93 Italy - North vs. South

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 13 May 2007

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Two of Rick's liveliest friends from Italy explain the regional differences between North and South, compare the loyalties, cuisine, accents, and attitudes of Italy's regions and show us how a common love of good food and soccer unites them. From aristocratic northern business types, to southern families that almost smother travelers with their hospitality, we're contrasting the character you'll find in Italy -- from North to South -- on the next Travel with Rick Steves. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Italy intensifies as you go south. I'm Rick Steves. I always tell people if you like
0:05.4	Italy as far south as Rome, go further south. It gets even better. But if Italy's
0:09.2	getting on your nerves by the time you get to Rome, think twice about going further.
0:13.0	And Italians have strong feelings about their regional differences also.
0:17.0	In fact, the heated rivalry between Northern Italians and Southern Italians
0:21.0	routinely boils over on the soccer field and throughout Italian life.
0:24.8	Today we're having some fun.
0:26.5	I've invited in two of my feistiest Italian friends, each very proud of their region to face
0:31.4	off, debating the relative charms of North versus South.
0:35.0	From the North, we've got Chechilia Botai, who lives in her centuries-old family estate in Umbria.
0:40.2	We stay thin, but we love to eat.
0:43.0	And from the south is sassy, spicy Sicilian Tomasso-Pante.
0:47.0	The people you know in the south are more friendly.
0:50.0	It's Italy, north versus south, with plenty of hand waving along the way.
0:54.4	Get ready for an animated hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steeves.
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1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. I'm Rick
1:15.3	Steve's. This is Travel with Rick Steve's. Today we're going to Italy and
1:18.6	we're going to Italy and we're going to analyze the difference between the
1:20.9	north and the south. And this is something that's always been of interest for me.
1:24.0	Italy, I got to say it's my favorite country.
1:26.0	And for a long time I've always said,
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