buongiorno! hey guys what is going on my name
is Amy Amore you also may know me by Tammy Quinn
it is my username on OnlyFans anyway.
so um yeah i hope everyone's summer has been
amazing and really entertaining and not crazy
and overall enjoyable
summer i've been doing some antiquing and getting
into it like i started actually collecting uh
those figurines it's called cherished teddies
because i love teddy bears i used to collect
um the plush plush teddy bears with a year on
their foot um mostly it's right wait no right
foot yeah like with different year and stuff
and every year i would buy a teddy bear with
that current year so i don't know i just love
teddy bears i think it's the russian in me because
we have Bears we have vodka other stuff, but
yeah, and it's called cherished Teddy's figurines
So basically I've been driving to Merle Beach
Charleston Columbia and other states and other
countries I have even been dabbling with eBay
and looking for those figurines because they're
so adorable. So that's how my summer went. And
then for the last week of August, I actually
went back to the UK because one of my favorite
actors, Dylan Moran, he was in a play that was
directed by Ralph Fiennes, who played Voldemort.
He played... oh gosh the chef in the menu the
movie which is actually which was actually filmed
in savannah georgia so where i used to live um
yeah he was pretty friendly even though like
we exchanged a few glances um but uh yeah and
oh my god like i went to this theater in bath
um it is a real name b -a -t -h and it's got
georgian architecture and it's a beautiful city
um and just like every other city you know it's
got lots of tourists um expensive rent and whatnot
and um my last host they actually told me that
uh yeah students are moving in with their parents
because it's so expensive it's beautiful but
it's expensive i'm like yeah i totally get it
we have the same problems in america um so yeah
but anyways um yeah so my trip wasn't amazing
i mean i like visiting uk it's something new
every time um kind of used to the road because
i'm always driving um the freaking roundabouts
but um And people are always friendly. Like,
I have never been in a town in the UK where people
were not friendly. I think, I definitely know
that in Ireland, like somewhere in Ireland is
considered the most friendliest city in the world.
It's like top 10. So, fun facts, fun facts. Yeah,
I've never been going to the beach a few times.
collecting figurines, spending lots of money
on those, and gosh, what else? Oh, set up my
OnlyFans, which I actually talked about last
time, back in June. So yeah, and this year for
my birthday, I actually went to Venice and kind
of walked around. I got there, I only spent there
five days, but... i've pretty much seen everything
but not everything at the same time um you know
i've seen all the touristy destinations and um
stayed in three different airbnbs because you
can't book one for five days apparently so gosh
darn it um but yeah so venice um you know italians
they're generally like i mean the ones that i
met they're friendly they're very passionate
they do talk with their hands um in every restaurant
there's pizza spaghetti um and everybody drinks
uh aperitif um drink that's an alcohol drink
and um campari and uh yeah and i feel i felt
so out of place because everybody was well okay
most people smoke there most people drink and
i'm just like oh my god I'm like really an outsider
with my green hair and, you know, yeah. I mean,
I tried to dress like an Italian girl, which
I think I did well. But yeah, and because Venice,
like you can actually get to Venice by car, but
only at the northern part of an island. Like
the rest is just bridges. And you can get around
the island either by foot. or by water taxi water
taxis you pretty much it's like a big boat you
get on the boat um you have to book a ticket
either in advance or you can pay it in one of
the kiosks and it gets you everywhere it's like
public transport because they don't have cars
in venice so i mean you don't need a car like
you have two feet and there's a lot of wheelchair
accessible um areas so which i thought it was
great uh because i did see a few people in wheelchairs
and they got around just fine so um yeah but
water taxes are pretty cool because it's like
there's breeze in your hair wind and it's hot
but it's beautiful and uh yeah i've really enjoyed
water taxis um and everybody I did not see a
lot of people on their phones. They're, you know,
Italians, they're all about family. They're all
about, you know, family values, friendships,
food. They have slow, like, it's called slow
living, which is, you know, you, like, okay,
in America, you pay for a table. and you have
to like get out at a certain time in italy it's
like you can sit however alone you want honey
because that's europe for you um but yeah i mean
um i went to murano island burano which has a
lot of colorful houses and some of them are not
colorful they're actually gray but it's i mean
They are super cute. I mean there's orange blue
and it's all neon colors. It's really really
cool Murano it's still touristy kind of destination
And it's I actually liked it better because it
was not as busy and I don't know, like the neighborhoods
there kind of reminded me of the neighborhoods
back in Ukraine. Yeah, and I'm like, should I
move here? I should have moved here. But yeah,
and yeah, I mean, Venice is just beautiful. I
actually like two weeks prior to going to Venice,
I studied with Duolingo and it really helped
me out. at least to understand what the heck
Italians were saying because I did I feel like
if you live there in Italy or any other country
for a month you'd be able to catch on to the
language without knowing the language so if that
makes sense but yeah if you are planning to travel
to Italy do it now because but they are I mean
the peak season would be summer and even though
I went at the end of September it was busy as
fuck Sorry, excuse my language. But, like, there's
shit ton of those influencers who look all the
same. They dress the same. They have the same
poses. They take one damn picture for five, ten
freaking minutes. But, yeah. So, I took a selfie.
And I went. And I kept walking with my heaviest
backpack to next destination. Because that's
how you do it. That's the polite thing to do.
That's my opinion, anyway. Yeah, if you are planning
to travel to Venice, make sure you have gel pads
for your feet in case you are planning to wear,
you know, new shoes that I did that and that
was a mistake. Because I have blisters and, yeah,
now I have bruises. So, yay! I'm so damaged.
But, yeah, so make sure to get gel pads for your
feet. comfortable shoes you'll be doing a lot
of walking because on average day i did 15 000
steps that's on average day on the most i think
i almost did 30 000 steps which is a lot but
i loved it because i had pasta in the evening
sometimes i did eat mostly in the evening and
then all that you know all the food babies were
gone by the morning so woohoo um same will go
for guys so um let's see uh yeah comfortable
shoes uh make sure you have cash on you and um
your local bank would be a great place to order
currency i would say week in advance two weeks
in advance um if you are planning to travel to
actually not just italy like any other country
your bank will exchange the foreign currency
there's a small fee but it's not as big as at
the airport so just an fyi um so bring cash with
you euros uh bring comfortable shoes gel pads
bring the most be minimalistic because nobody
like nobody cares if you wear the same outfit
every day like literally nobody will give a shit
because you will not meet the same people twice
maybe i did i did i think in one day but yeah
that's yeah anyways like you don't have to wear
Four different outfits on four different days,
unless it's what you're into. There are luggage
areas where you can store your luggage while
you walk around or wait for the hotel check -in,
Airbnb check -in. I would be wary of that because
I read on Facebook, there's a group called Visit
Venice, where somebody posted that they found
luggage storage in Venice. they went there it
did not exist it was not there and but somebody
did they they did manage to get help with that
so just an fyi i went to venice for five days
with my backpack it was heavy but it was fine
um like i still walked around and so um yeah
um and lots of tourists they instead of having
backpack on their back they had it in the front
and that was way more comfortable So, yeah, if
you are a female, it is super safe to travel
there. Especially, like, you can walk around
at night. I mean, you might get, I mean, I don't
know, I didn't get cackled, but there was a guy
who offered me a beer. He didn't speak English,
I didn't speak Italian, but we understood each
other. However, I had to say, no alcohole, no,
no, no, signora, which is no alcohol, no, no,
sir. because I don't drink. But yeah, but I mean,
I went to airport, I had to go. Okay, so my plane
was at 6 a .m., the departure, right? And I had
to walk an hour from my Airbnb to the place where
Uber would be, because water taxis only start...
um to go from airport to sorry from venice to
the airport at 4 33 in the morning but i had
to be there at 4 a .m because i did not want
to be late for my plane so yeah i basically had
to wake up at midnight and start walking there
at like 2 30 in the morning and i was fine like
i was i was enjoying myself it was cool it was
not as hot like everything everywhere was empty
there were some people walking around but that's
i mean i was curious where the heck were they
walking to like i'm going to the airport why
are they up at such time and it was the weekday
so um yeah but honestly like um i really enjoyed
myself you can literally see all of venice in
a week if not less um and uh yeah you can actually
take water taxi to rome i believe uh but if not
or maybe it's the street name i can't remember
but anyways um go to venice go explore um i didn't
see any flooding so which is good um yeah it
is hot this time of year so wear light clothes
and whatnot and don't don't dress like an american
um Just like an Italian. And try learning a few
phrases before going. Because Italians will love
you more for that. So, yeah. Thank you guys so
much for listening to my little travel audio
thing podcast. Yeah. And my name is Emi Amore.
I will talk to you guys next time.