Well good morning good mornings guys.
Good morning guys.
Today is another travel day and actually it is going to be two back to back travel days
because someone underestimated distances.
This is part 1 of 2.
Hahaha.
Tell us what happened.
Yeah.
I think the thing in Europe sometimes is you just look on the map and you think those two
places aren't that far but then you don't actually like do thorough research as to yeah
the transportation options.
Like maybe there is mountains in between.
Yeah or maybe there is not direct routes.
Anyways going from Porto to Madrid yes is not an easy option there is sometimes overnight
buses that are direct and sometimes there is day buses but on the day we have to leave
there isn't an option that works for us.
Yeah.
So basically what we're doing is we are heading north from Porto to Vigo in Spain.
We go to Vigo.
That is the title of this video.
Kind of a bad joke that we've been saying the past few days but we're going to Vigo,
Spain.
Not to sightsee just to stay overnight in a hotel.
Yes.
And then the following morning we're going to wake up and then we're going to take a
direct bus to Madrid in the morning.
Yes.
So that allows us not to travel uh at night and it also allows us to kind of break up
the trip a little bit.
Mmmhmm.
But before we do that we'll give you a tour of our apartment here in Porto.
Yes our place in Porto let's do that.
Also since I'm doing the apartment tour I want to show off this sweater my Mom got me
while I was home for the holidays.
Tada.
It is travel themed.
We've been to how many of those cities have you been to personally?
All of them except Shanghai.
Yeah, that is true we have been to Rome.
This should be crossed off.
I've been to all of them.
I've been to Shanghai.
Well lucky you world traveler.
Okay let's begin with a tour.
This is the entrance to the apartment so we have a little foyer area.
Yeah.
This is where we basically put our shoes.
There is the mirror.
Shoes.
Hi.
And this is our kitchen.
We're checking out in a few minutes so don't mind the garbage.
Yeah.
I'm going to switch spots with you because yeah because of the light.
Yeah this was a really nice kitchen in comparison to the last one we had in Lisbon.
This was so spacious.
Plenty of room yeah to prepare our wonderful pastas.
So yeah we had pasta and we also were cooking instant Korean noodles a lot.
Oh yeah.
Korean noodles.
Yeah and lots of salads too.
So it was great.
Yeah, we basically had everything and it was cool.
We made use of the coffee machine over here.
They also left us complimentary teas.
So yeah very thoughtful and they also had a lot of just like they had a lot of wine
glasses.
They had a lot cutlery.
They had a lot of chopping knives.
Oh I'm forgetting this is coming with me.
It was perfect.
Let's continue.
Yeah let's not forget that.
Haha.
And okay this was our favorite part of the apartment basically.
This is why we booked the AirBNB.
Because it had a really large common space.
Yep.
A very spacious living and dining area and since there is four of us we're traveling
with Sam's parents we wanted to be comfortable.
Yeah.
Exactly.
So we had a huge couch over here.
Two couches over here and a nice big dining table which actually was quite rickety and
it reminded me of like an old kind of like a school table.
Yeah, school desk.
And the place was really artfully decorated too.
Yeah.
I'll just show you the look at the bottles here.
These actually turn into a light.
We had some cool artwork.
For instance this is cool.
The classic scene night views of Porto.
Porto at night.
And Breaking Bad.
Yeah.
Fans of Walt will appreciate this.
Okay anyways let's go let's continue.
So next room the bathroom.
I'll just go in there.
I'll let you go in.
Yeah.
Tada.
Okay so the best part about this bathroom and it was amazing was the shower.
Like the amount of hot water that came out of there was like just it was beyond optimal.
It was actually a little bit too hot but considering how cold this apartment was we needed it.
Okay, so now we're going to show you guys our bedroom.
That brings us to the bedroom.
Yeah and before we even show the bedroom check out this.
This was our heater.
Yeah, it runs on gas.
We absolutely needed that.
Which is always a little scary but we figured it out.
And it wasn't the most reliable of heaters.
Like it only worked half of the time.
Yeah.
And I think we ran out of we ran out and we sure suffered a bit at night and in the morning.
Like this is this apartment has probably if I was to give it an energy efficiency rating
I would give it negative.
Like there is like look at all of the condensation on the window here.
And yeah we have like four duvets on the bed to stay warm.
We needed them.
And I'm wearing my thermals right now.
We needed them.
And a scarf so yeah it was pretty cold.
Yeah.
This was the bedroom and then there is the second bedroom where my parents are hanging
out.
They are locked in.
Haha.
Um but yeah that is the apartment tour.
That is where we stayed.
That is it.
So now what we've got to do is we're going to go find a taxi, get to the bus station
and we have a short day trip basically up to Vigo.
To España.
And then we're going to chill.
But yeah bye bye Portugal, Hello Spain.
Okay so Sam went on a little food mission for us.
Tell us what did you find?
Sure did.
So I just went for a walk around the surrounding neighborhoods maybe two or three blocks.
Yeah.
And I found a place called Bohemia Cafe and what drew me in was that they said a magazine
voted them as the best croissants in Porto so I was woo.
Best croissants in Porto.
So we got that um but we also got um Bolinhos de bacalhau Audrey's favorite.
Oh my gosh.
The cod fish cakes.
I'm slightly addicted to the bolinhos.
Also we got croquettes which are stuffed with meat.
Oh you didn't mention that.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
And now the best part we should have these after because these are dessert croissants.
They are chocolate.
Open it faster.
Croissants.
Oh wow!
It looks like they are stuffed with chocolate and they have chocolate sprinkles.
Yeah.
Oh man.
They should be really good.
Oh man.
What are you going to try first?
I'll try the Bolinhos de bacalhau.
I'll try these two and then you can try the dessert.
Okay.
Let's try them.
Oh man that looks beautiful.
That is a little cod snack.
The bacalhau.
Mmmm.
They are still warm.
Look at that.
Oh man.
You can see the cod.
I love that stuff.
Those are like a favorite kind of munchy snack.
Yeah.
Also these.
Just let me chew this.
Mmmmm.
Was it good value?
Oh yeah all of this came to 7.10 Euros.
Okay.
You're talking I got 8 items for less than a Euro per item.
Alright, I'm going to have to put this camera down and dig in with you.
I am missing out right now.
These are good too.
Okay now on to the croissants.
I just had a little moment off camera moaning while I ate the bacalhau.
Someone walked past me and I'm like mmmm.
Mmmmm.
People are going to think I'm so weird.
Our reactions to food aren't exaggerated.
We really food makes me excited.
We really do like our food that much.
I need to like open this.
Open it up.
Let's see what is in it.
Woah!
That is decadent.
So tell me we'll see if it lives up what it has been voted as.
The best croissant in Porto.
Wow.
Is that pretty good?
Mmmmm.
Yeah?
They had different flavors.
They had ones with custard they had regular ones.
I think they had savory ones.
But I decided to get dessert ones for us.
This is really nice.
It is so much better than a Pain au chocolat.
Oh wow.
It is like a really sweet croissant and there is so much chocolate in there.
That is awesome.
Imagine do you think it is Nutella.
No?
It is not nutella but if they had a Nutella croissant woah.
Woah!
Next level.
Game changing.
Life changing good.
Alright I'm going to have mine.
And a much needed update.
Oh my gosh we made it to Vigo.
So did we talk about the price for our tickets?
No we did not.
No.
We paid 12 Euros per person booked our tickets online and it was 2.5 hour bus ride.
We stopped in the city of Braga halfway along the way.
And yeah it was a pretty quick trip.
Now we're all checked in at our hotel.
We took a taxi to the hotel.
There was no way we were walking.
Yeah.
That was only 5 Euros.
And we gained an hour by switching into Spain.
We did.
So instead of having sunset around 5:40 pm on January 27th it is going to like be at
6:40 pm so that should be awesome.
That means we'll have a bit of light.
That means we lose an hour in the morning.
That is right.
It is going to be darker.
I was thinking oh and extra hour of sleep.
Wait a second.
We've got to change all of our devices.
No way.
I need to remember that.
And yeah now we're just trying to find a restaurant in our neighborhood.
We're going to go out for dinner and then maybe have a little walk and call it a night
because tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the long day.
Tomorrow eight thirty in the morning we are catching another bus to Madrid.
Yeah.
And that is the long bus ride.
Yeah.
So we had a little trouble finding places open.
Yes, because most restaurants don't open until 8:30 pm or 9 pm.
We were told.
Yeah they were nice enough to serve us here.
A little tapas bar.
What do we got?
We're just eating what they had ready.
This is tortilla.
Yep.
And yep here we go.
Tell me how it is?
Is it good?
Haha.
What is in there?
This is potatoes.
This is a potato and egg.
It is almost like a super thick omelete.
Ah, gracias.
It is meat very good.
Alright so we got our food.
So what are we having?
Cerveza?
A beer?
Cerveza.
A local beer.
Is it good?
Mmmm.
Very good.
Hits the spot.
And what is this?
Tortilla.
Tortilla yeah.
It is kind of like an egg and potato tart.
Mmmm.
Then we got is that tasty too?
Hits the spot.
Yeah, we walked around for a while.
Couldn't find anywhere so we were really happy.
They are kind of serving us off hours.
Which is nice.
Hahaha.
And we just got a couple of more dishes.
We've got some meat over here and what is this Audrey?
Chickpeas.
And while the dishes keep coming we decided to get a postre a dessert.
Why not?
Why not.
A little bit of flan.
Oh man that looks so good.
Look at that sugar.
That is nice.
Flan is a perfect dessert.
It is a dessert that is not too sweet.
I agree.
It is not too filling.
Exactly.
What do you think Audrey?
It is really nice.
It hits the spot.
Mmmhmm.
Well good morning good morning.
Good morning good morning guys.
We haven't been up this early in a while.
It has been a little while.
Um we woke up at like 5:30 am or something like that.
Just before six.
And yeah um the nice thing is that by staying in a hotel just arriving and not really doing
much is that we didn't have a lot of packing to do.
And we both showered last night so we kind of just woke up and we're ready to go.
Um anyways what the plan is now is we need to go and catch a cab to get to the bus station.
I think it is the same bus station.
Yeah, same as yesterday.
Okay, same one.
And then we have if yesterday was a short ride the bus ride today is anything but.
We have something close to an eight hour bus ride to Madrid.
To Madrid.
So it is going to be a long one.
I've charged up I'll show you guys this.
Oh where is it?
What is in your pockets?
I've got what do you have to show us?
My red mp3.
My ipod.
I'm going to be studying Spanish along the way.
Good for you.
I promised that I was going to do that more sincerely and I haven't been so um now that
I'm in Spain and uh I feel I definitely feel the urge to get cracking with that.
Alright, so let's get to the bus station.
Let's do this.
Grab some breakfast and let's go to Madrid.
So our first official stop on this Madrid bus ride.
We slept most of the morning.
You've slept most of the morning.
I have.
I did work and watched a movie.
Hahaha.
Um I don't even know in what town we are right now.
This says Puebla de Sanabria.
Yeah.
It is a half hour bus stop.
Yes.
And they are serving up some really nice sandwiches and other tasty bites.
So look at this.
Tada.
Look at this.
This is one portion.
One portion.
This is the size of my forearm.
Even a little bit longer.
Hahaha.
My Mom is getting a dessert and over here this is for Pumpy.
This is the croissant with ham and cheese so why don't you give it a try.
It has been an interesting journey so far because we started off really foggy and really
foggy conditions and now it is just like pure sun.
So the weather changed as soon as I woke up.
This is wonderful.
Is it wonderful?
Mmmhmm.
Oh wow.
That is awesome.
Nice surprise lunch.
So we've arrived at long last.
That was a very long bus trip.
It must have been like something close to 8 hours in total.
Yeah, we're all just really tired and we have like 2 hours to kill before our AirBNB is
going to be available so we've just found a food court here.
Um, we're not going local.
We're getting burgers.
My parents are as well.
Yeah, we're just hungry and tired and um I forgot to tell you how much the bus ticket
was.
How much was it?
It was 47 Euros per person.
Not cheap but it was a long ride.
It wasn't cheap but it was comfortable enough and yeah we're just going to kill some time
and then check into our airbnb.
Made it.
All checked in to our apartment.
Yes.
We are tired.
We are very tired.
Tired but Sam insisted we do groceries tonight.
Yep.
Tonight.
Yep so supermarket.
Food is important.
So we're going to go grab some groceries and uh yeah this should we're only staying here
for 4 nights so we normally go to places for about a week so we can have like kind of a
good work, play, travel balance.
Here it is only travel.
Here is going to only be travel and so we just need to get a few things.
Well guys we made one crucial mistake.
We forgot it is Sunday night in Madrid.
You know what that means?
No supermarket is going to stay open.
People are out having a good time.
That is right.
So we decided let's have some ice cream before heading back to the apartment empty handed.
And this one is Sam's dulce de leche and cheesecake.
Yep.
And I went for the mandarin sorbet.
That is right.
So yeah we're going to call it a vlog here.
Made it to Madrid enjoying some ice cream.
Yeah, we sure have.
And we'll see you in the next video.
Yeah.
Once we begin our food tour and sightseeing around the city.
Definitely.
Ciao for now.