Italy Travel Video
See Italy in Videos shot and narrated by James Martin
How to Ride Italian Trains - A whirlwind tour of Italy's train system, from buying tickets to validating them.
Making simple Pasta all'Amatriciana in my kitchen in the Lunigiana: Deviant Pasta all'Amatriciana. You should try it in your vacation rental!
Ordering Fish in an Italian Restaurant - Gosh, it's got the head!
Learning Italy in Under a Minute: Shopping for ready-to-eat food in Brugnato's open air market.
High Above Cremona - Yes, climb the Duomo bell tower and get over 100 meters above Cremona.
Infiorata del Corpus Domini - Brugnato. See the residents of Brugnato make carpets of flower art to be trampled by the faithful during the celebration of Corpus Domini.
Lunigiana Chorus - Il Coro Lunigiana in Rehearsal. My neighbor wanted me to see their chorus perform, so we wound our way through the moonlit night to a former monastery where magic happened. 30 guys, what a sound!
Manduria - Inside the Archaeological Museum of Manduria. See artist Francesco Selvaggi explain some ancient artifacts recently excavated from a tomb in Manduria and gawk at fabulous ceramics that predate the Roman occupation in Puglia.
Avetrana - Festival of San Biagio Video - San Biagio is the patron saint of Avetrana, a small town in Puglia near Manduria.
Inside the Shop of Dante-Quoting Butcher Dario Cecchini - Certainly you've heard of Dario and his famous bucher shop in Panzano in Chianti? There's a festa going on, a book signing of an extraordinary Tuscan cookbook.
Driving the Italian Autostrada - As a tourist, you have fewer options than Italians do for paying on Italy's toll roads. On this video, you'll see how to get a ticket to ride, and how to pay for that ticket.
Tuscany Olive Harvest - In late October you start seeing the folks of Italy's Lunigiana region start harvesting olives. In this video you'll see the relatively modern way of harvesting olives in Tuscany.
High Above Rapallo - You can get out in the countryside over the Gulf of Tigullio in the Italian Riviera above Rapallo, even without a car. Take the aerial tramway virtual tour with our video and see.
Pisa - The Quick Way to the Leaning Tower from the Train Station - A video about how to skip the attractions of Pisa in favor of the architectural failure of the Leaning Tower.
Eating Amongst Tuscany's Locavores - My neighbors in the Lunigiana produce an amazing amount of the food they eat. Here I create a meal out of real local foods.
It's All in the Hands - Documentation of the goings on at a 4th of July party in the Lunigiana with my neighbors.
Logitech Travel Mouse Review Video - Travel writing isn't the great package you might think it is.
Cannons and Corn - Making Polenta in the Lunigiana - Everybody does it, despite the noise.
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The Video Equipment
The video camera used on these Italian travel videos is a Sony HDR-TG1 Hi-Def Handicam that slips into a pocket and has decent 5 channel audio. See my Sony Handycam HDR-TG1 Camcorder Review on Europe Travel.
I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9
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