What's going on Vagabuddies?
Welcome back to another video.
Today we are talking about our best moments from 2016,
recapping the entire year with the best things.
It's been a crazy year. We've done a lot.
So let's just get right into it.
Let's start off with the best hotel.
What's your vote? I would say the Ice Hotel
in Quebec City, just because
it was such a unique experience.
It was cold as ******
but totally worth it.
Great idea in theory, but it's actually
really uncomfortable, and I don't know
why you'd go there for your honeymoon
because good luck christening the
marriage in a sleeping bag.
I would put my money on the Copacabana Palace
where we stayed during the Olympics.
It's a beautiful place right on the beach.
What made it cool was that we were there
with a VIP squad during the Olypmics
and staying right next door to us was
Adriana Lima. She came into our hotel room
and used the telephone
because she was locked out of her room,
and she was wearing a bikini with a sarong.
Both of us were like.....go ahead.
We didn't realize who she was
until she left. On the table next to the
phone was the cover of Vogue.
It's was her on there.
That was a petty cool experience.
Best city? I'm going to vote for Mexico City.
I really enjoyed it. It's probably the first
place that I'd go back to right now.
Best destination: the Basque Country.
We are fans; it's obvious.
This year we got to make our big return
after having started our whole career
making travel videos in the Basque Country
three years ago.
Best nature goes to Mendoza, Argentina.
The Andes above it. Exactly.
We were super lucky to spend a couple
days in a remote cabin,
pretty much off the grid in the Andes
above Mendoza, Argentina
riding horses, drinking Malbec wine
and eating asado.
Number 5: best bars.
Whoo. So hard to do.
There's a lot of bars we've been to this year.
We're going to chose Friends of Ham
from Leeds because of not just the
amazing craft beer selection, but the
charcuterie and the food they paired with it.
Local beers from the U.K. paired
with the best of French, Spanish, Italian
ham and charcuterie.
It was excellent.
The name says it all; if you're a friend of ham,
go to Friends of Ham.
Next up: best street food.
We're going to have to say Fenix Food Factory
in Rotterdam. We spent a couple
nights there when we were in Rotterdam
filming..great food selection,
awesome ambience.
It's a reconverted, I think it was a paper
storage factory
that's been turned into this giant
warehouse full of twenty different
street food vendors.
Then you take it and sit outside
with the amazing view of the Rotterdam skyline.
Definitely a winner this year.
Number 7: best museum.
The Titanic Experience in Belfast.
It tells the whole story of the Titanic,
which I was not into in the beginning
because I thought it was going to be
cheezy like the movie.
But it turned out great.
Plus the museum is super interactive.
It has rides, 3 D animation, full tours
replicas of first class berths,
second class berths, third class berths,
plus lots of stories and voices of survivors.
It's a very immersive and emotional experience,
but one that we highly recommend.
It did win the best tourist experience of 2016 this year.
Also, we're not that original.
We call it the best museum.
Number 8: best Instagram photo of the year.
What's the favorite?
For me, it's the photo I took of you
sitting over the old salmon fisherman's hut
in Carrick-A-Rede in Northern Ireland
Best style:
I think overall, a place we visited in Rotterdam
called Denimism,.... Denoism.
It was overall a really great example
of this menswear vibe, trend
that we can see all over the world,
in this case specializing in Denim.
Plus, they had a lot of cool motorcycles.
They served us a drink of whiskey when we showed up.
And a coffee. Great customer service.
Most personally interesting destination or video
for you?
The most personally, interesting for me
was the Northern England series
and in particular the episode where we visit
Bedenburg Castle (?????)
because I dorked out this year: I binged
read the Saxon Stories by
Benard Cornwell (???)
Getting to visit the Castle Bedenberg(??)
where basically the entire story takes place,
was kind of like a good moment for me.
We both had read a lot about Northern England
before going there.
I read a lot about it in my political economy
classes because it's the birth of the
Industrial Revolution.
That whole series of northern England...
we basically span the whole history of the U.K.
in a very small area.
It was kind of a nerd-out for us, but the
videos were cinematic; we had some great stories.
If you haven't checked them out, you should.
We had some funny skits, too. Very funny.
Tough question, so we're going to pick two.
Best restaurants of 2016.
First choice: La Bouche, Quebec City.
It's an urban sugar shack.
Everything is covered in maple syrup
and bacon.
It was just a sweet, decadent
feast in the cold winter, and it was
one of the best meals of 2016.
Another one is Mina in Bilbao.
It's a Michelin Star restaurant
so it's a different end of the spectrum.
It is so good.
It was the best overall dining experience.
I think we ordered a twelve course tasting menu.
They brought us about twenty dishes.
We sat at the bar; we got royal treatment.
Best example of Basque cooking
and amazing.
Next up. Best distillery.
Lately, we've been on a bit of a mescal kick
The best distillery for us is:
Corazon de Maguey
in (????), a neighborhood in Mexico City.
Tons of artizinal(???) mescals.
If you want an introduction into all of the
diversity there is within mescal,
it's a great place to start.
Best souvenir: I'm going to choose
seaweed baths, take away seaweed baths
from Voya in Ireland.
We've taken one of the best experiences
we've had on a trip and bringing it home.
It just makes the most amazing personalized
spa experience at home.
Best festival: the Viking Festival in York.
There's a battle between Saxons and
Vikings, so how can you really go wrong?
Look! An unsuspecting village. Attack!
Scariest moment of the year?
Definitely Louie's van catching on fire in Big Sur.
Quick, quick, quick
Oh my gosh..Oh my gosh.
That could literally the whole van.
We could have lost the whole van just then.
So that was scary. That was really scary.
Most ridiculous moment:
It would have to be wearing speedos and riding
a hot tub around the canals of Rotterdam.
Wood-fired hot tub electric boat.
The hot tug. When I first heard it, I thought
it was a hand job in a sauna.
Yeah.
We haven't convinced anyone to join us.
People are looking at it, pointing and laughing,
which I remember feeling in middle school.
Funniest moment:
Definitely your getting shit on by that
sheep in the Basque Country.
That made my year.
Oh ,f*** it just ship on my hand.
It did too.
FYI That milk was not used to make cheese.
It was just for demonstration purposes.
Your cheese would not have poop in it.
Best skit: going to have to choose
Vitoria in Basque Country
Most memorable moment of 2016:
I'd have to say...moving into this house.
I cannot tell you how good it felt
to finally put down some roots
and be living in a neighborhood that we'd
always admired and wanted to live in.
We're going to do a house tour later, so
stay tuned for that.
The best overall day of the year:
Hard to pick.
Roma Norte in Mexico City
with the Mexico City squad we had.
Alan por el mundo showing us around.
We were down there with Rawvana.
We were there with Fernanda and Rodrigo,
and it was just a super, awesome day
exploring a really vibrant, cool neighborhood,
and doing it with a great group of friends.
We really want to do more content in Spanish,
and we've reached out to other Youtubers
in Mexico City. It was really cool to go thete
and see a whole other hub of Youtube that's
kind of operating parrelle to what we're doing here in LA.
All right guys. We've shared our
favorite moments from 2016.
Please join the conversation,
put a comma down there and tell us what your
favorite moments were from 2016.
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