I went to Italy with my best friend
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- This was an exceptional trip, and one I am incredibly grateful to have been able to take... it had been so long since Blakeney and I had properly spent time together and it was more than lovely to spend this time together. It was, as you can probably gather, VERY hot (we were there during the heat wave!!), but we still saw some incredible things.
Also, if you're interested, this is the Air BnB we stayed at in Ghivizzano (would highly recommend!): www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/670101...
We stayed at the Hotel Medici in Florence, which was really central and had lovely staff. HOWEVER, there was no air con so I would say it's a better place for the cooler months!
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0:00 intro
0:39 Florence
3:49 travelling to Tuscany
5:13 Lucca
6:20 a slow day at the air bnb
10:19 Pisa
Every blakeney appearance has gotta be my favourite ruby's content....their friendship is one big treat 🙌
They'd honestly be so cute as a couple 🌷☺
I was going to write the same! I ship them 🙈🙊
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As an italian girl based in southern Italy (like 30 minutes away from Amalfi Coast) watching this makes me very happy.
P.s. the temperature here is insane!
I bet it's even hotter in Amalfi!!
And thank you for watching :)x
Italy is such a beautiful nation to visit. I use to go to Tuscany with my mother, my sister, and my great-uncle when my sister and I were little girls in the 1980s.
Thanks for taking us on a tour in Italy. Staying in places that are not 'mainstream', as well as visiting the popular tourist sights, are how I and a lot of other people I know travel. You get to experience a more genuine feel of the country and the culture. God's blessings to you, Blakely, and all who watch this channel.
Ruby- love that you could enjoy extended time with your friend from uni through this trip! You’re right- it’s often not as easy to schedule time with uni friends post-graduation. If you’d travel well together, a trip can be a great option! 😊
Last summer I went to Italy for one and a half weeks, we drove over 24 hours up there and then stayed for a week and a half, and then took our 24-hour drive back home. It was so incredibly hot! But I'm glad I got to see a lot of very nice things. We went to Pisa and Volterra and so many other places, it was amazing.
I arrived in Florence for my semester abroad in August and I thought I was going to sweat away into nothing. It cooled down by September and was the absolute best experience of my life
We wish you all the best, Ruby. We will always be here to support you.
Travelling with a kindred spirit is one of life's greatest pleasures. I am glad you two had such a lovely time!! Thank you for sharing these pieces of your special trip ☺💗
Going to Italy in early September and just booked tickets to see the Uffizi Gallery and Michelangelo's David! Can't wait, and thanks for the tips!
I hope you have the best time!
i love you so much for these videos literally makes my day esp when im having a stressful time
What a lovely surprise! I will watch it after I finish writing my essays tonight. I have been loving your cozy videos these days Ruby. THANK YOU, as always
How blessed you are to be able to share that experience with your best friend. You both will never forget it ❤
indeed we will not! I feel so very lucky x
Excited to watch this, can't believe it was uploaded only 20 seconds ago! Lovely views of Itlay!
This was so cute! Your friendship is always so wonderful to see in vlogs, Blakeney is so lovely:)
Omgg I’m going to all of these places in Italy on Monday!! This is such a beautiful, cute insight into the cities, thank you for sharing 💓 so important to have trips like this with your friends :)
So generous of you, Ruby, to inspire us in this way.
Thank you for the most calming videos on CZcams!
Oh I love to follow your adventures week after week! 🤗 For me you're almost like a movie character which evolves over time. Through her failures, her successes, the new people she meets, the new opportunities she seizes, her perspective of the world changes and she becomes greater and greater!❤🦋
It may sound like a weird compliment but this is how I feel😆
Love you from France!🇫🇷✨
Wonderful wonderful. The architecture of Florence and Pisa and the other places you visited is amazing. So happy for you to be able to see it firsthand. You know, Ruby, I only discovered you 7 months ago with your Nutcracker vlog -- and in those 7 months I've watched you mature, I really do get a distinct impression that today you are a different person than you were even 7 months ago. It's remarkable and lovely. Keep on being yourself.
An amazing video Ruby thank you so much for all the effort that you put in each video❤📖
I loved this! I have a fantasy about going to Italy. I've studied it so much. It's so sweet you were able to go with your bestie! :D
It's so beautiful, thank you for sharing! It's a dream to visit Italy someday, especially Florence. The art and history seems incredible. I'd even put up with the heat!
You'll be welcome!
Your videos are getting lovelier. Your narration increasingly poetic. Thank you for sharing.
You guys are adorable I am so happy for you both. I'm about to catch up with some great friends. Thanks ruby, always
This is such a beautiful video, Ruby! I am travelling to Italy next week (despite going to a completely different part of the country!) with my family, and this has made me even more excited! ❤
I went to Rome once with my sister and the hotels there are so lovely, mine was exactly like yours, flowers on the patio, lots of bird song and animals walking around ❤️ we’d fall asleep to the sound of crickets and awake to birds, one night would be boiling hot and the next would be thunderstorms but the days were always sunny ☀️
oh this actually sounds divine x
Ahh the clips of Florence filled me with the best nostalgia from when I went in March! 🥹
And yes I would say going in spring when it is a bit cooler is definitely a better time to go xx
Such a wholesome vlog though 🤍
So happy that you enjoyed it Ruby. Looks like a blast.
This friendship is so lovely to watch!
4:09 same! We spent a couple of days in Milano and everyone was so nice and supportive. My friends and I couldn’t speak Italian and the Italians understandably no German so we all tried our best with English. Sometimes we all had to speak with gestures and stuff but it worked and it was such a nice experience how friendly and kind everyone was. 😊
This made me write my childhood best friend 💜 now I can't wait to travel to Italy with a friend 🥰
I also went on on holiday with a friend for the first time ever this year! I went to France with my friend and it made the experience so much richer because we both planned it and then experienced a new place together. We made some new memories and even though we only spent a few days there, it felt like we were there for longer because we had so much time to talk.
Hi Ruby, I live in Florence and I totally agree with you about the heat 😂 wonderful video as always
What beautiful memories you have created x
I would love you too make a video about planning trips like this and the other ones you've been on this year. I always find it overwhelming so rarely do it.
You girls are both so beautiful. So glad you got to spend this time together.
Hopefully you both enjoyed your holiday looks amazing and fantastic prayers and blessings for you both love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤
Beautiful vlog thank you x
I'm looking forward to traveling a little bit in the midst of late high school, you have inspired me:)
Nice little travelogue - you two have a great fun energy together
This was a lovely video. I can't wait for the time when I will be able to meet one of my friends like this too :) She lives in a different country and I miss her lots!
I love your voice ruby, so relaxing 😊 would love to go to florence one day the buildings are just beautiful
So excited to watch this.Your videos are making my live way better🩷🩷🩷
Wonderful video, fascinating, beautiful, insightful! 😊😊😊
Loved this vlog! Tuscany is my favourite and I'm so pleased you visited Lucca, isn't it the sweetest!
So cute!!! I love your videos
Wow looks like it was such a beautiful trip!! *Forgot to add VERY well deserved for you* The scenery is just breathtaking. Using this for inspiration - planning a trip with the bf from Positano up to Milan (Florence is one of our stops!)
Oh my god! First!!
Love you, Ruby!!! 💖💖💖
What a lovely video! Italy is such a beautiful country and I always loved the destinations of our family vacations there. I am glad that you guys had a great time as well! We also visited Rome two times but never got to Florence, Pisa or Milan. Venice was nice though! The BnB approach seems interesting to me, as I am only used to camping. Certainly something that I need to give a go in the future as well! Have you found a favourite spot/building in Italy yet? Mine is the Pantheon in Rome... but like I said, I have a lot left to see. 😊
The amounts of tourists make me nervous just watching this video! Glad you were able to visit places with less people inbetween.
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Precious moments you will look back on in your minds eye and you will smile ❤
Thanks for the video! I'm in Oxford visiting for the first time and popped into the Bird and Blend after years of learning about their teas from you. Unfortunately, they were sold out of your Candlelit Library, but I got some great teas to try. Best wishes on your Oxford journey. Enjoy Italy!
Beautiful Vlog. I would love to go back to Italy and actually explore it more. We caught our cruise ship in Venice, but were only there over night.
Beautiful video!
I was waiting for this video. i love the snippets which I saw on insta. It felt like righ out of a picture book.
What a lovely vlogg❤
A video very well made. full support here. ❤🦋
I'm traveling to Tuscany in two weeks ... this video made me so excited about going! 😁
Love your video so much :)
I think that where you are doesn't matter, but it is who you are with that makes the trip exceptional :)
Enchanting!
Ruby I am from the US and when I went to Florence I stayed in the same hotel as you, the Hotel Medici. I just thought that was pretty cool as I thoroughly enjoy you! ❤
As an Italian Tuscany is not my fav place...I've lived in Tuscany and saw most of the places you saw. I'm glad u liked them and enjoyed ur time with Blakney.
Funnily enough, while u were there I was in the Uk( where among other things I visited beautiful libraries) and what you say about Italian people being nice I can say about British people. (My opinion is based on my being to the uk 5 tiimes so far and working with them as well).
Maybe next time I come to your country I'll let u know in case we might catch up. Since it is evident u love my country I advise u to come to my city Turin which is stunning. I'd be glad to be ur knowledgeable guide, showing great places and bookshops😊 Thanks Ruby for sharing. Hope u have a nice rest of ur summer.❤
This video brought back so many lovely memories for me. My best friend and I took a 3 week trip to Italy in the summer after our first year of university. I've known her my whole life and we lived together at uni. We started in Venice and interrailed to Verona and then finally Rome. So many moments from this video reminded me of that trip but what you said Ruby, about that unsolicited time together, is what struck me. My best friend and I now live over 200 miles apart and have busy, fulfilling lives. I will always cherish the memories we made when we spent a hot July together in Italy. Sending my love to you, a gorgeous video as always Ruby
Three weeks in Italy - that sounds incredible Emily... truly, it's so strange how much friendships change in your 20s as timing become so much more difficult :(x
@@RubyGranger8 It is strange isn't it? Growing together and seeing each other less and less. Doesn't mean any love is lost though, just makes the time together that much sweeter. I hope you have a lovely week Ruby and thank you for your reply!x
This is so ‘call me by your name’ 😍
So fricking cuteeee 🥺🥺
Lovely video Ruby!!!! If you will also notice the Duomo is tilting as well. So it must be the ground. Another great book I would recommend is Walter Isaacson's biography of Leonardo. Not only is it about Florence's favorite son but also a look at Tuscany of the time period.
good to see your best friend again
How special to have a trip with your bf❤
Thanks boss
Have a productive week
The party with blue-white was the victory of Napels in the Italian soccer tournament. I was in that area in June, there it was exactly the same (and even much more flags and stuff)
I was looking for a comment saying this: exactly! it was a big thing for Napoli team fans, because it's been 30something years since they won last time (and soccer is very popular and important for some people here in Italy )
So glad you’re reading Claire Keegan! She’s a brilliant writer.
What beautiful memories you and Blakney have made (sorry if her name is spelt wrong). Looks amazing 😊
Florence is my absolute favourite city in the world. I went there in early autumn a few years ago (and did indeed go to Rome from there haha) and it was simply magical. I spent a whole day in the Uffizi Gallery and loved it so much. Guess I need to go back :')
Such a special treat to share a holiday with a friend. I did a walking/ camping trip on my own with a tour company and got to see Florence a second time and fell in love with it even more and was able to easily navigate with out getting lost. I didn’t like Rome when I went as it was way too busy for me and though Florence was busy not as bad as Rome. Only two of us from the group wanted to see the leaning tower of Pisa so we went together on our own. I’d love to go back with my husband but he may find it too busy for him but I hope he will let us visit even for a short break x
Brugge is on our list of European places to visit. We had been on our own but not together and I’d love to go back anyways xx
You guys are cute together 😊
I'd love to visit Italy some day really nice video, how did people live in the leaning tower it most have been fun ❤ great video.
hi im from philippines and your videos give me peace
Thanks for coming in Italy! I live here ♡ If you'll planning to see Rome, i'd be happy to be your guide! Arianna ♡
RUBYY!! I need to know if you’ll be releasing another planner for the new school year. I’ve been looking for a planner as I’m starting sixth form and the ones you released are perfect. I know there are digital ones but I prefer having a physical one. Love your videos so much and thank you for motivating me to actually like studying❤️
sending you lots of love, ruby
The voiceover 🥰
As soon as I saw the title of the video, I thought: who would go with me on a trip like this? how would it be?
I had a momentary existential crisis because I realized that I don't have friendships like that 🤧
Thanku for such amazing vlog , nd by the way i tried first to comment ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅
Hi Ruby,
Ruby, take me to Italy and I will be your (new) best friend. Good to see you two had a nice trip. Thank you for sharing your life with so many others.
Omg this is exactly where I'll be studying abroad next semester
Dear Rubi, I really liked this vlog. Next time you should also come to Leghorn, my city, very near to Pisa. You will love it
Ruby! Next time you go to Florence, stop at the store called Signum. It’s got old stationary and everything was so cute🥹🩷
You at visit Italy great view
There's a really great story about Michelangelo's David and Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa that I learned when I was there. There's an argument that David was partly commissioned in response to the exile of the Medici family from Florence (essentially the most powerful family in Renaissance Italy), him being the slayer of giants. After the return of the Medici to the city, Perseus was commissioned to stand next to David, holding Medusa's head to turn him into stone, to symbolise the might of the Medici. Such an interesting idea!
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Pistachio gelato is Heavenly. 😋
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Florence is my favorite city.
Great
awesome video ruby
Ah I love Italy but it was too hot, I melted
Hi Ruby- what a lovely trip with a friend. I would highly recommend reading The Agony and The Ecstasy by Irving Stone about the life of Michelangelo