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- Hey,
Welcome to La Toscana.
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- [Ale] We've been in Italy for a week.
What do you think about the food?
- I think it's very, very delicious.
- So, Kristina being Lithuanian,
you know in Lithuania, sandwich is not such a big thing.
Probably these days it changed a lot,
but when you come here to Firenze for example,
sandwich is everywhere.
- Yeah, and we just had, like, almost
half a meter sandwich, combined.
- [Ale] Ice cream is incredibly popular.
- [Kris] So, for me, heavy flavors, it's a bit hard.
For example, you prefer chocolate,
gianduia. - Everything, in that order.
- To me, it's kind of dessert, like a proper dessert.
For me, ice cream is to enjoy, something more light.
- So, that's the reason you try avocado ice cream?
(Ale laughs)
- [Kris] I try avocado because I had to try something new.
One time experience.
- Good- - Delicious, delicious.
- [Ale] Gelato is so good.
(in Italian: I love it so much!)
We're in Michelangelo now, it's like a very popular square,
and we're gonna try to do the time lapse.
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On my back, San Gimignano.
We found this particular spot that we thought,
"Nah, no one's gonna find this away from the city."
And, it's actually not.
We have a lot of people around.
One important tip,
if you come to San Gimignano, it's absolutely stunning.
So, you should definitely come,
but you need to know this is packed.
Most of the tourists they do a day trip,
they come at 11, they leave at 5 PM.
If you wanna enjoy the city, wake up early,
or wait till the sunset comes,
and that's gonna be your best chance.
In the meantime, you might think you found key spots,
secret sports, but somebody will come, at some point.
And, this is just happening to us.
We came here to do time lapse, to fly the drone.
So, you can see the whole city from the sky,
but, 5 or 10 minutes later, we have company.
You need to deal with this,
because 3 million people come every year.
Okay, so another important thing to say,
they have here the cypress trees,
but I need the expert.
- Expert is here.
(laughing)
- Okay. Tell us about the cypress tree.
- [Kris] So, apparently this cypress tree
has a very strong connection with the locals,
because it represents the ground and the sky,
it's kind of in the middle.
It's a symbol of luck,
and every household has at least one tree planted,
close to the house.
It's very common to plant it by the entrance.
And, as a cross as well.
- [Ale] Now, we go to try the best ice cream in the world.
The best ice cream shop-
- In the world.
- [Ale] That's what they say.
I'm having, I think it's nocciola, which is hazelnut.
And then, the other one
is a mix of white chocolate and dark chocolate, and Nutella.
I don't know, it's crazy.
And you?
- [Kris] Yeah, and I have a salted caramel.
So, the lady gave us to try all the ice creams we wanted.
And, I'm having tiramisu,
since I'm in Italy.
I cannot have tiramisu out of Italy, and salted caramel.
We had very light breakfast.
Thanks, God.
- Yeah.
- So this is kind of a cherry on top.
- We just finished breakfast, but guess what?
We wanted to pay, and the lady told us,
"No, it's free for you."
- I'm so happy, I offer you."
- Wow.
- This is the best ice cream shop in the world,
and the best service in the world.
- Amazing.
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Okay.
So, I'm not a big fan of pastries, bakeries, and all that.
I'm a little bit forced, because of Kristina,
and the moment I start, I don't stop.
That's the problem.
So, we went to this place, which was fantastic.
(in Italian: thank you so much! You're welcome)
I don't like croissants, again, but Kristina loved it.
What I liked the most, was this tart,
to me it looked like a cheesecake.
- Yeah, but very beautiful.
It made very light, not too heavy.
Even the crust was,
you know, very crumbly and nice.
Really, very well made.
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- I think you will have another gelato now.
- Okay. If you insist.
This is the other best ice cream in the world.
They won the Gelato World Champion Competition,
a few times.
The problem with this one is we came too late.
You need at least 15 minutes to queue up.
But, we're gonna try it one more time.
Gelato, probably the last one, in Tuscany.
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We came all the way to Montepulciano,
in Tuscany region at Tolscana.
So, Montepulciano is the land of wine.
And, if you don't believe me, see that.
Smelling wine, this means we are in the right place.
It's closed.
We need to find a new one, not a problem.
Land of land of land of wine.
Welcome, Montepulciano, Nobile Wine.
I was excited to do the tour in the Cantina De'Ricci,
but it was closed.
I like every wine.
So, for me, it's very difficult to say which one is better.
All right, we're in Pienza right now.
Five minutes away from the whole town.
We made a quick stop here, behind me,
we have one of the Gladiator locations.
How's the wine in this region?
I can only say, incredibly tasty,
everywhere I try in Tuscany so far,
but the most important thing:
the scenery here, the landscape.
Wow.
So, our Tour Guide, Luca, he's from this region in Tuscany.
And he was telling us, I never eat pork,
or any type of poultry, in a restaurant
because I dunno what they do with them.
And, I grew up growing these animals.
As you can see, in this region, a lot of people living here,
their own business is wine, growing animals,
eating their own food, vegetables, everything.
That's what they do.
That's why they live longer.
All right, so this is the town of Pecorino cheese.
Can't believe how many shops they have Pecorino cheese here.
(speaking in a foreign language)
- This is super interesting.
We have Kristina, and our friend, Paula,
speaking Spanish, practicing my mother tongue.
Italian, Lithuanian, speaking Spanish.
(in Spanish: Paula where can they find you?)
What's interesting for me,
is that you guys were practicing Spanish.
Italian, Romanian, Lithuanian, speaking my mother tongue.
And perfectly actually.
- Yeah,
I just, I cannot believe
she learned just from the soap operas.
(speaking in a foreign language)
- Old telenovelas, from the 90s or early 2000s
with Natalia Oreiro, and that's it.
That's how they learn.
- Yeah. But, the trick is
we hear both, Spanish and our language.
So, you don't kind of silent the original one.
That's the difference,
and that helps a lot.
- [Ale] I think somebody wants to buy everything here.
- [Kris] It is from mother Italy.
I was really debating what to buy,
but I went for a small one,
but the smell, it's undescribable.
It's amazing.
- Now, we are in another spot for the Gladiator movie.
There's so many different spots here.
I honestly don't recognize most of them.
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This place is mesmerizing.
I can really see why they filmed the Gladiator here.
This valley, wow.
I'm speechless.
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Thanks so much for watching.
And as always, see you next week.