Nerdtour Europe 2012: Montegrappa and Paulo Coelho | NerdOffice S03E14 ( ENG SUB )

There's a horrible B.O. here! B.O.! - What a nutjob face! - And it's not us, I've smelled us! You know? Like this... Smoothing your hair, right? JovemNerd.com.br presents: NerdOffice Editing by GavetaFilmes.com.br Subtitles by Fabio Lima - twitter.com/fabiopl Lambda, lambda, lambda, nerds! Welcome to the NerdOffice! We're back! Azaghal is so happy to be back from the trip... In case you don't know, we were in Europe. What did we do in Europe? We were invited by Paulo Coelho and Giuseppe Aquila... CEO of Montegrappa... ...to go to St. Joseph's party, for the release of the pen, and to celebrate The Alchemist's anniversary, and all that. That's right. Paulo Coelho is releasing, through Montegrappa, The Alchemist pen, which is very cool, check it out! And, well, we were in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. Yeah, we went to many places, starting with Bassano, where the Montegrappa factory is located. At the foot of Monte Grappa. See? See? There's a mountain called Monte Grappa. The most elite pens... ...are named after mountains. Maybe in Brazil there could be one? The Sugar Loaf? There already is a supermarket... The police!! There's the Araras Mountain Range. Holy ***! Exactly. Mantiqueira! - We met many celebrities... -True. ...and we appeared on Caras magazine! Not bad, not bad at all! Surreal! It's the Amaury Jr. lifestyle! It's surreal, dude. Surreal! Anyway, that's it! Now, let's check out the wonderful Bassano del Grappa! - Check out our adventures with Paulo Coelho. - Exactly. Enjoy the pen's launch and The Alchemist anniversary party. See how a Montegrappa pen is made, at Montegrappa's factory. Awesome, isn't it? We're in Bassano del Grappa, a small medieval city near Venice, at the foot of the Alps and Monte Grappa. See, that's why the pen is Montegrappa. Because its factory is here, at the foot of Monte Grappa, which is that mountain over there, where a big World War I battle took place. Here, other battles took place, too, during the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon lived in this city for a few months, when he defeated the Austrians. If you haven't heard the Nerdcast on Napoleon, check out the link on this video's post on our website. We discussed his campaign in Italy... Napoleon was here, man! And best of all is, he fought for this city with the Austrians, and this is the river that divides the city, so on one side was Napoleon, being shot at by the Austrians, who were on the other side, and at the end the Austrians retreated and Napoleon took over the city. This bridge here is also famous, it's the "Ponte Vecchio" (old bridge). Everywhere in Italy there's a Ponte Vecchio, as in Brazil everywhere there's... ...a "Praia Grande" (big beach) or "Cachoeira Véu-de-noiva" (bridal veil waterfall). This bridge was designed by Andrea Palladio. If you study Architecture, you know who that is, so that's a big deal. It was destroyed many times, so this is not the original bridge. The last time it was destroyed was during World War II. So this one is not really that old? Well, it's getting old again. But this one was based on the original design, as Palladio intended. What probably happened is, Napoleon's riflemen were by those windows, and the Austrian guys on the other side tried to shoot them at all costs. That façade is now safekept by the government, so it can't be altered. History must be kept alive. It's quite impressive. Those are the windows of a 300-year old tavern, so the guys were probably killed while they were drinking. To study History is one thing, but to see it for yourself is totally different. Actual bullet holes from the Napoleonic Wars on the walls. It's crazy. - Why not, right? - What? Oh, that's ridiculous! Is that one of those cliché pictures, people come to Napoleon's house and... It's not Napoleon's house. He just stayed there for some days. A few months. Going up is tough... It's *** cold today! Check it out, Italian restaurant! Just getting started... That's what it's like here: one pie per person! Even children! And here you can't just order "half Portuguese, half..." They don't have Portuguese pizza here. "In little squares, please!" There's one thing we can't say or they'll kill us, right? "Ketchup!" "Per favore, il ketchup!" A FEW MINUTES LATER... We didn't think we'd be able to finish the whole pie. But it's the best pizza I've ever eaten. Best pizza ever! It's because this is real pizza. They've been feeding us fake pizza our whole lives. - It's the sauce that makes the difference. - It's impressive. This is top notch! Man, Mrs. Jovem Nerd nearly ate the whole thing! I didn't think I would! In Brazil, the thin pies usually come all charred on the bottom. What a piece of ***! Like a cracker. That sucks. Here, they're all fluffy. *** great! And crispy, too! You took us out of our rooms to drink ***! - Italian ***! - Grappa! As the Wizard of the Nerds, I have a few privileges... Yeah. ...among which is taking you out of the healthy rooms where you were resting... ...after drinking mineral water... - That's true! - We bought two bottles! I brought you here to drink Grappa, as I am in Bassano del Grappa, grappa, grappa, grappa. - The least you can do. You gotta blur that screen, Gaveta! A toast to St. Joseph! To St. Joseph and Paulo Coelho! It burns! - Drink it and you'll grow some chest hair! - Stop! Go for it, Mrs. Jovem Nerd! I can't! She drinks and spits it back! My mouth is not numb, it's naturally like this! I'm talking like this, darling, but my mouth is completely numb! This is the top of Monte Grappa, one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen. It's also a historical WWI place, because even though it seems desolate, it's the last natural border in the Alps, which are way over there, and the Italian plains, which are over here, from this point on. So during WWI, the Austrians came from there, and this place was... ...the greatest Italian resistance of WWI. They built trenches, roads to bring supplies, because if they lost this mountain, that would open the way for the Austrians to invade Italy. So they stayed here, and we are at a beautiful memorial, which in fact is also a cemetery, for both Austrians, on this side, and Italian, on the other side. Today it's Mrs. Jovem Nerd's birthday! This is top-notch luxury! I'm feeling really high-class right now, and it's going to be hard to leave this behind. I'm going to cling to this life with my nails, man. Never again. JEAN ALESI FORMER F-1 PILOT - This is like, a whole other level of bacon. - Oh really? It's almost like, bacon meets pudding. It's bacon sliced as ham or carpaccio. - Look how white it is! - Is it really that...? - Man, it's delicious. - It's made of baby piggies. No, happy piggies. They live a stress-free life, it's unbelievable. Now eat it. I'm gonna do a "Gaveta shot". Our friend Charlie the Lebanese said that this is Giuseppe's office. Yes. We can confirm that there is a nerd out there making million-dollar pens. We have a nerd, we have a nerd! This sure looks like our NerdOffice! - A luxurious NerdOffice? - Exactly! - The nerd, evolved, perhaps? - You can tell that he's cleaner than us. But check this out! His company isn't called NerdGrappa or anything. It's The Expendables 2! - This, darling, is called... - What? - This is called... - Force of habit! It's called "my new life". Here's Troll Coelho! - Troll Coelho! - Beware of Troll Coelho! - Beware! - He's dangerous! This is a moment for meeting friends, for a thanksgiving prayer, and, above all, for our work, for we are all people who seek to do their best. I am surrounded by good friends. We have here a letter, which the Wizard of the Nerds shall open, while Azaghal, who today, for the first time, smiles... I open it with great care... And it is... The Great Wizard of the Nerds! - Thank your for everything, Paulo! - You're welcome. Thank you! Congratulations, Paulo. Thank you very much. Thank you all for coming, really. Come on! Check this out! This is no small feat! This is my "internet take down" stance for those who don't like me! Look at this, you got underwear! With a rose on it! Today, I'm getting some! - You can play all songs but one here, right? - Oh, yeah! That one! "Nossa, nossa..." Lambda, lambda, lambda! . . We can't forget to thank... We can't forget to thank... Look how Azaghal's face has changed! - The generosity... - Right. - ...the affection... - Yes! - ...from our dear brother... - Brother! - Yes, our family! - Italian! - "Famiglia!" - "La famiglia italiana di" Giuseppe Aquila, CEO of Montegrappa, who gave us Montegrappa pens, Azaghal! Now we're talking! You got a Chaos pen, and I got a Bruce Lee pen, dude! - Wicked, man. - The pens are wicked! What a fine work of art! We are in love with our jewels. - They're not mere pens... - They're pieces of art. Pieces of art, true jewels. These two pens, together... You know what they do to Montblanc, right? They unite to kick Montblanc IN THE NUTS! - Now there's two of them! - One holds 'em, the other one kicks 'em! - Totally! Bruce Lee and Stallone together, awesome! - "Grazie, Giuseppe!" - "Grazie, grazie!" . When we visited Giuseppe's office... ...and we saw that he's a huge nerd... - That's true. When we were talking, he mentioned he'd closed a deal with DC Comics... Wow, that's great, first-hand info! ...and they're going to make a Batman pen... Man, I can't even imagine it! - Montegrappo's pens are so *** wicked! - Yeah! They're making a Batman pen! - So they're going to release Batman, Supeman and Wonder Woman pens! Man, this is gonna be awesome. So I ask you, nerd: what other pen, DC Comics or not, you're free to create it. True. What other pen inspired in whatever character, movie or book should Montegrappa make? Nice. WHAT NAME WOULD YOU GIVE TO GAVETA'S COMMENT-COMMENTING FEATURE? ASK GAVETA (BY MANY NERDS) FACE TO FACE WITH GAVETA (BY MANY NERDS) FOOT TO THE DOOR, GAVETA TO THE FACE! (WINNER!) *translated by Fabio Lima* http://twitter.com/fabiopl