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Ciao, Watchers, we finally made it!

This is the last video in my Italy series.

Now, I've already shown you what I've gotten, what I've done, but now I'm gonna tell you what I've learned. Don't worry,

I'm not gonna summarize my lectures for you. Instead, this is a list of things

I wish I knew before traveling to Italy.

Now, this first thing I actually knew going into this, but I wasn't aware is gonna be as detrimental as it was. Um,

Italy doesn't have peanut butter?

They have a Nutella. Nutella is everywhere, but they don't have one of the main ingredients to a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

So, this is the kind of person that I am, I brought an entire

jar of peanut butter with me and rationed it to myself throughout the month. Even so I came back craving a PB&J. Another thing

I consume a lot of is milk and

Italy does have milk but it's different. I don't have the vocabulary

to describe exactly why it's so different

But it was and it was weird. So, prepare yourself for that.

So, when you go to an Italian restaurant,

they assume that you want the best, so you'll be given bottled water, either individually or as a leader for the whole table.

Just make sure that you clarify that you don't want sparkling water.

I don't know when it became the default

but, if you don't clarify that you want "aqua naturale"

they will give you sparkling water. And let me tell you those two are VERY different.

Okay, last food related thing: alfredo sauce does not exist in actual Italian cuisine.

I found this out and I was SO upset.

I don't know if it's a cultural or a generational difference,

but my group always seemed to be stuck behind an old Italian man smoking. Coming to terms with the amount of smoking

I would encounter on a daily

basis was an adjustment that I had to make.

Friendly reminder that smoking gives you a lung cancer and, if you're going to smoke and/or vape, please do so away from people.

Let me talk to you about Italian bathrooms. Some bathrooms are very nice.

They have developed this handle system where it's just a button on the wall

that you can you know hit with your elbow or press with your foot on the floor and you don't even have to touch the

handle to flush the toilet. It's very nice. I feel like it's very sanitary. Other times...it is a hole in the ground

that doesn't have toilet paper. So, bring a pack of tissues.

Also, depending on your squatting ability, prepare to hold your pants out of the way.

Also, you might be a little outraged if you're ever asked to pay to use a public bathroom. Um,

pay the euro and enjoy the fact that it's a very

clean bathroom. Travelling between countries in Europe - or at least the European Union - is much different than traveling into and out of

said Union. Now, what do I mean by that?

I mean, that I did not have to get my passport stamped when I landed in Italy because I had a layover in

Brussels and that's why they stamped my passport.

So, I now have two stamps from the Brussels Airport, despite only ever spending an hour there, and

none from Italy where I spent the entire month. Not gonna lie, I'm a little salty about it. Y'all. It. Is.

Hot. I knew that it was going to be warmer than my home state of Virginia.

I knew that I would be outside. But still I feel like I was underprepared for how the heat would affect me.

Especially when there was never a guarantee of air conditioning in any given place. Never have I drunk more water in my life and

Nnever again

will I take air conditioning for granted. The next thing that I wish I knew was how

people will come to you in the street and just

touch you. Listen, I'm sure you're familiar with the stories of pickpockets or gypsies, you know, running rampant in places like Italy

but I'm not talking about those people. I'm talking about the people that are attempting to sell you bracelets and

other young people sent out to promote things. It seems that personal space doesn't quite exist.

So, I had a number of people grab either me or friend by the shoulder to get our attention.

By the way, the translation for don't touch me is "non tocharme" and, if they're still pestering you, telling them "basta" or enough

usually gets them to go away. While I was still hopeless in the face of a language that I didn't understand in any capacity,

I was pleased to find that most people I interacted with spoke English.

Okay, so getting around was still a little annoying and I definitely would have floundered if I had gone to Italy by myself.

However,

I'm super happy to report that I was not as lost as I thought I would be, both in reading a menu and in reading

A map. So if you're concerned about a language barrier.

It's not as big as

you think it is. And that's the end of my list. If you want to see more of my Italy videos,

I have a playlist for you right here.

And also don't forget to subscribe to my channel for any other videos that I might make that's it for now. Remember everybody:

Love you all!

Laters!

I came back craving a peanut butter and jelly, oh no, no ah dying battery no no!

For more infomation >> Things I Wish I Knew Before Traveling to Italy | The Italy Vlogs - Duration: 4:52.

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Episode 5 – Part 2 | Luxurious Haveli experience or trip to Cultural museum | Pick your #BucketList - Duration: 9:05.

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Something that's quite tricky..

..is coming up with different personalization..

curating an experience for the same person over and over and over again and

And I kind of just think it'll be fine.

I know she's had a long day because we've been in the dunes..

I so I was just like you know what maybe like an entire day of

luxury would be something that would actually be up her alley

so, as you can see we are at a beautiful place

yeah and you're gonna be slightly confused

..about why I'm probably dressed like this. - Dressed like this.

I think I know why you're dressed like this.

Yeah. I mean, yes. But start with.. Take off your shoes.

I really didn't have anything else to wear..

so I was walking around bare feet and

I was like okay you know what I'm gonna

incorporate that as well maybe she might like that

you know walking around

barefoot it's actually one of the things that I love doing

I just it just I just

feel like it connects me to mother earth so to speak

Dude, I'm a genius. And then you know as we were walking into the hotel we were

given this whole traditional Rajasthani welcome you know where there was a

singing group they were singing Rajasthani folk songs..and you know

you were welcomed with a turban and a garland and some vermilion..

..and I feel like this princess who's walking into her own Haweli..

..at that point of time.

we're walking through you know some really beautiful architecture over here

And suddenly we stopped. That's when Atmaj tells me..

..that you've had a pretty exhausting day.

It's taken a toll on all of us..

..so the experience that he had curated for me..

..was a bit of a luxurious one. you are going to be going to a spa

okay and gonna be relaxing and unwinding.

at the end of a day like yesterday you kind of want some level of pampering

..and you don't realize that you want it until someone does it.

yes! Absolutely.

Right after that obviously you can't just leave it at one thing..

..because you know how it is. One, two, three or it's nothing. - Yeah.

so my second part was basically that I asked him which was one of his best rooms

Holy cow! What?

and then she was like screaming running around jumping in the bed and a

childlike energy which is super cool so I want to let you get all comfortable

and everything but before you do that there's one more thing left

oh my god

beautiful right - This is gorgeous!

the whole even had just become about luxury and pampering and culture and

immersing myself in everything that I loved and needed at that point in time

Once the music stopped I was like, hey, I have one last thing left.

What?

Surprise! I hope you're having a great time. I'm really miss you..

..and I wish you could make it to Jodhpur..

..or I could make it to Jaisalmer or however it works..

..but I really wish I could see you right now.

I know you're killing it in The Calling right now. I hope you win..

it just completed my whole Rajasthan experience because to me Rajasthan means Radhika

because she studies here She's been here for a while..

..and that just sealed the deal. I mean you hit me in the feel.

Come meet me soon coz I miss you. Bye.

That was super cute!

The message from her sister is something I think..

could put me over the edge because she definitely

didn't see that one coming I definitely think that maybe it's if it goes as for

the small things that count in life then I think I've secured that bucket list experience

thanks so much for that because that was just like

I'm giving you a hug.

So after Atmaj's super relaxing experience for Preethi it was my turn and I wanted to

see what I could do to make this Rajasthani puppet show a little bit

different

It had definitely been playing on my mind..

..that none of the experiences I'd curated so far had been selected..

but then I figured you know what let me just you

know take the experience that I think I could do something with and just have

fun with it

you know after my experience at Bangalore I just got the sense that

maybe you know Gaurav doesn't entirely apply himself completely to the whole

personalization aspect of the experience but I'm still you know a little

apprehensive about what this one might look like

You're in a Kurta. - I am Indeed. What's up?

Hi. - Welcome to your cultural experience.

I see this guy. He's in this Kurta. He was wearing an Kurta.

I just thought I'd blend with the vibe of the situation. - Yeah.

I see this hoarding outside and I see the word puppets..

..and I'm like crap, puppets scare the living daylights out of me.

I can't do this I knew it it had freak Preethi out the last time she had

seen one so I had to figure a way out around that right turns out it's not

just a place that houses puppets it's much more than that it actually houses a

lot of ancient Rajasthani traditions there were a few

craftsmen who were actually making the puppets in front of us so it was not

just a puppet museum it was where the art was being harbored nurtured and

created in front of our own eyes so then the show began and we had an array of

performances planned out.

They're doing the nimbura puppet show as well.

What was that like?

Basically the boy loses his lemon and then goes through certain..

Trials. - Trials of life to retrieve his lemon.

by this point I was actually wondering if there was any personalization

..because I didn't even know how long the puppet show would go on for.

"Preethi, Gaurav and Atmaj will get together and play a game."

Okay. Those are our names.

Okay, that's about us. That's about us. That's us on stage.

Are you serious? Wow!

"A car came there. Tour Rajasthan. The puppet show." [ Rajasthani ]

I was expecting to see a puppet show..

..but I did not expect to see the three of us on stage.

So there was a me puppet but there was you puppets.

Before we go forward, what was it wearing?

You should have told me. I would have stitched a quick one.

With what?

What's actually cool for me was to see this guy.

..still pushing through with his art and still believing in it..

..when the whole world has moved forward.

I was pretty happy when the show came to an end..

..but apparently it did not even end there.

It obviously makes sense to play to your strengths, right.

Like I've seen how Atmaj at every turn..

..when he's been curating experiences..

..has been pulling out his fashion guns..

..and so I thought it's about time.

..that I pull out some of my chops as well.

"My name is Preethi." "Preethi ki javani."

"I'm too peppy for you." "Tere hath kabhi na aani."

He had the whole idea behind what he did, the way he designed it..

it and then the me puppets are there dancing and I was like okay I should

never have doubted the personalization because this is amazing

when I saw a pretty light up I felt like you know we put in the effort

..and the cat was in the bag.

I'm really surprised with how much he's done and really not

looking forward to choosing this time it's not gonna be easy

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