video as always. Bizarrely, my wife and I ate at that exact same pizza restaurant when we were in Pisa in 2007, the food was superb and the staff were really nice.
Great video as always. We were in Pisa last year when we did our Epic European Adventure, 11 countries in 22 days all by train. You might want to double check your Rosetta Stone link in the description, it does not have your code in the url just xxxx so it goes to a page not found. 👍
I love Italy and Italian trains are some of the best I’ve been on. Most of my trips have been in the North but I’d love to go further south on my next trip. I’m trying to tick off all the remaining Football stadiums used in Italia 90
Great video. I have travelled around Italy by train a long time ago. Trying to pluck up courage to do it again but on my own this time. Thanks for these videos you are for sure encouraging me xx
Scott, I believe ( from the date when you visited, going by the Fiorentina v Lecce football game) what you saw in Livorno was the locals celebrating Livorno being granted city status by Ferdinando I de' Medici back in 1606.
Regional trains don't always stop everywhere, some skip sole stops and the "Regionale Veloce" are like express trains that only do some stops, hence running faster. On an RV, Florence-Pisa takes less than one hour.
Regarding the recycling bins - the Algarve also has bins on the street, colour coded with huge underground containers which are emptied when the streets aren't busy ie no traffic jams. Good idea.
I was in Pisa as part of a big tour around Europe in 1989. I sat on some steps with a view of the Leaning Tower in the evening and had a slice of pizza and a beer. I seem to recall it was warm even though it was in late April.
Italian regional train tickets are not train-bound, unlike their long-distance trains, but i had wondered which ticket you bought. You could also have bought a ticket at the ticket machine or office, valid for 4 hours as well, but the 4-hours validity starts after you stamped your ticket, much more flexible.
Very nice video Scotty! Been to Florence and Pisa but not Livorno. Now I wish my Italian wife and I could have seen Livorno. It seems to be a very interesting and inviting place. In Rome we saw mandarin trees lining the streets but locals said they were no good for eating but just ornamental. Sure looked healthy though. I had a photo taken in Pisa trying to hold up the wonky tower. Felt a proper dill doing it and the photo was a flop anyway. Going back to Rome we saw what appeared to be mountains heavily covered by snow. This was in Summer. Turns out they were mountains of marble. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for your efforts Scott!
This video reminded me of when we caught the train from Florence to Pisa. There was this woman at Florence who was really keen to help us get our luggage onto the train, despite being told politely that we could manage. She was literally pulling our luggage off us and would not take no for an answer. I gave in so she carried my bag onto the train and then, once on board, demanded money. My sisters, who were with me, told me not to pay her as I didn't really want her help - in the end I paid her to just go away. Did you experience any of that whilst in Italy? I have to say though that I thought the Italian railway system is better than ours in the UK - the trains were spacious and fast, oh and they were cheap too! :-)
Hey Scott. If you have any of those Valencia Orange seedlings left, I'd love some. I have an allotment in Pollok Park and could tend to them throughout the summer. Hit me up. Stu
Did the leaning tower in 1976....couldn't get near it as it was unsteady....obviously had one lager to many..they were planning emergency work to shore it up. My Italian wasn't great..said thankyou to somebody..and they said ..prago.. I replied....I'm going..I'm going..no need to be rude..!
Last time I was in Italy which was 1971! You did not have to search for pizza. In Rome central station vendors brought trays of hot pizza slices to the train windows for you to buy. Great video btw. 👍👍 from 🇦🇺
No Pizza Huts or Domino's in Italy, great, you get the genuine article there. It's other European countries like the UK who fall prey to these bloody American frachises. (It happens in Canada, too.) A nice vlog, Scott.
I have the very same Collins Italian dictionary Scott! Mine has not been used too much recently! Italian is a difficult language for English speaking people to grasp I feel, what with objects having a gender...
@@MercenaryPen Of course it's achievable. If it were not there would be non native Italian speaking people! I never said it wasn't achievable, just more difficult than many other languages. And I say that as someone who had lessons from an Italian language tutor for work purposes.
I would personally say Spanish and Italian are the easiest languages to learn for an English person. It helps that both languages are so similar. Many Italian and Spanish speakers can somewhat understand each other without ever having learned the others language.
It's odd that you pre booked a ticket for such a small journey on a regional train. We never bother pre booking for regional trains. It's just not worth it, especially with the limitations like the 4 hour window.
You managed to do a whole video of 28 minutes without one mention of the word Renaissance. It was all about pizza and beer. That Scott must be a record. Not much different to the Charles and Diana visit to Florence whose only remark about the city was the presence of a British ex pat community and of how great it was.
You seem to be horrified by the idea that European countries are independent nation states. Yes, these are totally different countries, and that is always has been and always should be.
It's good that he now has a sponsor. What's better is that the sponser is relevant to the channels content. It just means that this channel is getting more popular, which is good.
@@bubba842 I never mentioned anything about a sponsor 🤷🏻♂️ Besides I now have an AD blocker, although generally I’ll remove it and watch the ads as I believe the creator should get the revenue, but when they get greedy and it spoils the viewing experience, the ad blocker kicks in and unfortunately they lose out. It’s really good tbh 👍🏼
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Good video.
All I can do is second all the lovely comments!
I love these regional trains which stop at all the stations - you get a chance to see more of the local colour . Besides who's in a hurry when you're a holiday. Any attempt to usurp the title of home of pizza will be met with strong opposition from Naples .
Grazie mille Scott! A proper bumper edition there, a great treat for a rainy Sunday afternoon :)
Glad you enjoyed it. Rain out your way? Its just dull and grey over here.
@@PlanesTrainsEverything aye it's a night to stay in researching timetables and flights :)
Something I woukd do... in fact I'm looking at a wee trip to the Czech Republic. I was supposed to be flying to Berlin tomorrow, but a snap securiy strike at Brandenburg airport put an end to that. At least Ryanair offered a refund.
@@PlanesTrainsEverything Ach hard lines mate! Czech sounds awesome though, the one thing for sure you’ll find a cool adventure!
You need to track down your grandfather’s home in Italy!
I am sure 'Fred' would have climbed it!
Che bello sentirti parlare in Italiano. Grazie per averci visitato. Ti aspettiamo a Venezia.
Rosetta Stone helped me learn broken Italian to get by when I lived and worked in Bologna some 13 odd years ago. Back then it was just a CD ROM how things have evolved
6:57 sure you could easily pass for retired Italian footballer fabrizio ravanelli
My secret is out! :-)
Well done speaking Italian! Good for you for making the effort.
You were so lucky to catch that parade...I love little surprises like that...
Hi.... Tomorrow I'm going back to my lake of Como... I stay in Glasgow....I love trains too .... I hope to see you In Como soon. Ciao enjoy my country...
Very interesting! I will be getting a train later this year from Treviso to Venice to Florence to Pisa
Should have had a slice of cake in Pisa...A Pisa cake..
Good stuff scott you got your piece of 🍕 in pisa enjoyed thanks
Livorno looks great 😊. I spent a lot of time in Italy and on the trains. My dad had continental train passes because he worked for British Rail.
Interesting video. Better to just buy the regional tickets from a machine and validate; or via the app at the last minute.
I thought the ‘leaning tower of Pisa’ was world famous? Been there a few times.
It is. I went there in 1989 and while I was,walking up the tower it started to rain (not heavy). I found out that on some ledges there was no barrier.
Amazing video! Thanks for sharing.
Some of the smallest churches I've come across are Greek Orthodox in of all places Greece.
Glad you started getting sponsors, you deserve some cash from all the hard work you out in!
Great to see that you now have a sponsor.
Keep up the good work!!
Brilliant Scott, loving the longer videos which show more of your trips. Your tongue in cheek humour is also very funny as well. Keep up the great work 👍🙂
Great video. You are one of our favourites
Great update Scott , we loved this one , especially the pizza lol ,keep up the good work 👍
Yet another very enjoyable journey Scott I continue to enjoy watching your Vlogs keep up the good work
I ran up that as a child in the 60.s frightened my Mother
Much prefer your longer videos 🎉🎉
Did you get your hands on any palm trees?
Fabulous trip and a good long vlog...well done 👏👏
It certainly leans!
Great video as always Scott. 👍
Great video as always. Bizarrely, my wife and I ate at that exact same pizza restaurant when we were in Pisa in 2007, the food was superb and the staff were really nice.
The amounts of stops on the train makes it sound like the slow train to Thurso and Wick from Inverness!
Great video as always. We were in Pisa last year when we did our Epic European Adventure, 11 countries in 22 days all by train. You might want to double check your Rosetta Stone link in the description, it does not have your code in the url just xxxx so it goes to a page not found. 👍
Thanks you the info. Risetta checked everything, so I'll double check. Thanks for the heads up
I love Italy and Italian trains are some of the best I’ve been on. Most of my trips have been in the North but I’d love to go further south on my next trip. I’m trying to tick off all the remaining Football stadiums used in Italia 90
Scott, really enjoying your videos. Very interesting and entertaining, keep up the great work. You never stop!!
Another great video Scott
what i like about his videos the most is that they arent about politics
Did you visit San Marino whilst you were there
Great video. I have travelled around Italy by train a long time ago. Trying to pluck up courage to do it again but on my own this time. Thanks for these videos you are for sure encouraging me xx
You will have an amazing experience. The new high-speed trains are amazing.
Love your trip reports
Scott, I believe ( from the date when you visited, going by the Fiorentina v Lecce football game) what you saw in Livorno was the locals celebrating Livorno being granted city status by Ferdinando I de' Medici back in 1606.
I watched this one on a Ryanair flight down to Malaga, (downloaded beforehand) really enjoyed it. Great video
Regional trains don't always stop everywhere, some skip sole stops and the "Regionale Veloce" are like express trains that only do some stops, hence running faster. On an RV, Florence-Pisa takes less than one hour.
Congrats on the sponsorship !!
Wow, I loved the tour around some cities, lovely stuff. I'd love to see more touristy and foody stuff like this, as well as the trip 😁
Regarding the recycling bins - the Algarve also has bins on the street, colour coded with huge underground containers which are emptied when the streets aren't busy ie no traffic jams. Good idea.
You looked quite happy eating your pizza. Something I too would like to see is the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
I was in Pisa as part of a big tour around Europe in 1989. I sat on some steps with a view of the Leaning Tower in the evening and had a slice of pizza and a beer. I seem to recall it was warm even though it was in late April.
I saw the leaning tower when I was a kid when we were on holiday there
Yes! Corsica ! If you come here I'll buy you a beer (Pietra, made with chestnut). We do have a train, from Bastia and Calvi to Ajaccio. Lovely!
Italian regional train tickets are not train-bound, unlike their long-distance trains, but i had wondered which ticket you bought. You could also have bought a ticket at the ticket machine or office, valid for 4 hours as well, but the 4-hours validity starts after you stamped your ticket, much more flexible.
great video my wife was surprised to find out that Florence in Italian is Firenze
Turin is Torino.
Milan is Milano.
Rome is Roma.
Very nice video Scotty! Been to Florence and Pisa but not Livorno. Now I wish my Italian wife and I could have seen Livorno. It seems
to be a very interesting and inviting place. In Rome we saw mandarin trees lining the streets but locals said they were no good for
eating but just ornamental. Sure looked healthy though. I had a photo taken in Pisa trying to hold up the wonky tower. Felt a proper
dill doing it and the photo was a flop anyway. Going back to Rome we saw what appeared to be mountains heavily covered by snow.
This was in Summer. Turns out they were mountains of marble. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for your efforts Scott!
Ciao Scott, è sempre un piacere vederti in Italia, sei sempre il benvenuto!🇮🇹🍕🍻
How much are the trains in Italy ???
Well done Scott. You’ve got a good personality and I enjoyed the extended videos. You should do more like this. Gelato moment made me 😂
This video reminded me of when we caught the train from Florence to Pisa. There was this woman at Florence who was really keen to help us get our luggage onto the train, despite being told politely that we could manage. She was literally pulling our luggage off us and would not take no for an answer. I gave in so she carried my bag onto the train and then, once on board, demanded money. My sisters, who were with me, told me not to pay her as I didn't really want her help - in the end I paid her to just go away. Did you experience any of that whilst in Italy? I have to say though that I thought the Italian railway system is better than ours in the UK - the trains were spacious and fast, oh and they were cheap too! :-)
I was in pisa and Florence last August 23 😅😅
Wouldn't mind doing that journey. Maybe in the videos you can say where/when you bought the tickets.
Cant believe,you did not give more time to the Lotus Sunbeam,(Talbot Chrysler)built in Linwood on your home Doorstep
Hey Scott. If you have any of those Valencia Orange seedlings left, I'd love some. I have an allotment in Pollok Park and could tend to them throughout the summer. Hit me up. Stu
God choice about the football match. Riding trains is by far more interesting.
Great video and Livorno looks like a really interesting place❤
Not sure about the vending machine in Pisa 😂😂😂
Did the leaning tower in 1976....couldn't get near it as it was unsteady....obviously had one lager to many..they were planning emergency work to shore it up. My Italian wasn't great..said thankyou to somebody..and they said ..prago.. I replied....I'm going..I'm going..no need to be rude..!
Some of those trains you went on are quite old. Compare to the newer ones. Still what a great video 😊
if the Italian ones are old the English ones are Jurassic!
The Rock and Jazz regional trains we went on last summer were very modern.
Some of the best regional trains I have ever been on
The saga continues
If you apply for Italian citizenship, you can get an Italian passport and unlimited travel in Europe without the Brexit Rules.
Last time I was in Italy which was 1971! You did not have to search for pizza. In Rome central station vendors brought trays of hot pizza slices to the train windows for you to buy. Great video btw. 👍👍 from 🇦🇺
No Pizza Huts or Domino's in Italy, great, you get the genuine article there. It's other European countries like the UK who fall prey to these bloody American frachises. (It happens in Canada, too.) A nice vlog, Scott.
I seen dominos in Milan a few years back
Do they still enforce platform tickets, as you could end up with a hefty fine if challenged by an inspector?
Hope you get the chance to go to Sienna and Bologna
Also Modena if you are on the vacinity of Bologna.
Couldn't you find a full sized ice cream> :)
Italians always eat pizza in the evenings that's why the waiter tried to persuade you
To see Livorno 80+ years on, one can’t see how there was a hellacious battle here in WWII.🇺🇸🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪
They have trams in florence
They don't go into the old town though. They stop at the train station.
I have the very same Collins Italian dictionary Scott! Mine has not been used too much recently! Italian is a difficult language for English speaking people to grasp I feel, what with objects having a gender...
that's no different from French and German, it takes time and practice, but its achievable
@@MercenaryPen Of course it's achievable. If it were not there would be non native Italian speaking people! I never said it wasn't achievable, just more difficult than many other languages. And I say that as someone who had lessons from an Italian language tutor for work purposes.
@@legionnairegonk4425 I used Rosetta Stone around 13yrs ago to get broken Italian to go by so it can be done depending on your level
I would personally say Spanish and Italian are the easiest languages to learn for an English person. It helps that both languages are so similar. Many Italian and Spanish speakers can somewhat understand each other without ever having learned the others language.
0:13 Piazza Savonarola
You got any coach and bus trips in italy
I've been learning Spanish with Duolingo
Can you do a video on Monte Casino?
we went up the tower ourselves n it doesn't feel that bad wen ur in the tower n u hav to b fit lol
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eating pizza with a knife n fork?? nt the normal way 😂😂
Why didn't you grab a ticket and go up?
Pizzas are eaten with hand mate 😅
Did you know that the English name for Livorno is 'Leghorn' ?
It's odd that you pre booked a ticket for such a small journey on a regional train.
We never bother pre booking for regional trains. It's just not worth it, especially with the limitations like the 4 hour window.
So Scot are you not mud larking any more.
You managed to do a whole video of 28 minutes without one mention of the word Renaissance.
It was all about pizza and beer. That Scott must be a record. Not much different to the Charles and Diana visit to Florence whose only remark about the city was the presence of a British ex pat community and of how great it was.
Why have they got a statue of Sylvesta Stallone? 6:10
film in romania pls
Check out his other videos as he has done some Romanian ones
Highly recommend empoli if you wanna do me European stadiums! It’s one of the most ugliest In Europe but it’s great 😂
italys train sations look very romanian
What’s with the tinted windows? Looks hideous.
The Italian summers are quite bright and can be hot!
You seem to be horrified by the idea that European countries are independent nation states. Yes, these are totally different countries, and that is always has been and always should be.
More adverts than ITV
Not for me. i use ABP ad block plus. its brilliant on you tube.
@@onlyme8001 Ahhh thanks for the tip. I’m usually okay with supporting the content creator with ad revenue, but some get greedy and take the P !
It's good that he now has a sponsor.
What's better is that the sponser is relevant to the channels content.
It just means that this channel is getting more popular, which is good.
@@bubba842 I never mentioned anything about a sponsor 🤷🏻♂️
Besides I now have an AD blocker, although generally I’ll remove it and watch the ads as I believe the creator should get the revenue, but when they get greedy and it spoils the viewing experience, the ad blocker kicks in and unfortunately they lose out. It’s really good tbh 👍🏼
I wonder how you pay for all of your travels
He's Elon Musk's accountant.
It's commission from RUclips
He has a full time job and does these videos on the weekends or public holidays