Waching daily May 25 2018

In this video I'm going to show you how to release your own music on the various streaming

platforms and online stores, by using a service called DistroKid.

People often ask me how to sell their music, how to get it on Spotify and so on.

In order to sell your music online, you first need to get it into all the major streaming

platforms and online stores.

To accomplish that, your music has to be distributed either through a label, or you can do it yourself

through an online distribution platform such as DistroKid.

Many seem to dread the thought of doing this themselves though, thinking that this is way

too complicated, with a lot of legal documents and tedious tasks that has to be performed

in order to set everything up.

That's not the case.

It's actually quite easy, and with DistroKid, the whole process takes less than a minute.

I do understand that some people might be skeptical though, but times has changed.

Being a music producer today isn't just about making music.

You're basically a one man band, accountant, distributor, promotor, manager and your own

spokesperson at the same time.

Many producers even make their own cover art.

Besides making music, the promotion side of it should be your second most important task,

so you might as well distribute your music yourself and then spend some time promoting

it afterwards.

So why DistroKid?

There are several distribution platforms available.

They all basically do the same thing.

The difference is mainly the prizing model, the ease of use and so on.

Some of them will take a cut of the royalties, while others will not.

The reason DistroKid has become so popular among producers is because they don't take

any of your royalties.

It's considered by many to be the easiest to use and set up, and it's also very cheap,

just 19.99 for a one year subscription, and you can then upload as many tracks as you

want.

There's no limitation.

I think that's a huge part of why it's become so popular.

It's fast, easy to use, and cheap.

I should probably mention that even though DistroKid won't take a cut of your royalties,

the various online stores themselves will.

That's just the way it is, and this will be the case regardless of which platform or

label you use to distribute your music.

So, let's have a quick look at how this works.

When you go to the DistroKid web page, simply click the sign up button to make an account.

Fill in your information, and you're good to go.

When that's done, just log in.

All your released tracks will eventually show up here.

Releasing a track is easy.

Just click Upload.

Here's a list of all the stores and streaming platforms it will be available on.

If you don't want it on some of these for whatever reason, just deselect them.

Then, select how many tracks you want to upload.

-Has this been previously released?

… Nope..

Here you can type in your artist name.

Notice how they provide examples on how to type out the artist name.

This can come in handy in case you're not a 100% sure.

If you have released music before under your artist name, it will show up here.

In that case, you'll have to confirm that this is you.

Next, you can select the release date, and here you can also choose if you want people

to be able to preorder or not.

Here you can type in the label.

Since you are now releasing this yourself, you can just make up whatever you want.

Type in your artist name, or just make up something.

The next step is to upload the cover art.

I recommend spending some time on this.

Make sure you use the recommended size and format.

If you're not a professional photoshopper, I recommend finding someone who can help you

with the cover.

For example, there's a lot of talented people on Fiverr who can help you make a cover, starting

at just 5 dollars.

First impressions are always important, and having a professional cover can certainly

help in that regard.

Next, select the language….

Genre…

Fairly straight forward stuff here.

..

Here you can type in the title of your track, and as you can see, again, they provide specific

examples on how to do this.

For example if your track is featuring someone else, like a vocalist, it shows you how to

type it out properly, which is great.

Did I make this song myself?

Uhm.. yeah....

And allow me to sound a note of caution here: Make sure you never upload someone else's

track, or anything you don't have the full legal right to, as that can get you into a

lot of trouble later on.

It has to be your track and your original idea, and you also need to own the rights

to all the samples used in the track and so on.

If you have any questions about this, just let me know in the comments bellow.

Moving on..

Lyrics?

Nope…

Here you can select the selling prize for your track.

Here's the most important step, uploading your track.

Just click here, and select your file.

Make sure it's a high quality master.

Is it an instrumental?

Yes or no..

Next, we have some optional extras.

These are not free, so you have to decide for yourself if this is something you need

or not.

For example, if you select this one, you can have youtube detect if anyone uploads your

track there.

You'll then be able to decide if it should be removed or If it should be allowed to stay,

and have ads placed on it instead.

The revenue from those ads will then go to you of course.

Just select the ones you want, if any.

The last thing you have to do is check these boxes.

When that's done, simply click here, and you're done.

Now that wasn't so difficult was it?

As I said, it's extremely easy.

When the track has been released, you can click here to view the stats.

This will show you how your tracks are doing when it comes to streams, sales and so on.

Here's all your settings.

Make sure your information is correct.

We also have some other helpful stuff here, like whitelisting specific youtube videos

and so on.

There's also an affiliate link that you can use, which will give people a discount

when signing up.

And speaking of which, If you'd like to get 7% off when signing on, you can use the

affiliate link in the description bellow.

If you should ever want to upgrade your account, you can do that here.

Last but not least, we have the bank.

Here you'll find everything related to your earnings.

So there you have it.

A short presentation on how to use DistroKid.

If you're considering releasing your own music, then I recommend that you head over

there and sign up now.

It's arguably the most popular distribution platform available right now, and for good

reason.

It's extremely cheap.

Just 19.99 for one year, and it's very easy to use, and as I said, they don't take a

cut of your royalties.

If you're considering signing up, then make sure to use the affiliate link in the description

bellow, and you'll get a 7% discount, or go to DistroKid dot com slash VIP slash firewalk

Let me know what kind of service you're currently using to release your music.

Perhaps you're using some other platform, and are considering switching to Distrokid?

Or perhaps you prefer to use a label?

And if so, then why?

Let me know in the comments bellow!

I hope this was helpful.

I want to tank our Patreons for their ongoing support, and make sure to subscribe if you

haven't already done so.

Also, check out the links bellow if you need Professional mixing or mastering, feedback

on your music and so on.

And as always, feel free to leave a comment if you have a question, or if there's any

specific tutorial you'd like us to make.

Thanks for watching!

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3 BIG Mistakes To Avoid | Why You STILL Aren't Fluent & Confident In English - Duration: 15:58.

Hey guys what's up Stefanie the English coach here from EnglishFullTime.com

in this video I am going to show you guys how I speak Spanish but I'm also

going to tell you about some of the biggest mistakes I made mistakes you

should avoid so you can improve your English a lot faster it took me a long

time to get fluent in Spanish and again it's because of these mistakes I kept

making so here's the deal I'm going to tell you about these mistakes that I made

in Spanish so you guys can hear how I speak so if you don't understand this

language please turn on the subtitles so you can follow along because you're

going to want to see this information after that I'm gonna share a clip with

you guys from a presentation that I gave back in 2012 when I was 21 years old in

one of my college Spanish classes so you will be able to see the evolution of my

language skills basically how I spoke Spanish back then when I was just

studying Spanish in the United States and you know studying it in high school and

college versus how my Spanish was after living for over five years in a

spanish-speaking country with that said though I want to tell you guys that in

order to achieve what I achieved in English you don't necessarily have to

live in an english-speaking country and this is gonna be related to one of the

mistakes that I made I basically thought that in order to learn Spanish I had to

live in a spanish-speaking country and there were just so many misconceptions

so many things that I thought were true that really weren't ok so turn on the

subtitles in English if you don't speak Spanish and let's get started OK

first I want to say that my family is from Argentina my parents were born there

but they immigrated to the USA before I was born

and since they knew many languages... German, English, Spanish, French...

they only taught us English because it was the easiest thing to do. And when I was 14 years old

I realized that I didn't speak the langauge of my family. So I "buckled down" and thought

no! I have to learn this language I want to be able to communicate with my family

I want to visit them one day in Argentina so

I started studying Spanish in a program that was for Spanish speakers, so for me

it was like an immersion program. I did 3 years in

that class. Later I went to college to continue studying Spanish. I thought that

the only way to learn the language and reach fluency was

to study it in traditional programs. So I basically didn't do anything on my own

to study. I didn't listen to music. I didn't watch movies. I didn't watch videos on

YouTube I didn't read books

I just relied on my classes and what the teachers

taught me. The second thing I did wrong was I never spoke Spanish.

In high school and in college, I had a ton of friends who spoke

Spanish, but I was too embarrassed to speak. So I didn't take advantage of any

opportunity to speak with them or practice. I was too concerned with

being embarrassed and messing up.... but you have to speak you have to

make mistakes because that's you you learn. And basically, during all

the years I was in high school and college -7 years total- I almost

didn't take advantage of any moment to speak with other people. And since I never spoke

it was always really hard to express myself. The third "biggest mistake"

is that I wasn't confident at all! I mean, I was learning something new

but it was like I expected myself to speak perfectly from day one or something. But that's dumb

because when someone is learning, they're not an expert! You don't know everything yet, you're going to mess up.

But I didn't have the patience with myself to go through that process. Honestly

it's really sad. Because I could have learned a lot faster. I could have

had better experiences. But I was so worried about messing up

or saying something wrong that I was barely able to enjoy the process

and after living 5 years in Argentina I realized that in this day and age it's not

necessary --seriously it's NOT necessary-- to go to another country to learn their language

I didn't have to do everything I did to get to the level I have today. I did

everything people think you have to do, traditional classes, studying Spanish

in college, going to a Spanish-speaking country. And now I realize that none of that was

necessary because there are a bunch of people who, for example,

learn English, get really fluent, and have a really good accent without ever going to

an English-speaking country! So my 3 pieces of advice for you guys are... 1.

You have to consume lots of information in English. You have to watch

videos in English. You have to listen to music in English. You have to do EVERYTHING in English.

Everything that you can do in English, do it. Follow meme pages on

Instagram, for example, read books in English you have to do as much as possible

in English. The second piece of advice, you have to speak! You have to speak the language and not

worry about your mistakes. Because you're going to mess up, that's for sure. So forget about

speaking perfectly and give yourself the time you need to improve and to get to a

good level. It takes time! I'm 27 years old. I started studying Spanish when I was

14. 13 years later I got to where I am today. And the third piece of advice, don't

worry about your mistakes. I worried so much about my mistakes for so many years that

I didn't start speaking confidently till last

year. And you know how I made that change? I got tired --SO TIRED-- of worrying about

everything... about, "oh, no! how do you say this? Am I going to say it well? I'm probably going to

mess up. They're not going to understand me" Can you guys believe that I worried about all of that with a

very high level of fluency. Your level has nothing to do with your confidence. They are

two completely different things. Think about it, when I had a really high level of fluency, with a

really good accent and lots of vocabulary, I still

lacked confidence. And I could barely talk with people I didn't know, or sometimes

even with people I DID know. Confidence is something completely different. It has to do with

your mind and how you perceive yourself and what you think about your abilities.

So, knowing that, you're not going to have more confidence by getting more fluent. You have to start

being confident now with the level you have. Because you already learned a lot and you're

going to keep learning and you have to put your confidence in that, that you will continue

to improve. Anyhow, I could keep sharing a lot more, but now I'm going to switch back

to English to show you guys the presentation I did 6 years ago

guys so hopefully you enjoyed those tips that I shared and you know everything I

shared about the mistakes that I made I don't want you to make these mistakes

because I want you to be confident I want you to achieve fluency faster than

I did like I said it took me a long time to get to the level that I have today

but it's because I didn't surround myself with enough Spanish I didn't

speak Spanish even though I had a bunch of opportunities to practice and I just

lacked confidence okay and remember you can just choose to be confident where

you're at today and realize that you're going to get better now let's watch a

couple minutes of the presentation that I gave six years ago and you guys will

see that my Spanish was nothing like what it is today okay and after you see

that presentation then I'm going to explain some things that changed in my

Spanish and we're going to do a little analysis of that so let's watch part of

that presentation

Um... last year I went to Mexico with sister and my nephew Giovanni

who was 3 years old and he's my sister's son

and we went to visit my brother in law's family and my brother in law

because her husband was living in Mexico during that time

and when I was in Mexico I learned a lot about Mexican culture

and about the people who lived in the village where I was staying

um and the village was called San Pedro

And it's near um Morelia, an hour from Morelia in Michoacan, Mexico.

This is just a picture of the landscape. Uh it reminded me a lot of California

because it had a lot of... it has mountains and it has a lot of the same trees.

Here is another one. And this is the "milpa"

And the "milpa" is where the corn plants grow

In that village they had a lot of "milpa"

la "milpa" again

Ok, I put this photo in the presentation because when uhhh I entered Mexico

One of the first things I noticed was that the advertisements

weren't on billboards like we have here in the USA

the advertisements are painted on brick walls

and they are full of color and very eye-catching

and I thought it is interesting because if someone wants to change the advertisement

they have to paint it again and it would be a lot of work

okay guys I hope you enjoyed that clip as far as the little analysis I said we

would do on this video the number one thing that I see myself doing here is

I'm using lots of fillers that are fillers we use in English like I'll say

a few words in Spanish and then I'll go uhhhh or ummm okay those are all fillers that I use

in English but those are not fillers that native Spanish speakers use a

native Spanish speaker might say ehhh or ahhh or something like that okay so the fillers

in languages are different and if you want to sound more like a native speaker

use the fillers that we use in English the next thing I notice in this video is

my lack of fluency I just pretty much had a basic vocabulary

to make complex sentences I mean sometimes these sentences aren't even

complex but because I learned Spanish through traditional classes and because

I was only able to speak with whatever grammar they taught me if I wasn't at a

certain level yet then I didn't know how to say something right and so in the

video I'm constantly searching for words I'm constantly searching for terms I

struggle to make complete sentences without really thinking about what I'm

gonna say I'm translating in my head I even have a piece of paper in front of

me with vocabulary in case I forget it and at one point in the video I even

have to look at it to remember a word that I was gonna say and be able to use

it because I had not internalized the Spanish language yet and internalizing a

language happens after years of absorbing that language and using that

language okay which I as you know from this whole video I didn't really do any

of those very much okay so the last thing I want to talk about regarding how

my Spanish has changed from what it used to be in this video clip that you guys

just saw to what it is now it really has a lot to do with my intonation the way

that I speak the quality of the sounds that I make okay and the vocabulary

after being surrounded with one type of Spanish Argentine Spanish for so long I

really adopted the Argentine way of expressing ideas and speaking so now for

example if I want to say the word bus I used to say "autobus" because

that's what I was taught from the textbook but nobody in argentina says

that in argentina they say "colectivo" or if they're gonna say bus you know using

the slang term they'll say "bondi" I didn't learn any of those in a textbook

ever so that is one way that my Spanish has changed my vocabulary my

intonation patterns everything is very Argentine but that's because I focused

on learning that Spanish now here's the thing a lot of you might think oh well

you lived in Argentina for five years so of course you were able to get good at

Spanish of course you were able to improve your accent of course you were

able to learn the vocabulary but that's not the reason why I achieved all of

this I achieved it because I made it a point to work on my

accent I paid attention to the vocabulary that they were using I

incorporated it I remember the first few weeks I was in Argentina and I would

hear words and I would go oh my gosh you know that's not what I was taught that

my teacher taught me something else and then I was confronted with a decision am

I gonna keep using the Spanish that my teacher taught me or am I going to adopt

the way that they say you know this word in this country and so I decided to let

go of everything that I was taught in my classes and to simply absorb the

language the way that it's spoken by the people that are from there now lots of

people live in foreign countries and they never acquire the accent they never

change the vocabulary they use they keep using the textbook vocabulary that

they learned even though they hear that other people don't speak like that

okay so there's a bunch of people that live in the United States and have lived

here for 20 years 50 years and they still don't speak English or they don't

speak it fluently or they have a heavy accent what you achieve really is up to

you it's what are your goals what are you trying to achieve

and how much do you work at it when I first got to Argentina and I didn't have

the accent that I have today I worked for this you know I really listened and

I would practice and it was so frustrating but I did not give up and

that's why I got to where I am today most people when it comes to

pronunciation they just give up okay one because it pushes you out of your

comfort zone and two because it's hard and you have to make sounds with your

mouth and with your tongue and your lips that you've never made in your entire

life it's hard okay so if you give up or if you just don't care about it you're

not going to get to that really high level that's just the truth okay so this

video is already long enough that's all I have time to share with you guys today

but if you want a guide on practicing your English with native speakers

because this is you guys like the one thing that's really really going to help

you practice your pronunciation pick up vocabulary from native English speakers

build your confidence if you want a guide on how to do this I have one on my

website and I'm gonna link it below okay in the description so check it out it

is the most popular guide on my entire website it's absolutely free for you to

download and it's going to give you lots of tips on how to meet native English

speakers using the Internet okay ways that I recommend ways that I don't

recommend how to get people to actually talk with you because people will talk

with you but you just you know you have to be strategic you can't just say hey

will you practice your English with me okay there are better ways to do this so

there's a whole guide on my website about how to do this if you want it it's

in the description and that's it you guys I'll see you in another video

thanks for watching bye

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Portofino and Santa Margherita, Italy - Duration: 15:49.

We are taking you to one of the prettiest places on the planet right here, Portofino.

And later in the program we will take you to Santa Margherita Ligure, another beautiful

town on the Italian Riviera.

Well, to get there were driving from Santa Margherita.

It's about 3 miles along the coastline, and you pass a little beach along the way and

a few isolated houses, but mostly it's this winding, curvy, cliff-hugging seaside road.

It's really scenic.

You can get there by city bus.

It's an inexpensive bus ride, under two euro, only takes about 15 minutes.

In our case were going by a private shuttle van because of our schedule, and this worked

out really nicely.

They took us right in the heart of town.

It's a little village, easy to walk around.

There are some shops, there are about half a dozen streets, and the view.

This is one of the great views of the world.

And we are going to show you how to get that view, especially at twilight, how nice.

We got here kind of late in the afternoon, and so right away first thing we want to walk

up the hill while the lighting is good.

Yes, it's a bit of an uphill climb, but not so bad, and it's worth it because you will

get some super views.

That's the first glimpse you get, but keep going because it gets better.

You a little bit higher – only takes about 15 minutes at most to walk up here, or ten

if you are a good walker.

There's the view that you're going to get.

That is spectacular.

You can go a little further.

You don't have to go much further than that.

Maybe up to the church.

We' re here in the off-season, it's November, so there's not very many other people around,

which makes it very convenient for us.

As you get to the top you'll see the small castle of St. George and next to it is the

church of St. George, which makes a great observation lookout for enjoying the view

down below, and you don't need to go beyond that, because here is where you get that perfect

view looking back at the little cove of Portofino.

And this is a great time of day to be here.

You get the natural lighting, you get the streetlights on, the shop lights are coming

on.

So the church lookout is a great spot to see the town from.

We'll get back down to the village in a moment and show you around.

There's a couple of shops, there is a couple of restaurants in this season.

Some students from Ukraine also visiting, taking their pictures.

The water was a little choppy this evening, it was high tide with water splashing up over

the dock there.

It's a protected marina.

Portofino is world-famous as a home for yachts and the visiting jet-set, and the millionaires

and the billionaires.

But there are some affordable accommodations that we will show you in a moment, and there's

local residents, of course in Portofino, a very small population some ordinary neighborhood

shops.

But there are not very many accommodations here.

It's more of a daytrip.

You might stay nearby at Santa Margherita, as we' re doing, and there's a lot of hotels

in Santa Margherita.

We will show you signs for some hotels and bed and breakfasts.

You don't have to stay at the most fancy five-star deluxe hotel if you want to stay in Portofino.

But here you go, there are some B&Bs, three-star hotels, four-star hotels.

Hotel Splendido is probably the top choice, but they' re closed from November through

March.

You get into the residential neighborhood just up the hill, and then it's time to go,

hopping on our bus.

We shared the bus ride with these young university students.

They are students in economics in Ukraine, in the capital city of Kiev.

And little did the students know on their holiday, that they were going to be walking

right back into a battle zone.

Fortunately, the revolution turned out well for the people.

The old president was kicked out.

Very friendly folks.

And in just about 15 minutes, the bus delivers you right back into Santa Margherita Ligure.

We discovered that Santa Margherita is not only a convenient place to stay because of

its numerous hotels, and restaurants, and shops, but it's also a beautiful town.

It's right along the shores of the Ligurian Sea.

There's a big marina and there is a delightful old town with the pedestrian zone – lots

of locals out.

The train station is located right in the town itself and so if you're traveling light,

you could most likely just walk from the train station to your hotel.

Most of the hotels are within 1/2 a mile or at most 1 mile away, but in our case we got

suitcases and the small group and so were going to have taxis shuttle us right over

to the hotel, and we're going to start touring immediately.

We decided to stay in Santa Margherita because it's just 3 miles away from Portofino and

just a little bit further away from Cinque Terre, which are the main attractions of this

coastline.

We have discovered that Santa Margherita is a classic town in its own right.

It's a bright little town full of light and color, which came into being originally with

the merging of two small adjacent villages, and now it's formed in one beautiful spread

along the coastline.

It's ironic that Santa Margherita is not as famous as those other destinations, but it's

just as nice.

There is a charming waterfront park and promenade with benches and landscaping, beautiful palm

trees, statues and fountains, and old, orange-colored and brown buildings nestled right up against

the harbor with their sidewalk cafes and shopfronts.

In Santa Margherita Liguori were staying at the Lauren hotel.

It' s four stars, and it's right on the waterfront, great location, just a hundred

meters away from the center of town where you got all the restaurants and the Piazza,

the pedestrian lanes in the passeggiata in the evening.

So consider Hotel Lauren when you're in Santa Margherita Ligure.

This park has a statue of Christopher Columbus, seemingly pointing out across the sea at the

New World.

Well it's because Columbus is reputed to have been from the area, from Genoa, which

is about 25 miles north from here along the coastline.

And therefore he might have even spent some time right here in Santa Margherita at some

point during his career.

Like many, if not most Italian towns, there is a statue in honor of Garibaldi, the great

hero.

He led the battle for independence of Italy as a sovereign nation.

When you get away from the waterfront and step into the old town, just a block away,

you'll find some very charming sidewalks covered by arcades with big pillars and shopfronts.

The arcades are a great place to stroll and gather, protects you from the elements, and

then there are some open plazas right nearby.

It's the traditional evening passeggiata where all the local folks come out for a stroll.

It's after work, it's before dinner.

The families are gathering largest, there's artists in the street, there's lots of kids

out playing.

And sometimes you'll get lucky and come across a very special family scene like this

– a bunch of young kids and one of the dads posing them.

That's a challenge, posing the a group photo.

This scene with the kids having fun and the local townspeople walking around is just an

example of how Santa Margherita Ligure is really a local place.

It's less of a touristic spot and more of an authentic Italian small-town experience.

It's a safe place, it's a friendly place and yet it has a good variety of shops and

restaurants and hotels that can really take care of the visitor.

The town center is a pedestrian zone with several streets and piazzas just for people.

No cars allowed.

This is typical of what you're finding throughout Europe nowadays.

We're getting hungry, and there's quite a few restaurant choices, and we got lucky

with an excellent place with a very friendly waiter.

Ristorante da Michele, my name is Cebus.

This is Santa Margherita and this is Ristorante da Michele.

Welcome.

It really was quite a spectacular experience.

Everybody in Hawaii, ciao. [people speaking] We were having a relatively early dinner.

It was only about 7 o'clock.

But we had a long day and we were hungry and ready to eat and we' re American tourists

after all, eating early.

Europeans generally eat about 8 PM or 9 PM.

Many restaurants don't even open until 8 PM.

Is the gnocchi, tagliatelle, handmade?

This is open, we have it all to ourselves because of that early hour.

Great service, incredible foods, fresh pasta, and great vegetables, and terrific wine to

go with it.

What a package.

And we enjoyed the regional specialties.

The muscles and calamari, some whitefish, crab, pesto, ok a la Bolognese.

That's the trophie, it's the handrolled fresh pasta with a pesto sauce, and the pesto

is from the area because the hillsides cultivate a lot of basil.

[people speaking] thank you very much, Mr. Bush.

We'll see you again, take care.

Bye-bye.

Followed by a little after dinner stroll to work off that amazing meal.

And the town is still jumping with lots of people out walking.

Another good reason for staying here is that there is a wide variety of hotels that you

can stay at in Santa Margherita, ranging from four-star deluxe right down to budget economy

in all sizes and categories, so it makes a real good home base.

Quite a few of the buildings are 300 and 400 years old, so you really do get quite a feeling

for a history here in Santa Margherita.

There's an outstanding Baroque church and many of the painted decorations on the buildings

hearken back to the Baroque, and even the rococo eras.

The area has quite a history.

It started out as several separate villages and then in 1812 they were joined together

by Napoleon, who named them after himself calling it Porto Napoleone.

However, three years later, with the fall of Napoleon, all that was undone and the city

was transferred to the kingdom of Piedmont and Sardinia and renamed as Santa Margherita.

The hotel breakfast is just what you would hope to find in a very nice four-star hotel

in Italy.

A big spread there with your cold cuts, your meats and cheeses, there's rolls and fruits

of course, there's yogurts, and coffee.

[Coffee machine noise] You lift it right out, fresh brewed coffee,

cappuccino.

It's There's different kinds of beverages available.

And it's a very nice setting.

We have tables with a view looking out at the waterfront just right across the street,

just ideal.

You been watching our visit to Santa Margherita Ligure which is part of our tour, visiting

Cinque Terre and Portofino, nearby areas.

And we have many more episodes of video showing you those wonderful places: the five villages

of Cinque Terre, incredible, and Portofino, one of the world's most famous jet-set destinations.

Well, this morning we' re heading out that away for our visit to Cinque Terre.

It's about an hour and 20 minute train ride from Santa Margherita.

And the weather does not look too promising.

The forecast is for scattered showers throughout the day.

Right now there is just a little mist in the air, but we will see how the day develops.

We're going anyway, and rain or shine, Cinque Terre is a beautiful place to visit.

Well, we're taking a walk from the hotel along the waterfront promenade in Santa Margherita.

Actually were heading for the train station.

We're going to be riding down to Cinque Terre for today.

But that's a different movie.

For this film were just showing you Santa Margherita.

Look at our other movies for our adventures in Cinque Terre and Portofino the nearby attractions

here, close to Santa Margherita.

And check it out, and we will show you much more of the area.

We're walking over to the train station which is only about 10 to 20 minutes away

from any hotel in town.

So convenient, Santa Margherita Ligure station connects internationally all over Europe.

It's a major train station, and it also has some of the local trains that connect directly

down to Cinque Terre.

So it really is great connection spot.

So you wait around for the train, hang out, and sure enough, it comes.

You get there about five minutes ahead of time, that's all you need to do.

They are never early, sometimes they're a little late.

So, the train arrives, you get on.

In the off-season, not crowded at all.

It's mostly second-class cars on these local train, so you don't need a first-class ticket.

The conductor comes around, punches your ticket out, and you get some scenery out the windows

and soon enough you have arrived at your next destination, so stay tuned and travel with

us throughout Cinque Terre.

We upload a new movie every week so please subscribe to our channel.

Then you'll be notified.

And if you enjoyed the movie, how about a thumbs up, and we always welcome comments

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It really helps us spread the word.

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