This taxi driver, who got me from the hill town of Assisi to its valley-floor train station with six minutes or so to spare for my train, is a huge Seattle Supersonics fan. I can’t bear to tell him that the Sonics were sold a long time ago.
If you can’t see the video below, watch it on YouTube.
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When in Italy it always feels great to be an American. I feel like Italians just admire our whole country. They always seem to try and pick your brains when you are there. I have practically planned a whole vacation for their August holiday! Where to go what to do. That is it maybe when need a reverse Rick Steves in Italy!
The Italians do seem to love America. However, years ago when I was on a flight from Rome to the U.S.A. which was packed with Italians, there was almost a riot as they got their first taste of the insipid American coffee.
his wife teaches pilates
Thanks for the video clips Rick – keep them coming!
I love these little RickCam bits, the casual filming of down time. I worked for an Italian owned company and the one thing the Italians asked for from home was coffee. I worked 3rd shift and we always had espressos.
We are in Tuscany – where are you going next Steve?
I am curious about the folks who refer to Rick as Steve. Where does that come from?
Steve is Rick`s conservative alter ego.
Of course. Steve Ricks, I forgot.
The near-riot on the plane was probably due to crappy coffee, period, not “American coffee”. Everyone knows coffee and Italy go hand in hand, but lesser known is that America is one of the top countries in the world in which you can get a consistently outstanding cup of coffee without much trouble. Love these videos, Rick!!
Steevn, that`s true now, but forty years ago (when this incident occurred) that was definitely not the case.
LOL, fair enough. The rest of the world perfected tea drinking, we perfected coffee drinking. I`ll take the bean any day.