I'm from the UK, I fell in love with Italy in 1993 when a close friend to my cousins got married there and one of my cousins was his best man. Decided I wanted to go back there to visit as often as I can. Took the plunge and started learning the language in 1996. Visited the place maybe 20 times; From north to South. I love the restaurant life and the variety of food, and the family culture; small things, like when you go into the square on evenings or weekends, you'll see EVERY generation just hanging out... Funnily enough, being somewhat immersed in that culture really opened my eyes to my own cultures (West Indian and British) in a way that I was sort of blind to before I started to observe the differences in cultures.

I spent 2 years in Germany in the Army and travelled Europe, including Italy. I live in Mexico now, but lived in CA for over 30 years. It’s a big world and you should see as much as you can!

San Francisco fan girl loves your Italy walking tour!

Glad to see you all appreciated the quality of the food all so fresh not a preservative in sight. The cost of living is so much more cost-effective and everything is so fresh .

Wow! Day 5 already..... this makes me realize that even OTHER PEOPLE'S vacations go by super fast!!

All those wonderful memories to share forever with your beautiful family when you are back home! Smart time to go to Europe with a good dollar exchange. I booked Med cruises on dollar ships when the Euro was strong. It was a good value then back when 100 dollars would only get you 70 Euros. The cruises offered great sales and everything on the ship was in dollars with food and entertainment included. I am guilty of not making homemade pasta. The first time my husband had fresh pasta was in Rome. He thought he went to heaven. I ordered a bolognese sauce at a restaurant and he decided to have the same. Now, it is his absolute favorite dish. Yes...all those memories about your trip and all the family with whom to share them!

I'm enjoying this series so much. They take me back to my only visit to Italy, too long ago😪. I spent a couple weeks in Florence with side trips to Siena and the countryside, and one in Torino/Turin. Turin then and still I suppose was often compared to Detroit (Fiat production is hq'd there, Alfa Romeo, Maserati) but there is much more to it than that. It's a short drive into the Piedmont hills and their little towns. Lovely. Thanks for posting all this. Also, your music choices on some have been fantastic.

Happy to see you all together traveling and enjoying the world. Thank you for sharing your adventure.

Everything looks so clean, there you go making me hungry again 😂, the weather looks fantastic. What wonderful memories your making !

I enjoying your Italy trip so much. Your family is awesome!

I very much enjoyed meeting your extended family and joining you on your travel experience ... thankyou. I have traveled and lived around the world from China to the Middle East and from Russia to Africa and loved every experience ... even the nasty scary ones. Obviously this one trip has opened your eyes to a new world of which I doubt you will be able to close. Best wishes on your adventure(s).

Oh, you guys are really there!! I did not click on these because I thought were just showing videos of Italy. Wow, it looks like even their Mc Donald's is classy. I heard that Europe was clean. It looks so true.

Love these 🇮🇹 vlogs. I hope to one day visit there to see where my grandmother’s family lived(southern Italy-Catanzaro, Calabria). Have fun! 🎉

Thanks Jamal for taking us along on your vacation……we’re having a great time with ya

Have a great time in Italy 🇮🇹 Jamal.

Glad to see you take a chill day. As someone who love to travel, including in Italy, the best path to discovery is often the path not planned. On my first trip to Rome with my wife, who was born in Southern Italy, we only had a couple of days before visiting her family, so we saw a few sights but also set aside time to walk and wander. As we were strolling with no planned destination, my wife pointed ahead and said, "Oh my God. That's Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon!" Turns out they were filming The Talented Mr. Ripley. We paused to watch. It was the scene where Paltrow's character is eating on a table outside a restaurant near the Spanish Steps (but was set up in an entirely different location) while Damon's character is on a moped. Have a great time, Jamal!

While watching this, my hunger grew three times the size 😂. Love the chill day! 🧊

Hello beautiful family! I've been having such fun coming along with you. The food has been very delicious! You all look so happy and relaxed! Carry on with your magnificent vacation Jamel!

Have a awesome time in Italy. That's my dream trip stay safe

Love Italy & it’s only about 2-3 hours for me flying from the U.K. so I guess I’m spoilt that way but the USA is 10+ hours as I have to go via somewhere from Birmingham. The places we get direct from Birmingham is India, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Doha and then onward to Asia from there. Love to see wheee you go next as Italy and even Rome itself has far to many place to pack into a 3 month holiday never mind 3 weeks !!!

Orange Fanta in Italy does not have the orange food coloring and chemicals that are put in American Fanta.

Walking is the basic exercise you can do... and you can do it anywhere. And at the moment you give up walking by yourself, you will never get better. That's why I am trying to walk as much as possible.

Thanks for continuing to let us tag along with you on this fabulous journey. Thanks especially for taking us to the grocery store. One of my favorite things to do when traveling internationally is to go into grocery stores and the local equivalent of a dime store. It’s fun to see what’s similar to back home and what’s different (different brands, different flavors-one of my favorite discoveries in Italy was apple yogurt, but it wasn’t like “apple pie” flavored, it was green apple flavored. I loved that stuff. Never seen it in the states). I think that kind of “everyday” shopping gives a peek into the lives of local residents. :)

My city Jamel, I'm living in Roma. nice to see you walking around in my city. Now you have to react to the Maneskin, they are Romans. Ciao

I went to Italy years ago, broke and staying in hostels. I hope to go back again and visit my Great-Grandpa's birthplace (near Pesaro). I love the history of the place--it's insane to realize how ancient the buildings are! Wondering where you are off to next

So happy to know you and the fam are having such a good time🎉❤ ! Continue to enjoy , will be wondering to hear what you liked the most when you’re back home and settled 🇭🇺🍕🥰❤️

Try “San Carlo 1936 Chips” classic Italian chips👌🏻Enjoy your time in Italy Ciao!.Appreciate you try local food, this is the way to travel and knowing other cultures…

I mentioned it is considerably cheaper for housing in Italy with some of the places offering almost nothing for you to buy and renovate. Not to mention even the places that I saw were 4-7 acres with pools etc and renovated homes ridiculously priced compared to here. I'll see if I can find the real estate Vlog the British Agent has showing the homes and apartments. I'm pretty sure the lower food prices are a result of not having for everyone in US to have to play CYA so you can pay for medical, would be my guess. And thus the cost is passed on to us. Fact: Italy the government under the last President instituted a country wide program of dirt cheap loans, free in some cases, others were large tax credits etc. But they mandated complete retrofit of all possible items to lower energy costs for heating and cooling involving solar panels, wind turbines, insulation, water saving toilets if not composting, double if not triple pane windows and doors and any and all energy conserving heating and cooling options for homes, apartments and buildings in general. At the end of their first year the CO2 footprint for the country was lower than the output of CO2 for the last 20 yrs. Which is incredible.

Hey, I love me a nice cold Coke too! also love how your family appreciates each other and everything is so cohesive and calm. What a beautiful family you have Jamel, your wife is just so lovely! ❤

I love Italy 🇮🇹 maybe next time you come to Ireland, 🇮🇪 have a wonderful time enjoy! Try cheese and onion walkers!! Yumm

A lot of Americans have trouble buying clothes and things like shoes even in Italy. Italians are just built differently. Clothes exported are cut to a different measure than those for the domestic market. Snack choices are very limited compared to the U.S. as well, which helps keep them slim, along with the walking.

Oh my gosh!!!! So happy for you guys!!!!!! You Rock!!!✌️

Thanks so much for sharing your life J!

Very good for you to take a chill day because that is what you need to do in order to explore on your own and see what you may have missed, like I had now idea about that Chicken Big Mac! I guess I can try to special order that here I am inspired to give it a try no matter how it much it will cost me, Let's see if they will make it for me! That other burger place looked impressive! The only difference is that we made sure we ate food that did not resemble anything we already eat in America, we ate food that was indigenous to Italy first, I'm glad you enjoyed your food at the Old Wild West! The Euro must have taken a dive and the U.S. dollar appears stronger now based on your shopping experience in that market; very interesting to see that. Your meals at the end of this video looks amazingly delicious too; savor each bite you take! Thank you for posting this video, I am enjoying this journey you're taking, Looking forward to more! ☮💕

You're having great weather and the forecast is for above normal temps through the end of November. Don't forget to turn back the clock tonight before bed.

Chicken Big Mac!!!!! Wow! 😂😂 Yes I remember the supermarkets being really good prices (I lived in Italy for 3 months in 1999) I think (if I remember right) not many Italians shop in a supermarket but prefer little shops like a bakery, a butcher, a shop that just sells cheese etc for the quality of the food. I think it was around October time when I visited Rome & it still being warm, like t-shirt weather. But in Venice it was a lot colder because it's on the north east coast, if you are going to be visiting there as well. I was in Padova near Venice from mid September to mid December in 1999. I hope the travel bug has caught you Jamel & you might end up visiting the uk one day 😁😁

Thanks for sharing! To add to the experience, and as a reaction suggestion, a couple of my favorite Italian singers are Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti, and Roco Granata. Keep having fun! Glad you got your chips!

What an exciting adventure for you! I can't travel for health reasons, but I hope you don't mind if I follow along! That was a great picture of your family. How in the world did you eat all that good looking food! Of course you will probably walk all those calories off looking at beautiful Italy.

Italy blew my mind.

I am enjoying your travels. Thanks for sharing.

I look forward to these Vlogs daily now! Such pure enjoyment. Those chuckwagon seats haha. Glad you found your chips..can't wait to see where to next!

Thank you for taking us with through your trip to Italy. The food looks amazing and delicious.

Love these vlogs.

Have a good time relaxing today. Be safe

A lot of different sandwiches from All'Antico Vinaio while you're in Rome is a must! Also, square pieces of those long bakery pizzas... 😜✌

Oh that’s definitely my idea of a fun time! Eating and SHOPPING! 😁 Are there a lot of Leather stores there? Purses and all? (Love purses and a good, strong smelling leather one.😍I’d be in hog Heaven for sure! And for sho nuff broke! Lol. Is there clothing and things like that also cheaper like a lot of the food ?? And y’all ALWAYS know how to eat! YUMMY!!! Making me hungry-🤣 Those cheap price comparisons, the unbelievable difference compared to US...Again, so great seeing a great family having such a wonderful time- 💜✨👍

You have a wonderful family.

It looks really nice and so good you all are having a great time 🤗. I hope you get to travel to some of the countryside. I have been to Ireland and Germany and both places were beautiful. I wanted to stay 😊😊. Continue to enjoy and be safe 🤗.

Beautiful!!! Enjoy and chill!

So much food! Love your Italy Vlogs!

Good to see you out and about. Thanks for the tour.

I'm glad your having a great time. The food looks fantastic 😋

I really like how you and the family enjoy yourselfs

Good Morning Jamel!! Another great vlog thanks for sharing and I'm glad u found your chips🤭😂

That food looks SO good. I should also start using a spoon to pour on my Parmesan cheese. I just shake a ton of cheese onto my food. LOL

Your comment about the trash cans reminded me of when I took my friend to Italy and he noticed the garbage trucks--basically miniaturized versions of the trash trucks in the US!

lovely the way they use the Italian colours in their tagging

It's great to see your smiling faces...Bongiorno my friend

Always bringing it with the amazing looking and I'm sure delicious foods. I love you, man.

It’s so weird walking into the imported wine section of the grocery store to find familiar California wine there! Enjoy!

Beautiful Italy. Good video.

We are enjoying y'alls trip!

Jamel, I know you said your still getting used to not giving tips but you also realise the sales tax has already been added into the price of the items you purchase. Not like back home where you buy something and then have to pay the sales tax on top. All the amazing food you've been eating is what we all should be on. Thats the Mediterranean Diet which all the health docters say is so good for us. It's just all so fresh. If you should get the chance it would be interesting to see how a Big Mac compare's to one in L.A. Cheers, Chris Perry.

Welcome to Europe! At the moment it is very cheap for Americans so enjoy! Saludos from Spain!

Hey Brother LOV'N IT and can't say thanks enough for taking us along... I got some Music for you and the Girls.... I'll post it Later....

That Old West restaurant looks so good...wish they had that here :)

Enjoy your trip. Well deserved rest.

Enjoy, I doubt you would want to stay out there. It’s great visiting tho.

MILAN is where the style is 😎

The color is different because they have strict laws against chemicals in food and drink products. Enjoy.

Idk if it's the same in every country but years ago in Canada for one can of soda was $5. Idk if it changed if it lowered or raised that was the price back in 2010.

Greetings from Eagle River Wisconsin 👍

Ciao Jamel,Sono Felice Che Sei in Italia...Ti Auguro una Bellissima Vacanza da Noi😊🤗😁❤👍

Make sure you carry your receipt when you buy something. They take tax paying very series. Enjoy Italy it is very beautiful there and lots of historical places to see.

DId you go to Pompei? If not, I think it was the most amazing place we went on our trip next to the Vatican. thanks for sharing Jamel

CHEERS from Colorado! 🍻

So happy for you guys.... my wife and I are following the trip and now... we just have to go out to eat something.....

I've been gone awhileI I'm still waiting for more music reactions. I was hopeing you had rectified the youtube problems. Oh well' I just don't get the food in a foreighn country thing. I'll check back in a month or so.

Holy frijole, this man is too damn good

fanta is different cause US use artificial coloring and flavors, outside US real orange juice is used.

I miss living in Italy!!

Happy vacation to you guys, have fun.

Grande Jamel.🤘🏽🔥saluti da Milano

Have you been recognized? I’m sure you have some Italian fans. Wear one of your shirts 😊

Awww! I wish i had of known you were at Aura. It's just down the road for me. I would of came to get a selfie and an autograph from you 😊

Getting hungry again, watching this.

It's been 10 years, but last time I was in Europe, they mix pork in with beef for burgers, a slightly different taste, but great, so moist. YOU are too tall for Europe! Nice dinner!

I am surprised that you find Rome cheap because I thought that it was expensive. I am from the UK.

When you said you were going to go clothes shopping, I thought this will be interesting. They don't tend to cater much to 6'5" heavy built guys in Italy. Just do laundry at the Air BnB

Heh, I freaked out when served a Fanta in Italy, what, not orange!?! Tastes good though.

Ladies, make him take you to Sorrento 😁 There's a small, family-run shop where they make cameos, Bimonte Sorrento, tell Christian that Liz and Mike said hi 😉 Our guide in Pompeii and Herculaneum turned us on to them. Liz bought just over 1k Euros in cameos there, you'll love it 🙂

Bellissimi🤗

Sei nella Mia Citta'...Roma🤗😊👍

Thanks so much for sharing your amazing adventure! Did you ever find the clothes you wanted? And have you tried any pizza there? ❤ from SoCal😊

The prices are lower than in the US, yepp. But don't forget the salaries are also much lower.. Hmm Your burger seems to be good ✌️

Here's to new adventures! Also am I the DLXXXIIIrd caller??

Vai in Fontana di Trevi e' Getta una Monetina...Porta Fortuna 😊👍🤗

First have fun brother

You are truly citizen reporter.

Happy Ognissanti!