Lo so che un sacco di italiani stanno guardando questo video.

"digestivo" is just an excuse to drink, it doesn't aid digestion at all... if anything alcohol actually slows everything down because it bears a load on the liver that has to process all the alcohol on top of the food. Really, we just like to drink

The tradition of looking into each other's eyes when touching glasses dates back to medieval times: it was a sign of honesty in making sure that you are offering a drink that does not contain poison The habit of not drinking soft drinks or juices is down to the fact that a swwet drink usually does not agree with the food being served. Temperature Changes: Italy is a complicated place with lots of hills, mountains, seaside etc. Weather is very unpredictable and can change a lot so as a country we tend to be weather focused. And it can happen that on a sunny day in winter you can have +15 or -15 degrees changes from morning to midday to evening.

Cappuccino after 12 o'clock.. "You gonna have some weird looks" True 😂😂😂

Loved the video, felt genuine. About cappuccini. The only true exception to the "before 11AM" rule is estremely cold or rainy afternoons, or late in the evening. It's still not common, and maybe more common in the North where it's colder and more humid (I'm a northener), but It's not as frowned upon as one might expect. Still, It has to be far away from meals. Like, 5pm, cold day, a bit rainy, sunlight is kinda dim, you may have a cappuccino in a bar, while sitting down and warming yourself up, more so of you've been outside in the cold for long. Same goes for a late evening cappuccino. Has to be far away from dinner, and again, usually done when the weather is crap. It's also seen as a "cuddle", like, something sweet and warm to cheer you up. Again, it's not the rule, these are exceptions, and I feel they are so more in the North than in the South or Middle Italy. Keep the videos up, cheers

"non è il freddo, è l'umidità che ti ammazza"

Hi! I'm italian and i didn't know any of the cheers rules, we don't use those in my city so thank you cause this Will help me whenever I’ll decide to travel in differenti cities hahaha

Another weird rule, pedestrian crossings not necessarily meaning cars will stop for you and you have to make sure it is clear before you cross otherwise you can get run over :P

I speak for my own experience (so I don't know about other people) when I say that my grandma won't let me walk barefoot in her house not because she doesn't want my feet to get dirty, but because she doesn't want them to "stain" the floor that she mops twice a day, every day, and polishes every other day, so she wants us to wear slippers, not even our regular shoes because they're gonna leave marks😅😂. In my house, on the other, i usually wear just a pair of socks that I then put in the washer before going to bed. The habit of vacuuming the floor as soon as you finish eating, even if your guests are still there, really changes from person to person and family to family, and how close you are to them: if it's your first time going to that person's house and the host starts to do the dishes or clean everything up, it would be considered kinda rude, almost like they're trying to tell you to leave; if, on the other hand, that person is a family member, they may even ask you to help clean up so that everything can be done quickly and you can enjoy each other's company with everything being set and done. Hope this helps!

As italian i could say that British have the best idiomatic sentence about: "When in Rome do as like roman do" 😅

I'm italian and I can tell you that the kisses on the cheek thing is not for all Italy: in most regions we do it, but not everywhere!

Thanks for posting this information its helpful

I would say for most of us is more a physiological imperative then a cultural habit. I do catch a cold every time i don't dry my hair or walk around without socks, or don't get my clothes off indoor. And i do have stomach pain and worst if i drink cappuccino after lunch (coffee and milk together irritating bowel combination ever). Almost every friend i have is as much as delicate flower. My opinion..habits create habits. Start blow dry your hair long enough and you'll become sensitive to weather changes. Same thing for food. Sorry if someone makes you feel uncomfortable, hope you keep drinking cappuccino whenever you want. And smile about it! thanks for the video!

13:55 in reality it's exactly the opposite ahaha. Usually we like to drink our coffee while we sitting and talking to other people. I think maybe the only time when people drink quickly their coffee, is in the morning because they are in a hurry to go to work or to go to school/university

Great video! I'm italian and it was hilarious listening to you because I was able to identify with pretty much everything you said (expecially the things concerning the consciousness of weather changes :D) Yet, sometimes I do have cappuccino in the afternoon and I looove sitting very long in a bar drinking and chatting with friends... Maybe it's because I'm from the South ahahahah

Nice video, tbh the last part about girls in the gym is weird, I have never heard of that ahah

Very nice. It's all true, especially the part about our obsession with avoiding catching colds/fever/sore throat or neck. It's just remnants of our mamma/nonna upbringing!! The cheek kiss rule is: NOT the very first time, after that it's a matter of vibes, if they're good you can already kiss when leaving that first meeting. Cappuccino "rule": not only in the morning, but it must be far from savory meals, for the reasons you mentioned. No bare feet basically cause tiles are cold and you can catch a cold, but ALSO because you'd bring dirt into your bed sheets.

You forgot that when we cheers 🥂 you must slightly knock the glass on the table before you drink ahahah It’s really untrue that Story about barefoot. It depends on a lot of things and where you from and how you were raised. About the cappuccino consider pizza as example: we don’t consider it as a “breakfast food” for the same way we don’t consider cappuccino something to drink outside breakfast time At bars we usually take quick espresso. It’s our version of taking a take-out cup of coffee

You forgot a crucial part of our culture: the bidet

I'm Italian , but I drink cappuccino at every hour of the day! Just love it too much

I find what you say to be true except for the cheers. I’ve been living here for 30 years and we don’t cheer with every drink we have not do we look at each other in the eye.

🤣🤣 funny video mate!! I hope you are enjoying my country and about drinking cappuccino after 11am it's just an Italian tradition as you said cappuccino is something to drink in the morning for breakfast instead espresso is used to drink all day doesn't matter what time you drink espresso...😎 Greetings from New Zealand!!

About the kisses, in the South, at least in Sicily where I live, when you say hello, you can kiss a person on the chicks, even if you don't know each other. People rarely shake hands, they prefer to kiss, even between man, which usually seems weird for a foreigner.

The reason why usually we don't have cappuccino after 11:00 a. m. is that milk mixed with espresso isn't good for digestion and isn't very healthy after a typical Italian lunch or dinner. Italian food could be very healthy and rich in vitamins and other good things, but only if you respect good combinations and times. Hot milk after a full lunch or dinner makes your digestion too heavy and washes away some substances. And, according to Italian taste, flavors are not good, the mix of flavors for us is simply awful. It's question of how we distribute foods during the day. Anyway the more frenetic rhythm of cities, like Milan and others, produces many exceptions. If we have small dinner and it's a cold day, then sometimes we use to have a cappuccino (or a chocolate) for a break in the afternoon about 5 p. m

Really cute video ! I am an Australian living in Italy and your Video made me giggle especially what you said about Italians have this thing about drying their hair and not getting a cold 🤣🤣 so true , in Italy we are all doctors 🤣 and we love visiting our local GP

As an an Italian I must say that what you're saying is accurate

1) The kissing stuff is much more prominent in the South, as you go northwards it gets watered down. It changes from region to region and it's one of the greatest examples of Italy's regional heterogenity. Anyway, the Romans used it as a greeting and so do many peoples in Europe (even the Dutch!). If touching the other's cheek with your lips or them touching you grosses you out, don't worry, people don't touch each other, it's just a kiss to the air. As a side note, I've never cared about which cheek to kiss the first, but maybe living in Emilia-Romagna is part of the reason why. 2) Yes, we are obsessed with temperature changes and linking cold, colds (idiotic lol), fever and influenza, and it's a remnant of past popular knowledge. You know, usually illnesses show up the most in winters and nearly disappear in summers. The thing about cold hair is linked to it and I think that damp long hair can be quite annoying and I guess a bit heavier, but mostly because it gets you cold overall and still, throwback to us being obsessed with cold, air gushes and neck pain. 3) The thing about wearing shoes at home is not entirely true. It depends on each household, not even on North/South or local/regional traditions. For example, I wear shoes at home, take them off at a friend of mine's and keep them on at all the other friends' places. And even when in Naples visiting some relatives or acquaintances, I do not take them off. I found it a lot in the UK or in the US, tho, because of their moquettes maybe, (in Italy they are just the ultimate source of bacteria and acari, nothing more). 3) The thing about the vacuum is just unbelievable hahaha, that's just OCD. About the bed and not walking barefoot, it would be quite gross to lie down under your warm sheets and feel those little balls of god-knows-what-shit. The floor is the floor afterall, you could clean it how often you want but crumbles, hairs, dead cells and dirt fall on it anyway (cheers to gravity) and you'd just dirty up the bed or the sofa. And this is why nobody would eat on an undone bed. 4) Cappuccino contains milk, which is not a side drink in Italy as it is associated with our (literally) sweet breakfast and with children too. Accompanying it to a dish of pasta or some meat would mess flavours up. Sweet and sour dishes are really a few since Italian cuisines sticks to their separation. This is why you'd never drink juice or coffee during a proper meal and just at merenda, snack. You go either for water or/and wine, or if you like, Cola or Fanta during lunches or dinners. It being associated with breakfast explains why you'd never drink it alone after breakfast time as well. Do you have coffee machines in Australia or is it just you not having it? I don't have it as well but they're hella common here

ahahah you put a smile on my face. You're so true about wet hair hypochondriasis and walking barefoot at home. Next time put a carton of milk on the table at lunch or dinner time and see the reactions of your Italians mates...

As someone who wants to live in Italy one day your channel is so fun! The barefeet in Italy thing is interesting! I'm from the US and in general for me I always walk around with barefeet, but older family members always wanted me to wear slippers only because they worry about getting something in your foot hahaha. like whenever I broke a glass in the kitchen they would say "SEE THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD WEAR shoes" What I do not get at all is people who wear their regular outdoor shoes in the house! Now, with covid maybe less people will do that everywhere.

In Calabria where I live, in the Southern Italy, when you go out with friends you can kiss everyone, also if you don’t know him/her but that person has to be a friend of at least one of your friends... if nobody knows him/her you can just give him a handshake. (remember, only two kisses, neither more nor less, and before with the left cheek and then with the right one)

Hi, Kaija. I'm from Milan, so I know most of the Italian habits and cultural things. Therefore I'd like very much if you could tell more about the Australian ways of life, thinking, and so on. Can you do it? Second: when will you publish your first video all in Italian? (If you have not done it yet).

dear Kaija, I find it strange for Anglo-Saxon culture to underestimate the blow of air. In October I happened to take a bike ride on a suddenly cold day without covering myself sufficiently and I was almost without a voice until January 10th. The blow of air is a damn serious thing.

the main reason why we Italians don't drink cappuccino after breakfast is actually that the adult Italian population tends to suffer from milk intolerance. drinking cappuccino after lunch in full digestion causes unpleasant consequences that I leave to your perspicacity to imagine ...

Whereas is it true that generally speaking here in Italy you drink cappuccino for breakfast at the bar, if you wanna have it at midday nobody looks at you weirdly (as far as you pay for it). I did it many times. Maybe that kind of reaction happened because they wanted to "school" you and you're a girl too so they want to quip. The time when you have a cappuccino is none of everybody's bussiness.

All the rules you say exist, but are really not so important... no need to be embarassed if you break them. Nobody will think you are rude, don't worry

Well, I used to go for the kiss but then I moved to the North. It was confusing and embarassing for me too lol

As anyone who's ever been to Italy knows, rules are merely suggestions in that country. Most people follow them, but that's not everyone.

Hi there! 🤣 i just enjoy watching your video! 😁 I'm Italian and I have some tips for your tips! 🙏 Cheers (cin cin): usually habits like atching each other or "bad luck" change from region to region. Cappuccino: I hate italians that throw a bad look on foreigners for drinking cappuccino all day long... It's rude! 🤷‍♂️ but I have a solution for this, you have to say to the waiter: "hmmmm questo pomeriggio, giuro, ho proprio voglia di cambiare, mi dia un cappuccino, vah! " 😉 none will look bad on you! 😉 Naked feet on the floor (piedi scalzi): I agree with my country (so sorry), so have you ever tried to wear a pair of white socks and walk around your house for just one day? You would find that your socks are grey at the end of the day (clean or not, it only affects the shades of gray)... Matter of facts! 🤷‍♂️ Water on Italy (acqua) : I think that we prefer cold water instead of "icecubed" Water just becouse it's more safe and clean so no one can touch your water! 🤷‍♂️ PD "none can touch my water over me" 😂 Sorry for my English mistakes, and don't be afraid to do mistakes when you are going to come in Italy! 😉 mistakes are funny!

nella colazione italiana non manca quasi mai il caffè e latte o il cappuccino che è un caffè e latte con schiuma, la colazione è latte caffè e biscotti o brioches...cose dolci p.s. ti amo

What do u Think about aperitivo? Apreciate it?

I think you meet the most extremist italians! All those specific rules about cheers isn't a real thing for the most of us and also all that fuzz about catching a cold or dry your hair isn't all that common

Hy. I'm Italian and I was so curious to listen to your description of us. I was thinking that you would make a lot of mistakes about our behave but I was wrong. Just everything you said is correct. We're like this and I hope that you love us. I like your English accent and your Italian accent is almost perfect. Listen to you is strange for me that you go around without wet your hair, in fact, it's so dangerous for your health. I hope that you can come back to Italy, See you soon.

😂 We are sure that if somebody ask for a cappuccino after lunch or dinner are 100% not Italian. It's a rule! 😂 Yes, maybe too much attention for how to dress, weather and something else... Iper protective mums I thought...

From an australian prospective we walk on the roof

The only italian rule I know 'bout cheering is that you've to watch the other people in the eyes...

Hai un ottima pronuncia e anche dei bellissimi occhi se posso permettermi ;)

The greeting with cheek-kissing. Never done it, not even with family and friends if not only for birthdays and specific festivities. The cheers superstitious stuff ... Just silly people think that. And Italy, unfortunately, if full of them. I often wash my hair in the evening and go with wet hair to bed ... but I'm not stylish. I have socks for friends coming over to visit me. I drink cappuccino at any time of the day as I fancy it, never had anybody bothering me about it and I wouldn't give a fudge. I read the newspaper or a book when I get a coffee in a bar. Digestivo is more an excuse to drink alcohol. 😸 I do layers of clothing because it suits my body but I wouldn't bother others about it. Yours is an experience with a group of people in a specific geographical area, don't think that all Italians do that. 😺

more than ''weird'' look it's because with a cappuccino after 11.00 you show off immediately yourself being a ''just landed'' foreigner .

Oh yeah my Italian MIL would have a meltdown when the kids went swimming or had a shower and left their hair wet she would be convinced they'd be dead by morning. 🤣🤣

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U say italy is much older than Australia, but going off the earliest cave painting. Australia 28000bc italy 35000 bc, so its realy not that much older Its more the isolation

once i did shake my hands with an american girl, she said was disappointed because i did not great her with a kiss like all the italian do:) i just said we are not all the same, i'm not going to kiss on the cheek someone who don't knowXD. Anyway with the Covid problem solved, no one even shake the hands anymore, let alone the kiss.

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someone is mocking you about all this cheers 🥂 things and bad luck (?) this is absolutely not true

Capuccino dopo le 12.00???....meglio un prosecco un campari o uno spritz,il capuccino massimo alle 9.00,ma massimo.. Parlo per me naturalmente.

as an Italian I hate all those "bad luck" rules, people here are waaaaay too superstitious. I understand all the ancient meaning and such but please, we are not in the middle ages anymore!

Single men age 75

You are totally welcome to kiss me even on first meet... I wont complain, I promise

Drinking milk with your savoury food, che schifo

Fate un po' come vi pare tanto i problemi dell'Italia sono altri. Buon soggiorno.

Con quelle come te non andiamo sulle guance. Andiamo direttamente sulle labbra.

Siete un po' barbari voi australiani, ma in Italia vi civilizzate.