A Day in the Historic Port City of Messina, Sicily
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- In this episode, we spend a day in the historic port city of Messina, Sicily! We try to track down a deep-fried mozzarella sandwich called a Rustici - but will we find it?? We climb to the top of the clock tower which houses the biggest and most complex mechanical and astronomical clock in the world, and hit the city streets to discover what this Sicilian city has to offer!
Messina is known as the door of Sicily and a crucial port and gateway to the Mediterranean sea and Italy. It is the 3rd largest city in Sicily and a cruise port in the province of Messina, Italy. Devastated by major earthquakes as well as bombings in World War 2, Messina is an ancient city with a very modern touch, as most of the buildings and structures have been rebuilt in the last 100 years.
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"Rustici" usually refers to some street food that you can find in a rosticceria or panetteria. It is a generic term for that kind of food. What you were looking for is called "mozzarella in carrozza" (lit. mozzarella in a wagon")
Ahhh thank you so much for that explanation! We are still determined to find it, so your answer really helps! 🤗
my grandfather came from messina to the usa as a child in 1920. sicily is in my blood. hello from the usa!
That is awesome, I’m sure he must have a crazy story! 🙌🏽 Have you ever visited Messina? Where in the USA did your grandfather end up settling? 😅
@@TheGlobalExpats unfortunately my grandfather died before i was born. he ended up settling and living in New York. which our family moved from New York to Arizona in 1972. and that is where i reside now. i have never visited Messina but i would LOVE to. that's where my roots go back to. God bless you and thank you for the vids!
THAT astronomical clock though! WoW! I'm going to go for that reason.
It is incredibly impressive and advanced for its age! It is definitely worth checking out if you’re in Messina 😅🇮🇹
Thank you for being in our beautiful town (I am from Messina). Some people use to think that we have not much; instead I can surely say that my town is a quite nice place. I also hope that citizens were friendly as they always are (that is one of the reasons why Sicilian people are famous in all the world).
I hope you would come back again if you can.
Although you didn't eat our tipical "Mozzarella in carrozza" (what you called "fried mozzarella"), I hope you enjoyed our city and, as a matter of fact, I am sorry you couldn't visit more places and monuments...we really have a quite number of it in our city.
Nice video anf Thank you again :)
Fabio.
Hi! I'm from India. I want to know more about Messina.
hey! i'm going to study in messina this year and if you have an instagram account i would really appreciate if you give me some tips about messina or maybe we can just talk about anything😊
Hi fabio, is it safe to wear an inter jersey in messina?
Can you give the tip where to eat Mozzarella in carrozza?
Oh how right u are!!
I have family from Messina and it’s their last name. I’m from a different city but what we all have in common is our kindness bless u Amore
I was born in Messina, I’ve lived ther for 21 years. Rustici is a category of street food: arancini, mozzarella in carrozza (the deep fried mozzarella sandwich), san daniele, cartocciata, pizzette, pidoni and focaccia are all rustici.
Thank you! 🙌🏽🥰
As a catanian I can’t wait to try that haha sounds amazing thanks for the information
Thanks guys, as a man born in Messina you did an amazing job! You are a little confused about rustici and mozzarella sandwich. ANyhow, please, if you will ever be in messina again, let me know and I will let you know where to go and I would love you to be my guests if I am in town (I live in US)
Thank you for your kind words, Rodolfo! Yes, a few people have been helping us figure out how to get the mozzarella sandwich, so hopefully we will try it soon 😅 And thank you so much for your offer, we will be sure to contact you when we visit Messina again - we will have to cross the straits by ferry soon! Matteo is obsessed with the story of Messina and it's special place in history! What part of the States are you living in? 🇺🇸
@@TheGlobalExpats it is my pleasure! The story of Messina is incredible; if there will be the chance it will be my pleasure to show and tell more about it. I currently live in Minnesota. Far from Caribdis...
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“Rustici” is the category of food which includes: arancini, pidoni, focaccia but what you were looking for is called “mozzarella in carrozza” and it is a rusticò like arancini and others.
Thank you, Adriano! We will have to start looking for the “mozzarella in carrozza” here in Sicily so we can finally try it! 😅
@@TheGlobalExpats or else you can find a good recipe online, it shouldn’t be that hard to make them.
Another great vlog, well done guys!
Thank you so much Dario! 🥰
The bell tower is extraordinary! I love your commentary on historical places!!! Beautiful scenery! Love from Vermont
It really is amazing! 😍 So happy you are enjoying the history behind it all! 🤗
I discovered your travels through Italy during Covid lock down. They are such a great escape when we are stuck at home. I have been to Messina and the clock is absolutely amazing, considering it's age and the mechanics in it's build. I especially love it when it plays Ave Maria and the little church rises. I love the animals and the rooster that rotate. My grandfather used to talk about that clock so we made sure we went to see it when we went to Italy. Keep up your great travels and enjoy. Sydney Australia.
How special ❤
Awe my family moved to Australia too
Another great video guys I loved watching this video more beautiful scenes of Sicily 🇮🇹💥
Thank you so much Fred, we’re so happy you’re enjoying our videos! 🥰
@@TheGlobalExpats your welcome my friend ' I'll be in Cefalu in September if yous guys are still about ' ill shout you up a beer & meet up 🇮🇹🏴
Guys you were looking for the “mozzarella in carrozza”, you could also find it in Capo d'Orlando
Really?! Where can we find it Roberto? Please let us know, we are very excited to try it 😅
Such a lovely video to be watched! I enjoyed it so much !
Thank you for your kind words, Fabiano! 🥰
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Thinking about moving there soon so thanks but it looks and sounds crazy busy
Hey guys ....what joyful videos of italy i'm watching all
Damn you two! Whenever I went into a bakery in Italy last time I was there, I would ask "Avete qualcosa con ricotta?" and always was given something delicious. I happened to watch your latest video first, dessert overload, and now I'm starting at the beginning and will follow your road trip. As if I don't have enough CZcams to watch and am always trying to lose weight - maledetto!
😂Thank you for your support Nina, we love having people with the same passion on this journey with us! Hopefully, we can enjoy a ricotta-filled treat together in Italy someday soon... and It's ok, as long as we walk it off 😜 🇮🇹
So glad i found you! I've been watching all your videos all weekend. These are so informative but also so entertaining! You guys are fun to watch. Thank you!! PS where did you buy that awesome yellow skirt!!! :)
Love this! I want to take my grandmother there to visit someday. Her grandparents came to the States from Messina ❤️
I hope u guys get to enjoy that soon!! U have no idea how much u will feel like ur at home when u visit Sicily
thank you for sharing your video. keep in touch.
Hello I'm from Messina, you should have also gone to Torre Faro and Ganzirri which are two beautiful districts of Messina in front of the sea, there are there also two lakes and a wonderful nature reserve.
Congratulations for the video, you are very nice
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Thank you for the support Bruno! Ah that would've been awesome but we did not have a car unfortunately, hopefully one day soon we can visit them🥰
The historical messina with loving delicious foods❤️
I will go next week, thanks for share
Hey Isabella, how was your trip to Messina?🥰
@@TheGlobalExpats. we have been to Palermo, Mondello, Taormina and Catania… We have ferried on the Strait of Messina. We had 3 week around in Sicilia. Now we are Tropea in Calabria. So beautiful
Big like 👍👍
Sono orgogliosa della mia Messina ❤grazie x il video
The mannequin that wasn’t a mannequin was hilarious! Just came across your video because I’m looking at houses in Italy and found some rather cheap houses in Messina but was wondering how it is to live there compared to other parts of Sicily or Italy for that matter. Italy just has SO MANY beautiful places!
Oooo hope u found the perfect house ❤
such a beautiful place ❤
I don't really know how many under this video are from Messina, but anyway, I come from the province of Messina (I live in a town in the area), consequently I am from Messina. Ask a person from Messina what he thinks of this city and he will answer you with the biggest insults possible. (Bad management, bad bureaucracy, good mayor, but hated by bad citizens) As an essay said "One thing is good in Messina, the arancini". The "Rustici" are practically any type of fried food that can be eaten by hand. Fried potatoes, arancini, pidoni, and mozzarella in carrozza (Which actually isn't consumed as much in Messina, or at least, not as much as arancini and messinese focaccia).
The dirty streets you have come across are only a few of those in Messina. A great example of bad bureaucracy are the famous sheet metal shacks of Messina, present due to the 1908 earthquake that completely destroyed the city (The few buildings that remained intact were inexplicably demolished by the police present to deal with the damage).
About the "Bridge of Messina"... please don't talk about this. It's an idea from the 1950's, the problem is not ecologic, but economic. The money had to come from the north of Italy, and.. well, they will not come. With the covid problem and the EU economic support they say "We will make the Messina Bridge!"... i hope.
This is where my ancestors are from.
bravi!
I m from Messina and you were looking for mozzarella in carrozza! You should have visited the northern area of Messina which for me Is the greatest: torre faro, ganzirri... Antway very good job! Greetings from a messinese Who now live in North Italy!
Random q, I go there soon. Any restaurant you'd recommend on the seafront? With nice views?
@@Theharpsabu Ristorante marina del nettuno is a nice restaurant with a view to the port! in the centre you have only this one otherwise you need to move to the northen part I mentioned before
Rustici is a generic term for fried or baked finger food you can find in a rosticceria and it included arancini and mozzarella in carrozza among many others like sfoglia san daniele and pitoni....you were looking for mozzarelle in carrozza but i suggest you also try pitoni....the traditional once with anchovies...
Thank you for the suggestion Orazio! 🥰
The best couple 🤩♥️
Aww thank you so much Fadi! 🤗
Went to Messina today.Verry useful your video.Just a minor detail....IRRERA is no longer open😢
Great! Did you carry a drone with you at all times? I really enjoy the drone videos. Not so sure about Messina which we will stop by next Fall.
Hey Daniel, yes I keep the DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo in my backpack with me all the time! Messina is cool but there isn't too much to see 👌🏽
rustici is a category of baked or deep fried salty pastry which includes arancini and that mozzarella sandwich you were looking for
Thank you, Tanezky! From what we understand, we now have to look for ‘Mozzarella in Carrozza’ 🙌🏽😅
Just wow….,…
Rustici is like a category so like fried stuff. If I were to go and get some rustici I would get a mix of different types of rustici the main ones are Foccacia , arancini and mozzarella in carrozza which is not a sandwich
Thank you, that makes sense! 🥰
Did you try granita con panna while there? I had it across in Reggio Calabria and it was amazing.
Its so good
Awww, y'all are so sweet. Going to Via Palermo is getting into the down n dirty reality of Messinese living for sure. I hope you stopped short of Viale Giostra. 😊
Bahahaaa, Italian apocalypse... I'm dead. That's def the Messina we know n love.
Haha Messina had its moments Micah, but we love exploring 😅 Thank you!
Micha is hilarious!
Thank you Tracy! 😂
Great video , You didn`t try Focaccia or Pitone
Thank you! We love Focaccia, we must remember to include it in one of our videos 😍 what is Pitone? 😅
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Messina was where the black death first arrived in Europe.
Ahh we didn’t know that - you learn something new everyday! 😅
For us Sicilians, cooking is a serious matter.
For good reason, the food here is no joke! 😅
So interestingly enough I watch the Sicilian news on CZcams and they are always talking about their trash problem. I can’t exactly understand why they can’t get trash picked up but there are mounds of places where people just dump trash because they can’t seem to take it to the right place or something. So that was authentic Sicily that you found in that alley. Also I’d love to go inside of some of the churches with you if you ever go inside please share!
They do in the tourist areas unfortunately the government has never liked our amazing island and the more south u go the more disrespected u are!
They don’t see us as true Italians hence why we wanted to stay independent and the last to joint the Italia county yet we are mostly more northern then northerners (mostly) dna wise!
It’s sad when they won’t pick up rubbish for months on end but north Italy is becoming the same due to who leads us!!!
Unfortunately!!
The greats have said to not visit Sicily is like not seeing Italy at all!
So that’ speaks volumes
Authentic is rubbish and dirty? Hahaha u have no idea! We are not dirty people strinzo
When are you guy's coming back to South Africa. We miss you down here
Aww thank you so much kgosietsile, you’re so sweet 😅 we have just started road tripping through Italy, so we’ll be here for at least a year & a half, but we will definitely be back in South Africa sometime in the future! 🤗
After the unrest!
The unrest has gone a while ago. It's been covid pandemic era as usual since last week
My Mum is from
Messina . I have been 12 times ..no one ever told me you could go up the astronomical clock !!
Ahh well hopefully the next time you visit you get the chance to! It’s very cool inside and the view from the top is incredible! 😍🇮🇹
Returning.
Matteo, you sound South African 🤔🤨🇿🇦. My wife and I were in Messina in June 2019... In that very square👍🏻
At 3.39 is "chiesa di Cristo Re"
Cannoli and espresso is a great way to start the day. Too bad you didn't get the deep fried mozzarella sandwich. 😕
It definitely is! 😍 and I know!! We are still going to try and track it down somehow 😂 Hope you guys are having a great time in Greece! 🇬🇷
@UCGtyE7WQ-6fRbTKOGVDH6_w we are. Thank you!!
Beddazzi! I love you so much.
New subscriber here. Y’all are hilarious. It’s nice you drink beer and eat good food and have fun! So tired of all the wimpy coffee drinking hipstertubers
Hahaha thank you, that means a lot to us! We decided that being ourselves is probably the best way to make a video.. and we definitely don’t want to be seen as ‘hipstertubers’! 😂
Birra Messina 🇮🇹👍
The best in Sicily! 🍺😎
Надеюсь , что жители Мессины не забыли , что русские моряки , рискуя жизнью , спасали их предков , во время землятрясения , в 1908-м году.
IO ABITO A MESSINA SIETE ANDATI NEL BAR VICINO CASA MIA AAAAAAAAAAAAA
I hope there come a Africa europe Messina border with A bridge or a tunnel should be nice when im there i can going to africa egypt that should be cool
Yous are cute and funny
Has your bird got a sister for me lol
How many days do you suggest to spend in Messina? One day is enough?
Hey John, yes we felt that one day was enough to visit Messina! 🥰
You cannot really visit all of Messina in one day; not if you wish to explore Tirone, go shopping and walk up to the Sacra Re. There isso much of Messina that's off the beaten track but within walking distance.
the "rustico" you were looking for is called "mozzarella in carrozza” ...
Hello friends
Did you sleep in Messina ? if yes in which hotel ?
Hi Siyou, unfortunately we don’t have any hotel recommendations because we only spent the day there😕 sorry we can’t be of more help!
Messina, in reality, is a city where it's not worth any of your time. The cracked, run down streets and gloomy, dying vibe of a town that's authenticity was destroyed years ago in a massive earthquake and is slowly dying again due to economic troubles. My cruise ship stopped there for 2 days because of a storm. If you ever have to dock here, just go straight to beautiful Taormina, you won't miss anything interesting.
BAR SPADARO IS NEAR MY HOUSE
Haha that is awesome Roxana! 🙌🏽😅
De France messine le top
Wait a minute, what about the train and the ferry? so like an elephant crosses the back of a monkey?
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