Buonasera! Since leaving home at 17, I’ve always lived in cities and small towns - Kobe, Rome, Melbourne, Monte Carlo, Positano, Florence, London, Barcelona… so my bicycle and my feet were the easiest way to get around. But now we’re in the countryside of Tuscany, a driving license is crucial and this week Guido gave me my FIRST ever driving lesson. Hope you like it. The subtitles are fast so you may need to watch a couple of times but hopefully it’s helpful for those of you studying Italian. Thanks for watching! 😘 🚗 🇮🇹
Wow!! I can’t imagine. Where I grew up and where I live now in Southern California it’s nearly impossible to get around without a car!! Good for you Kylie!! It’s never too late to learn!!
I realize just a few minutes watching I have the biggest smile on my face. Hubby looks at me and says, I love to see you so happy". Thank you for your contagious joy dear Kylie!
Bravo Guido e brava Kylie. Teaching anyone to drive requires patience and nerves of steel. You both did very well. Guido saying he should thank God was correct, then imo followed up with some wine. I remember trying to teach my sister how to drive. It didn’t go well. Love and patience and determination will get you a drivers license.
I second that! Bravo to both of you! Learning to drive with clutch is quite tricky! In Greece this is the way you are taught! If this is your first lesson, you are doing great! You will be driving in no time! It's imperative to be able to drive with a baby!
"Perche sono stupida!" made me laugh so much, Kylie. Well done on your first driving lesson. LOVED Guido's facial expression when you got home and he said "I'll just go into the church and thank God to still be alive!"
Good job! I taught all my daughters to drive in a manual transmission car so they would always know how. It’s surprising how many people here in the US don’t know how to drive a manual.
There isn’t much opportunity to drive manual in the states . Most cars are automatic . Unless you work on a farm with manual vehicles or purchase a manual . I haven’t driven a manual in 14 years so I’m sure I would need a refresher .
I think we all related to this moment when we first learned. I’ve been driving automatic cars for a long time and now moved to France and need to learn manual, dreading it and I’ve just gotten a boost from this video. You both did so well❤❤🎉
Agreed. And in LA where that left foot can get really tired! I’ve stories about my ankle and holiday commutes. Yes, stick shift skills, German or otherwise, are great to know if you plan to drive but having a manual transmission has been a huge blessing when it comes to my familia etc asking to borrow my car 😁
@@nadine1818 it’s surprisingly easy. It’s like riding a bike, you might be a bit rusty but it comes back. I test drove a manual a few years ago and even after having automatics for many years I could do it. It’s actually more fun to drive a manual unless you’re in a lot of traffic! We switched to automatics because we live in Dallas and the traffic can be 🤯.
That was fun to watch. I was not an “early” driver, myself, so I fully understand what is happening here. I was so scared when I started the lessons …. I like how Guido explained everything to you about how the car works in great detail before you got the car moving. Best approach! You both did a great job. Keep it up. Guido is a very good teacher and you are a good student. It will get better and better. Always stay focused …. That’s the key.
I just love the chemistry between you and Guido❤️Kindness, humor and patience show what a deep beautiful love connects you two and now with a beautiful son created from your love!! Your story feels like a fairytale that fills my life with enchantment and hope! Thank you for sharing❤ Safe driving!ciao!😘
Oh my, I remember being taught how to drive a stick shift in my early 20s. I thought I’d never learn but I did. Once you get the hang of it, you’re fine
You sincerely were giggling and smiling like you were 16 years old taking attempt test from your driver's education teacher! Absolutely beautiful and amazing Congratulations Mikalyn Paolucci
Great job with the driving instructions Guido. Very calm, explaining everything and complimenting for mastering tasks. Asking what you did wrong instead of shouting.
it's never too late to learn Susan. You must have 1 relative or friend who can give you lessons? I was afraid too at first. I didn't get my license until 19 but could have gotten it sooner. My friend took me to the nearest cemetery, pulled over & gave me the wheel. Believe me, I wasn't ready courage wise to drive on a real road. These lessons helped tremendously & I got the license first try. It will give you such a feeling of freedom...you'll love it...good luck!
I'm 56 and I don't drive. When I was in my 30s I got my license but my husband did not have the patience to let me practice later. So now I only ride my scooter everywhere.
Guido appears to be the most patient teacher ever - and driving a manual requires great instruction ! Thank you for the Italian lessons too! Gracias 🙏 ❤🇨🇦
Ah! I love you and you inspire me so much! I'm 19 years old and in Nursing school but hoping to graduate this year and travel as a nurse. I watched you when I was younger too and still haven't given up on my dream to live in Italy. Thank you for everything :) Also wanted to add that you give me hope to find love when I feel hopeless. I love you and I am praying for you
Brava! ‘Learnt at 37 with undiagnosed Blood Cancer so kept trying to learn with loads of flu like infections, ‘was so motivated to avoid the hours across town to my small Son’s school in dreadful buses at the time. Hilly town so holding on hill and hill starts mastered quickly too as matter of survival! Pandas are great little cars like small 4 wheel drives. Super well done! Sleepless nights will hopefully improve. My now 36 year old Son (2 adorable grandchildren) never slept longer than 2 hours at best for first 6 months. Read (please) “Solve your Child’s Sleep Problems” by Dr Richard Ferber. ❤xx
This was absolutely beautiful to watch! I love how he loves you so well. A man who can teach you how to drive with such patience and encouragement is a special kind of man. Well done Kylie! Guido, is such a great teacher!
Kylie!!!!! You did AMAZING!!!!! KEEP GOING!!!!!! I SMILED the whole video!!!! Its a vulnerable experience! You got this! So proud of you. And your husband is adorable! Love yah from California!!!
This brings back wonderful memories of how my husband taught me to drive a manual stick shift Volvo when we lived in Germany. And after one week, I was driving on the Autobahn. Guido is a FANTASTIC teacher! Great vlog, blessings to you all. ❤️
Brava, Kylie! Guido must love you very much to be so patient! I taught my wife and my boys how to drive with a manual shift in a large vacant parking lot! You get an “A” for your first lesson: no yelling and no tears!😊
Heehee! 😊 My dad was a pilot so every driving lesson included things that were nonsense to me like mirrors! When I watched him demonstrate to 17 grandkids with wall diagrams and saw all the kids tuned out I was both dismayed and realized… driving is instinctual! Some have, some don’t .Yes, the mechanics are important but if you’re paralyzed by them and not free to feel, then what? I learned to drive the first car I bought $2500! in 1989, a manual transmission, by driving it across LA gridlock for work every day! Gears screamed! Hill starts are a bitch. Try pulling the park brake up while you rev up. Trial by fire! I guess same with most life experiences 💃 Rock on Sistah! 💞
Jolly good Kylie. I can drive, but not a stick shift. You are braver than I am. Your husband is a very good teacher, and patient. God bless you both 🙏❤️ I’m looking forward to your next driving lesson. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. - Cheers 😊❤️
Guido is such a good teacher, so patient. Congratulations on having completed your first class so well. Your excitement is so infectious. Very soon you will be handling the car perfectly, as you do everything you have set your heart on.
You two were hilarious! Not everyone has had a handsome, patient and funny driving instructor like Guido💙 I look forward to seeing more driving lessons. Keep making us laugh and smile at ourselves too. Safe driving🙏🏼 1 ..
As a Canadian who learned with and only drove automatic cars for years, this video resonates with me so much! I just moved to Tuscany a few months ago and the way Guido instructs is the exact same way my Italian host father did with me (and I also always saying ‘scusa’, ‘mi dispiace’ when the car stopped from me not pressing the clutch). Now I’m driving a manual all on my own so I believe in you, Kylie!!!! You can do it! ❤🎉
Well done Kylie, you are very brave showing us all your first lesson!!! You reminded me of my first lesson. Before we know it you will be taking us all on a journey along those country lanes.
So sweet -Guido has a great deal of patience-oh boy how I remember learning to drive AND with a clutch in an old car-takes me back many years-you’re doing great Kylie!! 👏👏
I totally appreciate the Italian lesson, I started swaying when Gianfranco was crying how funny am I, I’m not even a mother unfortunately but I certainly have good Aunty maternal instincts I’d say. 😂 Guido, you are an angel teaching Kylie to drive and you must have nerves of steel ❤ thank you for such a joyful vlog. ❤Michelle
Great job, Kylie! Guido is a good teacher! You brought back memories of when I was 16 and my father tried teaching me manual driving. I did well the first week and then I had a menstrual week and my timing was all off, and I gave up, took lessons in school, and got an automatic!
I just took my daughter for a driving lesson, then opened up this vlog! You were both amazing! Guido explained everything so well & you looked like you had fun!
I first learned to drive at 16 on a manual car and drove it until I was about 24. Guido is such a great, sweet, and handsome teacher. ❤ Great job, Kylie!
BRAVO Kylie for trying to learn how to drive now! Especially starting with a manual car. Guido is such a fun and patient teacher! You did so well! Living in NYC I never felt the need to get my license either and I am in my 50’s. I think you will master it soon, so you can take Gianfranco on drives around the area. ❤
Hi there sweet ones, Kylie you can do this. No Old Lady was killed.😂😂😂once you get the feel of the clutch you will be fine. 🎉❤ Always foot off the clutch foot on the gas. Listen to the motor it will tell you when to change into the next gear. Always clutch with the brake. Always clutch to change gear. Always clutch to start the motor. Good luck.❤🎉 Well done !
Kylie, I just loved this episode and watched it many times. Im also learning to drive right now( im 46 years old) and i had a good time watching you in your first drivinglesson Your face expressions and laugh when you felt you did something wrong, it is so recognizable:-) You got this
Great job Kylie!! Driving a manual (I grew up in the Midwest calling it driving a stick) is tricky to learn. Guido is a very good and patient teacher!! I learned to drive at age 14 with a very impatient brother and a stick shift that would fall to the floor and I would have to put in the clutch, lean down to the floor without seeing where I was driving and then put it back into gear!! I can laugh now, but I wasn’t laughing at the time. You’ll be a pro in no time!! Love from Mary in Southern California 💗🚗
Dieses Video erinnert mich an Eure ersten verliebten Videos miteinander. Herrlich Euer Lachen und Humor, dass Du noch Autofahren lernst obwohl wenig geschlafen. COMPLIMENTI sehr gut gemacht Ihr beide! Ich war sehr erschöpft nach der Geburt meiner Tochter und sie hat auch viel geweint und hatte dann eine Leistenbruch OP ..so klein und schon so was mit 3 Monaten. War nicht leicht für uns damals, jetzt ist sie schon 38Jahre jung. Ecco tante belle cose e Dio con noi🙏💐
Nice lesson. I always drove manual cars and like it much better. I am so surprised that you did not know how to drive. Good you are now learning, perfect. My first manual car was a Fiat and so easy to drive. Guido has patience. I took lessons from a driving school to keep peace in the family. Can’t wait to see your lesson on parking the car.
Great lesson Kylie! Learning how to drive a manual clutch car is not easy but once you learn that you’ll be able to drive anything. The trick is in gradually and almost at the same time stepping on the clutch and shifting the gears. Keep practicing and it’ll become second nature to you. 😁
You will get it Kylie. At some point your feet will know instinctively what they need to do. Just one suggestion, and I know it's winter there atm, but maybe try driving with some soft, light soled shoes so you can feel what you're doing with your feet. Good luck, and just look around at who else is driving. They are no better or cleverer than you. You will get it. Hi from Australia
Not the best of times to learn to drive, while you have 'baby brain', so Well Done, to you Kylie for being brave enough to do it, and to Guido for being brave enough to allow you to. It seems like an awful lot to think of to begin with, but you'll soon be doing it all without having to think about it. Not sure I'd have liked anyone filming my first driving lesson, so thanks for sharing it with us, it made for entertaining viewing, and we didn't learn any Italian swear words either!
After having moved to Portugal, I need to relearn how to drive a manual! I’m 67 and it’s been a good 25 years since I have driven one. Plus, I NEVER learned how to parallel park properly! Thanks for the inspiration, Kylie…you are so brave to do this first lesson while being filmed!!
Kylie, when your husband isn't around, take the car and go into a dry open field, and drive around, you have the basics, all you need is the practice. When in doubt, just brake it - the car will stall immediately, you will buck forward but it will stop you immediately. The pot holes, you guys need a jeep or truck!! No front-end alignments needed cause it would not be worth it!! You will be driving soon, even good enough for John Franco!! You are a fast learner - going up hill and getting it into second and not stalling it, for the first time - perfecto!! Oh, love the subtitles in English, especially the one word ones on the side. I'm not sure if your husband wants you to drive, so he doesn't have to - they always have a motive! no matter how good they are) but keep learning new things until your last breath - secret of living well...PS I would get in the car with you, even at this stage, and I love my life....
Good start Kylie- you’ll get it. I enjoy driving manuals but not for when lm starting on an incline!! Perfect to practice and get the feel of the gears, clutch, brakes and boundaries of the car on the lovely quiet stretches. Good job instructor 💕👏
Oh my goodness... because I'm stupid... I died of laughter right then! Guido is a patient and good teacher, he explained how cars work. Well done Kylie. I can't drive standard, I tried, but am hopeless, driving automatic is so much easier. I learned to drive when I was 8 months pregnant, at 26 years old. I could hardly fit behind the wheel, haha.
Great video! Loved watching you two! Guido is so patient and an excellent teacher. Kylie you picked it up so quickly. What a good student you are. Don't forget to wear your seat belts!!!🙏😘🚙
This is the BEST! Guido is so patient and kind and funny! You did do very well -your first lesson! I laughed because it is very clear to me why I still do not drive. I LOVE when you film in Italian I am learning slowly but surely. Thank you, mille grazie! Bravo, Guido! Evviva, Kylie, forza!
Oh, wow Kylie, that takes me back decades to when I first learned to drive. It's been just as long since I drove without power steering. That makes the biggest difference. Power steering is everything! You're catching on so quickly with the clutch. Brava! You got a great/fun teacher, too. I haven't driven a manual in 20 years, so I'd love to see if the muscle memory is still there. I think you did great for the first time. Starting on a hill is also tricky. Brava, brava, Kylie ❤️
Oh yay! You are learning to drive stick! In an 1980s beater. En folle=neutral? I’m waiting for the head jerk when you zoom off quickly. Oh, and you have to learn to start up on a hill!! So happy for you!
That was fun to watch. You did well, most people bunny hop and stall the car first time they try to move the car. Mastering the clutch can be tricky. Best of luck with future lessons.
So much fun! I laughed out loud when Guido said, ok now let’s cross ourselves … 😂. You might be “white knuckling” it now but give it some time and you’ll be driving with one hand on the wheel, remembering this time and chuckling to yourself thinking…so funny when I used to think this was difficult. Love you guys. Thank you, really enjoyed that!😘
I remember my first time driving a stick shift was scary but then I learned it so well, enjoyed it better than standard. It's fun once you learn something new like driving.
This video brought back many memories of learning how to drive stick on my husband's 1972 Beetle, only difference is Guido is a way better teacher! Keep practicing, and don't give up. You'll get the swing of it soon!
We loved this episode! For a manual car. Go to a deserted parking lot/ street & practice moving the car by letting the clutch out WITHOUT gas(1st gear). This will give you the feel (sensitivity) of the clutch.
I was laughing in stitches when he tells you 😂 the old lady is dead. Good job. Once you learn in manual you can drive anything. My father was a truck driver and that is what we had to learn first.
Congratulations Kylie! I remember how nerve racking this is, so many things to remember. Very soon it will be second nature for you and you will wonder why you worried. Well done to both of you, very entertaining! Have a great week! 🥰
Ciao Kylie! I rented a car last time I was in Italy and chose a manual to save money. I hadn't driven one in about 20 years. At the airport car rental, I had to be reminded which pedals were which. At one point later in the first town I stopped in, I couldn't get the car into reverse and a car had parked in front of me. At least I knew how to say "Aiuto" and some young guy on a motorcycle came to my rescue. I ended up really enjoying driving a stick once I got used to it, except on the strade statale with lights at every block!
Kylie, that was HILARIOUS!!! I can not believe you don't drive, so very wordly and there is not much you haven't covered. But, we learn something new every day don't we??? Guido, what am incredibly patient husband.....BRAVA E BRAVO!!!
Reminds me when my brother taught me to drive a stick shift. Clutch! Gas! Brake! I always drove a manual until I turned 65, then got my first automatic. Pretty soon it will be so automatic you won't even think about it! Brava!
Good for you, Kylie!! I was born in Sicily, and my mother never learned how to drive, not even after moving to America. To this day, she has to wait for someone to take her places. How wonderful it would have been for her to experience the thrill of learning to drive if only she had overcome her fear. Brava Kylie👏👏👏🥰
