What American Tourists Do That Annoy Italians

What American Tourists Do That Annoy Italians

CH fellow Travelers Mark here with Walter’s world and today we’re here in bar on the pat meranti a fantastic place to visit and meet locals when you’re here in baring and and when you’re traveling around Italy one of the best parts of being in Italy are the people

The thing is though whenever you travel and you want to meet the locals you want to make sure you don’t upset them so what I have on here is few things that tourists do or could do when they’re here in Italy that might upset the locals and I got to start with this

Though in general it is extremely difficult to upset the Italians they are so laid-back they are so chill they’re so cool and they’re so happy about where they live and so proud of Italy they’re pretty much fine with anything so don’t think that you’re really going to get

Too many upset locals but these are just a few things that might might upset them a bit and I’m going to start off with one that I’ve done myself and I didn’t realize what a faux Paul it was until my friend explained it to me and that is if

You’re invited out for dinner with people like as a guest and you pay that is a big affront to them that is a total no no like you will hear about it for months and months and months I’m sorry Nando I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry okay

I’m sorry I didn’t know because that’s one thing is the attal they want to show you a good time that they invite you out to dinner that’s them inviting you out and so then they usually pay but if it’s like a friendly we’re going together

Then we both pay right but it was an invitation and it’s slav somebody’s family don’t try to sneak off and pay the bill because it might lead to some discussions later on okay so that’s one thing I want to say um another thing that I think tourists don’t realize they

Do but it can make a big impact and it might it doesn’t necessarily upset the people but it’s really appreciated is if you don’t try at least a few Italian words don’t just come in like I want this be like Chow I mean literally just Chow which is high or bonjo which is

Good day and then switching to English or German or whatever will go a lot farther than just starting English or starting in German so not not at least trying a few words in Italian I mean come on you know enough Italian just from the labels on you know tomato

Sauces poo which is you’re welcome and all just think about that just try a few things if you don’t that might upset the locals a little bit but you probably wouldn’t notice it it’s more one of those things that they appreciate more than they’re upset by now if you want

Something that might get you upset it might get you in trouble is if you wear the football jersey or the soccer jersey for a rival team in the wrong City now I love lardi okay that’s our team of Venza but you know what we went to Verona

Which is their biggest rival and I made sure that Li and I did not wear any of our lard Roi any of our Venza ccho gear because sometimes you just get a word here or there or sometimes it’s late night it can be there can be issues so

Just know that but I will say if it’s a kid or if you’re obviously a tourist you’ve got like a Milan Jersey cuz they know that that’s the only one that you know tourist know about or Juventus usually going to be okay but do be aware that the ccho the soccer football

Rivalries here are a real deal and if you’re on the wrong side that might get a few people upset now another thing that might upset your local friends when you’re here in Italy is if you say oh the North and the South of Italy are the

Same I’ll tell you right now the north has very definite opinions about the south of Italy and the south of Italy has very definite points and ideas about Northern Italy and there is a little bit of frustration between the two and if you kind of brush that out of the world

And say oh they’re all the same no no no if you’re in the South they’ll be upset if you’re in the north they’ll be upset and if you want to know those differences just ask a local they’ll be glad to share them with you and continuing on with the no differences

Upsetting people kind of motif another thing is tell them there’s no difference between pasta all the pastas are the same so it doesn’t matter what pasta I get with my Bolan or I get with my carbonara or I get with my whatever vong oh it matters and here pasta is a

Regional thing they have the pastas that is for them here you’re going to have oretti little ear pasta that is a thing I hear in bar you actually watch old ladies making them and not so old ladies making it you’re up in the north you might have bigly other places it’s just

Different pasta and different places if you say it’s all the same oh you will get some blowback there because this is very much a regional country with regional foods and Regional pastas so make sure you’re eating whatever the local stuff is to keep on friendly terms with the waiter and whether it’s a

Waiter or it’s a local or someone you meet at a Paro time another thing that might upset locals or not upset them but just make them wonder what’s up with you is if you don’t share things about yourself Italians are gregarious they love to talk they love to meet people I

Mean you can’t not make friends in Italy it’s like impossible not to make friends but they want to know stuff about you and if you kind of hold it in and don’t share things about yourself the times are like what’s up with him why is he talking what is he like introverts are

Going to have a hard time here because Italians really want to know oh where are you going what have you like what did you eat when you were there what do you think about this they are very much a talkie-talkie like let’s all learn about each other kind of thing and

That’s why it’s so fun to make friends here because they want to make friends and if you’re not sharing things that kind of puts them in the wrong light when they look at you now probably the worst thing you can do when you come to Italy is deny their mama or their Nona

The respect that she deserves for being the greatest cook in Italy is if not the world look Italians especially Italian men have a definite opinion about how wonderful their mom’s cooking is and if you do not say that their mom’s cooking is the best you’re probably going to

Have some issues cuz I know my my buddy Nando his mom actually really does make the best bigly canarana the bigly with the duck rag goo sauce that I’ve ever had in my entire life and I’m not just saying that because I have to say that I’m saying because it’s true so don’t

You dare not give respect to Mama or no not that’s grandma by the way because they are excellent cooks and and if you’re not sure how much the Italian men love their their their moms uh don’t look up how far the average Italian man lives from their mom yeah it’s not very

Far and one thing you’ll learn with all those mamas cooking for you and the nonas cooking for you is this look don’t think that all the food here is pasta and pizza cuz that kind of upsets the people like yeah we love our pasta we

Love our pizza but we got great Meats we got great salads we’ve got just great all kinds of stuff when you’re here and you’ll notice that some the pastas you really love and you know you might not see on the menu in the summer because oh

That’s too heavy of a dish we go for lighter Fair like the salads or just having some melanin and ham and prut or whatever so there’s so many different foods here that if you say oh it’s just Pasta and Pizza in Italy that’s all they

Have oh no no that that’s not going to go over well and that’s why is if you’re here and you profess your love for craft macaroni and cheese back in the US or spaghetti and meatballs or pretty much any pasta Alfredo yeah they’ll just look at you and be like you poor

Poor p because here’s the thing spaghetti and meatballs not really a thing in Italy okay cuz meatballs is a meat dish which would come second pasta is a PR Pi a first plate so they’re going to be separated if an Italian saw you putting powdered cheese together to

Make mac and cheese they’d probably die right away going what are you doing so that’s one of those things don’t get me wrong I love my craft mac and cheese but I had that back in the US not now when I’m in Italy but seriously if you if you

Kind of compare it Italian American food or Italian Finnish food or Italian South American food they will they’ll be like yeah that’s nice but we have our real Italian food here so just be aware that sometimes when you bring over some of your Italian authentic Italian dishes

From the US or other places to here they won’t take kindly when you compare them now another thing I think is important this one thing I noticed when I travel around Italy is everyone in Italy dresses really well they all are put together it doesn’t matter if it’s a

Waiter or if it’s a driver or if it’s someone in the museum or just people walking around people dress nicer here they have they just have style whether it’s their hair or or their clothes or their whatever like it’s just a different vibe when it’s here and and if

You come dressed as a slob it’s not that they’re upset by it it’s just that they’re like oh well you know you could try a little more but I will say when I see tourists coming to Italy they do up their game okay notice all my Italy

Videos this year I’m always wearing my colored shirt to look good in right cuz I’m trying to look a little better I mean yes I’m a fat sweaty Pig it is like 90° right now I’m dying but hey I’m at least trying to look nice I got a nice

Pair of pants on too ha so that is one thing and and another thing oh this is one it’s not really like upsetting them it’s just more this should be more like eye rolling stuff is if you ever order a cappuccino or any kind of coffee with

With lots of milk after about 11:00 in the morning the locals are like what are you doing like that’s one of our things if you know it’s a tourist trap restaurant if they have cappuccino on the dinner menu because Italians really don’t put milk in their coffee after

About noon or 11:00 that’s a morning thing okay so if you ask for cappuccino in the afternoon they expect a okay so not really upsetting them but just eye rolling them for sure and then I’ll finish off with this one and this is kind of a serious one is I know when we

Think of Italy a lot of people think of the mafia and stuff like that and one of the things is if you ask people oh are you in the mafia or do you know people in the mafia look if they were or if they knew people they were they’re not

Going to tell you and that puts them in an uncomfortable position which makes you look bad so try not to put them in un comfortable position and don’t ask if they’re in the mafia right so I hope this helps you know a few things you can

Make sure you don’t do to upset your Italian friends when you come here because I’ll be honest with you if you spend any time in Italy you will make friends when you’re here because the people are amazing all right so I’ll say ciao from here in Bari and have a great

Time in Italy

Heading to Italy and don’t want to upset the locals? Well here are the common mistakes that tourists make that really do annoy Italians. From not knowing the right foods to picking the wrong teams to cheer for in Calcio.
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