Great video!!! Very well filmed and we watched it while enjoying a glass of wine. If I had one suggestion it would be to remove your ball cap when indoors. It marks you as a tourist as Europeans do not do this and it may make you vulerable to pick pockets. Having said that you do you. Happy Travels
You guys are my new heroes! I’m in the process of creating a very personalized itinerary of Italy (and Switzerland) and seeing what you guys accomplished made me know I’m most definitely on the right path for us. LOVED the videos of your hiking in the Cinque Terre. Not many who video the trails show the true nature of just how steep and narrow it can get, and seeing that will help me plan accordingly for our time there.
How wonderful! Bring good walking shoes! And yes, it’s steep and you go up A LOT of steps… especially between Manarola and Volastra. Thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching our video! Enjoy your trip!
We each had 1 small suitcase that fit in the overhead compartment on the plane and one backpack for a three-week trip. It makes life so much easier! Especially getting on and off trains! Rick Steve's has an excellent video on packing light - th-cam.com/video/58HdRSTAFec/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching our video!
Looks like you both had a wonderful vacation. Florence is my favorite city, Cinque Terre is a beautiful group of cities and great for a one or two day stay. Lucca recently has become of interest in my Italy property search as it is such a beautiful city and prices are about half of Florence. Venice is great, I have only done day trips to Venice and want to at least spend a night or two there on a future trip. Our last trip in 2018, my friends and I rented Montegufoni Castle outside Florance and used it as our home base for two weeks, it was amazing
Beautiful country and excellent video. Right now we are planning our trip to Italy in March by car from Germany and we will probably include Lucca thanks to this video 😊
@@fiddlerrider2808 thank you. Yes, I will let you know if we are going to Lucca. And…of course…if you are there at the same time we would be happy to meet you. 🤗
I'm so glad to perceive how much you have appreciated your Italian tour. Your venues selection included some very crowded tourist destinations and some others still off the radar or not so popular indeed. I have also perceived a deep and profound interest in classical music and strings in particular ... all in all you're fiddler riders! Greetings from Torino, Roberto
Thank you, Roberto! Yes, I am a classically trained violinist but my professional days are long behind me. The “rider” part comes from my love of bicycling. We LOVE your country and would love to see Turin and that part of Italy soon. Thanks for watching!
@@fiddlerrider2808 @Fiddler Rider Dear Fiddler Rider, thanks for your answer! Should you come to Torino and Piedmont in the future you will not be disappointed! In spite of not being on the bucket list of most of visitors, you will find a great choice of museums (Egyptian Museum, Royal Palaces, Venaria, Cinema Museum and Automotive Museum) and monuments, great food and fantastic wines ...
My husband and I are looking at doing something like your trip. But this time, it will be just 2 of us, doing what we want to do and going where we want to go. Had always traveled in a group in Europe, including Italy in organised tour. I am very inspired by you both. I amazed to read one of your comments on travelling light. Do you know if there are luggage storage at train stations? Do you pre book accommodations online? Jackie.
Wonderful! Thanks for watching! Yes… we pre-book most everything. Gayle loves doing the research and planning months before we go anywhere. Rick Steves has a great video on packing light… easy to find in a search here on TH-cam. What a difference it makes not having to lug around a huge bag everywhere! Yes… trains have luggage storage. But unless you have smaller bags that fit above or under your seat you may not always be able to see your bags. In a big city on a crowded train that wouldn’t be good.
Nice video, we will visit Cremona and Venice this May, saw you guys went for a concert in Venice, May I know where and how to get the ticket? Thank you!
The ensemble we saw and heard was outstanding! Both of us were professional musicians when we were young and found the quality was superb. “Interpreti Veneziana” www.classictic.com/en/interpreti-veneziani-vivaldi-in-venice/12020/ Enjoy!
@@fiddlerrider2808 Thank you very much! I was last year in Varenna on September 13 and 14. September 13 was very hot day, September 14 was a bit rainy, but not cold. People were still swimming in the lake. Then I went to lake Garda, and on September 16 it got really cold there. How was in Manarola in the beginning of October, was it still warm enough?
@@fiddlerrider2808 By the way, how crowded was it in Manarola? I always wanted to visit Cinque Terre, but I don't like when it is very crowded, so can't decide when to go there
On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is full capacity, I'd say it was a 7 or 8. Though by late afternoon and early evening most of them had cleared out. You could really tell when the first train full of people arrived in the morning.
We did. However it’s probably not necessary. Gayle likes to have everything lined up ahead of time so for us, pre-booking trains allowed us to relax and not worry about it.
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Spectacular.
Wow! Thanks!
Real nice video. Brought back great memories.
That’s awesome. Thanks for watching!
Great video!!! Very well filmed and we watched it while enjoying a glass of wine. If I had one suggestion it would be to remove your ball cap when indoors. It marks you as a tourist as Europeans do not do this and it may make you vulerable to pick pockets. Having said that you do you. Happy Travels
Splendid!
Excellent video. Bravo
Thanks! And thanks for watching!
Great tour! Brought back lots of good memories. Nice to know other people travel like with lots of tours, many stops and amazing food🥂
Thanks! That’s why we do the videos… for the memories!
Awesome video! Every place you visited has a unique charm. Thanks for showing us around.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great video! We are going to Italy in a few weeks and really enjoyed all of your tips. 🙌
Have a wonderful time! Thanks for watching our video!
You’re travel videos are great. I love the inclusion of concerts you went to. I wish we had done that when we were there.
Glad you like them! We’re both musicians so whenever we get the chance to take in a good concert, we’re all over it!
You guys are my new heroes! I’m in the process of creating a very personalized itinerary of Italy (and Switzerland) and seeing what you guys accomplished made me know I’m most definitely on the right path for us. LOVED the videos of your hiking in the Cinque Terre. Not many who video the trails show the true nature of just how steep and narrow it can get, and seeing that will help me plan accordingly for our time there.
How wonderful! Bring good walking shoes! And yes, it’s steep and you go up A LOT of steps… especially between Manarola and Volastra. Thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching our video! Enjoy your trip!
Video nicely done. Seems like pretty light packing for a cruise!!
We each had 1 small suitcase that fit in the overhead compartment on the plane and one backpack for a three-week trip. It makes life so much easier! Especially getting on and off trains! Rick Steve's has an excellent video on packing light - th-cam.com/video/58HdRSTAFec/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching our video!
Duomo in Cremona is one of my favorites 😍
Looks like you both had a wonderful vacation. Florence is my favorite city, Cinque Terre is a beautiful group of cities and great for a one or two day stay. Lucca recently has become of interest in my Italy property search as it is such a beautiful city and prices are about half of Florence. Venice is great, I have only done day trips to Venice and want to at least spend a night or two there on a future trip. Our last trip in 2018, my friends and I rented Montegufoni Castle outside Florance and used it as our home base for two weeks, it was amazing
Wow!
Beautiful country and excellent video. Right now we are planning our trip to Italy in March by car from Germany and we will probably include Lucca thanks to this video 😊
That sounds great! Can we come? LOL... DEFINITELY add Lucca to your itinerary and let me know how you like it! Thanks for watching!
@@fiddlerrider2808 thank you. Yes, I will let you know if we are going to Lucca. And…of course…if you are there at the same time we would be happy to meet you. 🤗
The statue of David is a sight to see. I love Florence. We stayed in Baglioni Hotel. Best steak there.
I would go back just for the steak! Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment!
I'm so glad to perceive how much you have appreciated your Italian tour. Your venues selection included some very crowded tourist destinations and some others still off the radar or not so popular indeed. I have also perceived a deep and profound interest in classical music and strings in particular ... all in all you're fiddler riders! Greetings from Torino, Roberto
Thank you, Roberto! Yes, I am a classically trained violinist but my professional days are long behind me. The “rider” part comes from my love of bicycling. We LOVE your country and would love to see Turin and that part of Italy soon. Thanks for watching!
@@fiddlerrider2808 @Fiddler Rider Dear Fiddler Rider, thanks for your answer! Should you come to Torino and Piedmont in the future you will not be disappointed! In spite of not being on the bucket list of most of visitors, you will find a great choice of museums (Egyptian Museum, Royal Palaces, Venaria, Cinema Museum and Automotive Museum) and monuments, great food and fantastic wines ...
@@olditaliantree you had me at “fantastic wines” 😀
My husband and I are looking at doing something like your trip. But this time, it will be just 2 of us, doing what we want to do and going where we want to go. Had always traveled in a group in Europe, including Italy in organised tour. I am very inspired by you both. I amazed to read one of your comments on travelling light. Do you know if there are luggage storage at train stations? Do you pre book accommodations online? Jackie.
Wonderful! Thanks for watching! Yes… we pre-book most everything. Gayle loves doing the research and planning months before we go anywhere. Rick Steves has a great video on packing light… easy to find in a search here on TH-cam. What a difference it makes not having to lug around a huge bag everywhere! Yes… trains have luggage storage. But unless you have smaller bags that fit above or under your seat you may not always be able to see your bags. In a big city on a crowded train that wouldn’t be good.
Nice video, we will visit Cremona and Venice this May, saw you guys went for a concert in Venice, May I know where and how to get the ticket? Thank you!
The ensemble we saw and heard was outstanding! Both of us were professional musicians when we were young and found the quality was superb. “Interpreti Veneziana” www.classictic.com/en/interpreti-veneziani-vivaldi-in-venice/12020/ Enjoy!
Lucca!! dont tell anybody.... keep it on the down low...
LOL. I hear ya. Thanks for watching!
Very nice video. I am wondering what month did you do this trip? It looks warm in Cinque Terre. But in Varenna it looks almost like winter.
Varenna was September 29th and 30th. Manarola was October 3-5. Yeah… it was cold in Varenna.
@@fiddlerrider2808 Thank you very much! I was last year in Varenna on September 13 and 14. September 13 was very hot day, September 14 was a bit rainy, but not cold. People were still swimming in the lake. Then I went to lake Garda, and on September 16 it got really cold there. How was in Manarola in the beginning of October, was it still warm enough?
@@fiddlerrider2808 By the way, how crowded was it in Manarola? I always wanted to visit Cinque Terre, but I don't like when it is very crowded, so can't decide when to go there
@@evgeny_web It was very warm in Manarola. While hiking we peeled down to t-shirts and still was warm. Lots of people swimming in the harbor area.
On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is full capacity, I'd say it was a 7 or 8. Though by late afternoon and early evening most of them had cleared out. You could really tell when the first train full of people arrived in the morning.
would you recommend pre booking train tickets
We did. However it’s probably not necessary. Gayle likes to have everything lined up ahead of time so for us, pre-booking trains allowed us to relax and not worry about it.
@@fiddlerrider2808 thanks for the tip.
Beatiful vacation! Where are you from?
I live between Como and Cremona!
bye 💚🤍❤️
Thanks for watching! We’re from Florida. We had such a great time in your country and can’t wait to come back!