Shadowing Practice: Spend the weekend with me in Tuscany - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oh
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Welcome back to the new vlog.
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I'm here in beautiful Tuscany.
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This is our third time in Italy this summer because we have our third wedding here.
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It's so crazy.
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I feel so many of my friends are either getting babies or they are getting married.
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Like I remember
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two years ago i was like oh i've never really attended weddings
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and then boom everyone is getting married at the same time.
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tonight we're here my model agent Julian is getting married to his husband
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and yeah we're here in Tuscany for two days we're near
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Siena also our friend Jane is joining us here on the trek.
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love travel and i love celebrating love and weddings and stuff like
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that i just always feel everyone is just like in the best mood everyone looks amazing
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and it's just really fun
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so i'm just going to get ready i think today is
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going to be kind of a chill day we've been bouncing around
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so much that my energy today is a little low tonight it's like the wedding
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so i don't know if i can really like film a lot around the wedding
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because obviously i do not want to like pull my camera out
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and like i just don't really know what the vibe is and i obviously never want to be So, yeah.
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First of all, we're just going to get ready because...
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We're gonna hang out by the pool for a second.
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Max is getting...
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work done oh wow it's really dark in here there we go i actually need to show you guys
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but like this is my little matcha shaker i got this
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in a tea shop in japan put matcha powder in here then i put some hot water
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and you basically like shake it up like
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that it's not as good as whisking it obviously whisking is always a better way to do it
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but i bring this to breakfast
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and then i pour it over ice with some water
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and milk and then i have a matcha latte in the morning and it's
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the best thing ever it's weird
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because it kind of looks like a urine like you know
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when you go to the doctor and it's a little urine pot
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and i bring it to breakfast but whatever we'll do anything for
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or matcha i'm gonna put some sunscreen on i've been using this one garland i think it's spf 50
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so that's nice my malos madizier has really not gotten as bad as usual which i am so happy about
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head and i also think
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because i did like a chemical peel right before i think i'm gonna do one
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when i'm back in la actually because obviously it's not as bad
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but i still have some of asthma and
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that really helped the last time of getting rid of it
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so i think we're just gonna stick with it okay i'm
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gonna put a tiny bit of concealer on i like don't really like to wear a lot of makeup
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when i go to
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A bit of concealer and maybe a little lip gloss or something so I don't look like an absolute zombie.
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So I think I'm going to wear this one.
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I got this from the brand called Cydonia.
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I see their stores everywhere in Europe.
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I had never bought a bikini from there
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but i saw this and i was like oh i kind of like the color green
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and i also really like that The cups have a lot of padding.
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I have small boobs so sometimes I like
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when it has a little bit more padding because my boobs just look a little bit bigger.
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Okay, let's put this on.
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I don't think I really ever told you guys about a couple of years ago.
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I was really considering getting a boob job.
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I have always had really small breasts and obviously during my modeling years, often when I was shooting bikini and lingerie and stuff,
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it just made me feel like very insecure that I didn't really have boobs.
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I was really kind of back and forward about the silicone boobs.
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A lot of my friends had gotten it, but to be honest, I am...
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so happy that I did not get - So like on.
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fake boobs
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because first of all the thought of just having a piece
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of plastic inside me really kind of freaks me out the more i learn about like plastics
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and all of that type of stuff and people getting sick from
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that and i would always want to put my health first over kind of like everything
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but i also know people who have no issues with the silicone boobs
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which is totally fine but i also feel now i think confident
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and healthy and happy in my body and i actually think that small boobs
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It makes it so much easier to fit clothing as well when you have like smaller boobs.
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And yeah, now I just work with finding the right pieces
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that work on my body instead of just being insecure of not having a lot of boobs.
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Like I feel in here, I'm like really happy with it because it just like, has a little bit of padding.
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I love clothing with like a deep V and things like
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that because I think that looks like very chic on small boobs.
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I was so close to doing it.
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I'm just so happy that I didn't end up doing it
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and just kind of like listen to my gut last minute there.
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Yeah, I feel everyone should always like choose whatever they feel comfortable with
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and like if you know having bigger boobs give you more confidence, I'm all here for it.
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but i'm personally happy that i ended up not doing it and now just kind of
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loving and embracing my small little boobies. So yeah.
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Okay.
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We are Ready? to go to the pool.
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This is a really cute little skirt from Mango, very girly but I like it and then this hat I'm also going to link down below,
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I forgot the brand but it's been my favorite hat
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because it's actually so big and it protects my head really well and then my little Lueve bag So let's go.
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Buongiorno!
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Welcome!
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Look at this!
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I do the macros, no the tuna. And cucumber.
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How long have you been here?
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Two months.
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Oh, two months.
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Oh my god, amazing.
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I feel Max always has like a hidden talent for finding the best like very local vegetable forward organic type of restaurants.
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This is Porky Feed 'em.
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I'll link it down below.
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fish and the duck I haven't tried it yet
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but it looks amazing so I think if you are in Siena try this.
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Okay, it is a massive explosion in the room.
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This is all my shit here.
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This is all my shit here.
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I gotta get ready and leave in like a the next 10 minutes.
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I'm gonna try to do a little turbo organization because this is not gonna be great to come back to tonight. But whatever.
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I want to show you quickly what I am wearing.
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I'm wearing this really simple dress from Tom Ford.
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I wanted something very airy
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because I thought it was gonna be like really really warm really cute and simple it's gonna
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suit really well with kind of Max's suit he kind of has like a beige type of Not linen, I don't know, let's see true that I'm going to steam,
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or this is a travel steamer that has probably been one of my best purchases this year.
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I got this on Amazon and it is the absolute best.
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I even use this at home because it's very strong and it's big, but it's very compact to like put in your suitcase and stuff. So... with this.
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This is my look with my favorite sunglasses.
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This I think is from End Another Story.
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Guys, I'm done earlier than Max's.
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which actually happens.
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quite often.
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I'm so proud of myself that I'm not always extremely lazy.
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My room might look like an absolute mess but
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At least I wasn't late.
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- Yeah, yeah.
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- Yeah, yeah.
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Oh It feels kind of like it's 12 p .m but it's already 4.
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We're heading to the little town to grab some lunch because we didn't realize that the kitchen closes basically everywhere.
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I'm kind of still on Spanish time I think so basically there's no restaurant open to grab some lunch and we're starving.
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We're a little hungry.
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We're actually so hungry.
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race happening into the town today so everything's blocked off
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so we can't drive there
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so we're on a 30 minute walk right now trying to get a sandwich
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so hungry I really hope it's like these sandwiches I don't know
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if you've ever been to Florence or I've seen that
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but they have these like insane like focaccia sandwiches I just hope
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that the sienna sandwiches are gonna be kind of the same but yeah first we're gonna go on a little hike.
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Wait, do you know which way we go?
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Yes, this way.
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This way?
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Okay, good.
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It is so pretty here.
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Siena is like one of the oldest cities here in Tuscany.
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Also really nice for like wine and stuff.
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We had a nice bottle of wine.
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I was thinking already this morning, I was like why am I feeling so groggy and slow?
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And then I realized we drank last night.
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There was some vino involved.
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It was really delicious though.
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It was good We're gonna wait for the bus you guys were tired we just walked like 10 minutes
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and it's so hot so we're Deciding to take the local bus.
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I don't think I've taken the bus in a very very very long time
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But I think it's the only way for us to get to the town and not walk 35 minutes in Degree Celsius,
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which is like I think 91 or something.
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So this sandwich has to be absolutely amazing because I'm not going Yay,
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there it is This is it It works
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We're having a seat there.
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Look at that.
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This was made for us. Are you hungry? That was pretty long.
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This was the only look that didn't need ironing before I head out
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and I was really trying to get in a rush because everything in my suitcase is so wrinkled.
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So yeah, I just wore like a little silky top from Cos.
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This necklace I got from Mango.
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I really like it.
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pretty busy here in the town.
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Eww, I got pooed on.
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By a bird.
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At least it wasn't your hair.
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Okay, I need to clean it.
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Does anyone have a wipe?
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I literally told Jane like five seconds ago like, "Oh, I feel a drop." At least it wasn't my head, but I was on my own.
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That's also the tiniest little poop I've ever seen.
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Google Maps But be safe, pay attention.
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Wait, that's crazy That there's so many police there see It's right there,
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so we just walked 30 minutes to that place in this place
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Don't know I think so or ticket What about that place?
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You found another one get it away from the plaza.
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Yeah, oh, it's all the way where we got out We got no we got no sandwich,
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but we found one spot pasta that looks amazing
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It's very light Are you more noodles or rice?
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My wife just asked me if I'm more noodles or rice?
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The answer is rice.
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Getting a little over stimulated slightly there's so much going on right here One word one number,
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I guess by one of the best of others I've had you up now that really good he's enough flavor
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They're really good gelato.
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Mmm, quite happy.
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Cheers!
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So basically when it's hot that has a lot of antioxidants This is a specialty specialty pasta Okay, we just got to the hotel
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and I laid on the back for a little bit of the strings
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and emails and then I realized had 30 minutes to sunset so I Didn't even do my makeup, but I popped on the cutest dress,
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I don't know if you recognize this dress.
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It is my after -party dress from my wedding
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and it's been in my closet for the past few years
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and every time I didn't really feel I had an occasion to wear it
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and then this year I was like you know what?
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I'm going to so many sunny destinations.
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I was like I can savor or save these pieces for a moment
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that I can't even imagine what that moment is gonna be like.
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Or I can just actually wear the piece.
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So I decided to wear it.
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I actually really love it.
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It has like really beautiful feathers and stuff.
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It's definitely like a little moment.
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But I thought it was amazing so if you have not seen my wedding,
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I'm gonna show you the dress here right now. So cute!
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And the views are insane.
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We've got beautiful Siena there.
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This is the hotel at night, which is also so so stunning.
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And we're just gonna grab a little drink here. So cute!
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I'm gonna grab a little drink here.
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We know I obviously ordered my Aperol Spritz.
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It's on the way.
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It's on the way.
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I got my Spritz.
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About This Lesson
You're practicing English with "Spend the weekend with me in Tuscany" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.
Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.