we are at our gate almost ready to board
we made it we have arrived in hello good morning good afternoon i think it is actually
the afternoon well it has been a chaotic 24 hours as we try to get ready for our very first
international trip since the pandemic since yeah yeah since january 20 no january 22 january 2020
was when we returned from our last international trip wow it's that's a lot of months i'm not even
i'm not like over 20 months 18 yeah it is about yeah it's about 19 actually yeah something like
that um so yeah i feel like we've almost forgotten how to vlog how to pack how to
get ready how to sort how to film here film documents it's been a lot it's been a while
but my gosh are we excited yes we are going to a destination that we're not going to tell you
actually i think what we're going to do to make this fun we're just going to drop little clues
throughout the video and see if you guys can guess that sounds good um and we'll reveal it when we
land but right now we're behind packing so we need to get going we forgot how to do everything guys
everything but yeah we're excited we're happy i think we're gonna leave you here and we'll pick
it back up at the airport or maybe we'll bring the camera upstairs there's family visiting it's
chaotic there's a lot going on see you see ya what did you nearly forget sam oh my gosh my computer
thank you for following my stuff but when i carrier no i can carry the day pack
made it to the airport thank you sister she's a working professional at the airport
hmm
open sesame seed
all righty meal time first meal of many because we came to the airport early since my sister had
to start work that's right but i mean it's like four hours til our flight it is so what do we
got first let's lift it up and show the peeps the pipes we got indian food and your butter masala
that looks so good it does look good this rice so this is one of two flights right two flights
we're not telling you where we're going oh yeah don't reveal the secret we should give a clue
all right i'm gonna tell you clue number one our flight time is under eight hours less
than eight hours where could we be going are we allowed to see what direction we're heading no
okay no directions that's all right your first clue while we eat our first meal of many
okay round two officially here round two i'm not sure we should be eating this much
before an overnight flight but whatevs here we are having putin it's our last slice of uh canadiana
huh let me take off for a while for a while oh wow look at those curds ooey gooey cheesy curds
good stuff rice covering oh yeah should we give our next clue we'll say it's not
west we're not flying west that's not a very good community yes
is from toronto we're not flying west that is what we're going to leave you with while we stop our
faces with putin good evening good evening good evening greetings hello so we are at our gate
yes almost ready to board and we thought i hope you can hear me through this mask you know yeah um
we thought we would give you one more clue as to where we are headed what would that could be i was
thinking the clue could be it is a country we have previously visited and filmed on youtube oh yeah
yes let's leave it at that more than once more than what yes more than one okay
we have very good news the best the best focus the best news we are not sitting with anyone else look
at the lake space actually i can't really see it empty this is awesome on long haul flights this is
a slice of almost business class we'll be able to get some sleep oh yeah yeah i love it
me
good morning good morning good morning we are approaching we are beginning our descent
coming up to land soon yeah we are in terms of the flight it was a pretty decent flight
um i'd say about a medium level of turbulence but considering we crossed the atlantic we've
had much worse than this before so just a little bit of sleep um but anyways we want
to give you the final clue ooh what could it be so at this point we're willing to tell you
it is in europe yeah crossing the atlantic with a bit of a giveaway right
so sam here is of the opinion that the best way to get over jet lag is by
eating it's just stuff you're gonna be eating and eating if it's lunch time
in the local check out this schnitzel sandwich
it's huge huh yeah and then we've got a salami and cheese one here sparkling apple what's it called
apple short it's like apple juice but fizzy like with mineral water oh it's aphil
charlotte there we go let's try this enjoy your meal that's a nice big piece of schnitzel and
sandwich these are premium sandwiches i remember that about germany in previous trips just how much
we love the sandwiches we eat them at bus stations train stations on the go there's so
many good bakeries and especially sandwiches here wow and the pastries don't forget those
hello we made it we made it we have arrived in i am so jet-lagged i don't know if we've revealed
the destination to you yet but we may or may not guest we are in germany
and specifically and specifically the city of hamburg yeah so we actually flew into munich
that was our seven hour and forty minute flight um your first clue and yeah then we had a bit of
a layover there it was a good layover so much so that i was i basically passed out on a chair for
half of it and you captured that sam was the king of napping the king of siestas if i had not been
there you would not have made your connecting flights well i'd still i'd be in germany but in
munich i'd be in the other part of germany oh man the itinerary would have changed yeah but
we wanted to talk a little bit about our travel experience this being the first time that we're
traveling in this post-pandemic world yeah and i mean there were definitely a few interesting
things along the way for starters you you need to be vaccinated or you need to be tested or
you need to have proof of recovery in order to enter germany exactly right now we had to show
both of our vaccinations yeah they were checking it at numerous stations yeah so they checked that
in canada before we got onto our flight in germany and they also even checked it when
we came to our hotel this evening they wanted to see proof so just something to be aware of they're
also stricter with masks here you can't have a specific type of mask which i'll show you actually
yeah so i was wearing my uh my halifax cloth mask no cloth masks yeah i i kind of like when i was
told hey you gotta you gotta change this i was looking around i'm like oh my gosh yeah no one
else does have like a homie yeah so they want the surgical style mask exactly and what else
so the other thing that i mean i obviously noticed was the flight over to germany was
wasn't at full capacity it was about 70 80 we got really lucky with that middle seat makes all the
difference to sort of be able to sleep we took turns back and forth i'd lean in he'd lean in and
we kind of napped on that overnight we kind of nap but it was somewhat of a turbulent flight so
yes not too much of it but it was kind of like the mild turbulence that when you're lying down it
feels like you could be on a boat or a train yeah you got you kind of kind of tricking yourself yes
so the flight from munich to hamburg was as smooth as can be one hour long yes we flew with
lufthansa always a pleasure every single time yeah we've had a lot of good flights with them
like the best experiences are with that airline and then we arrived in hamburg and then we had to
to seek out transportation so it involved taking a commuter train okay so we took the s-1 into the
bonhoeff which is the main central station and then from there we had to transfer to the u-bahn
and just travel two stops so we're not too too far away we're staying in huffin city
which is kind of like the port area where you have the old red brick buildings it's probably
the most beautiful and iconic part of it exactly i was that's that was the word i was gonna say
it looks so iconic it looks like when i think of hamburg any pictures or images or videos i've seen
this is the hamburg so it's so cool we couldn't be in a better location we're surprisingly feeling
decent i mean we didn't definitely didn't get our full sleep but we're feeling good it's like six
or seven pm we've showered hot showers refreshed clean clothes we're gonna go out for dinner we're
gonna have a nice walk maybe visit an attraction or two yeah and then we're gonna go to bed at a
local a reasonable local time please and let us sleep through the night that's the goal so that is
our plan to beat jet lag if we if we can do that on night one we we we might have smooth sailings
there it really depends i don't allow myself to sleep i'm like i'm too excited to be here i feel
like part of it is we're running off of a bit of adrenaline we haven't done a trip like this in
well years so it's so exciting it has been almost two years 20 months guys 20 months we're
so excited to be here and um yeah so i thought we would also give you a little overview of what to
expect in the upcoming videos so for this trip to germany we are teaming up with the german national
tourism office for the first 10 days or so so they've created a really cool itinerary where
we're going to be showcasing a lot of smaller and lesser known destinations even though we're
starting and finishing off in big cities hamburg and berlin there's gonna be a lot of like tranquil
places more tranquil destinations in between so we're super excited there's gonna be castles and
that suits us well cute towns and then afterwards we've decided to extend our flights and actually
spend a full month in germany and we are planning to head south down to bavaria so i'm really
excited for the mountains the hiking so nature the food oh yeah oh yeah i can't wait so from
north to south we are starting in hamburg yes and we're gonna finish in the south of germany we hope
you'll stay tuned for that whole series i think it's gonna be awesome we're pumped we we couldn't
have more energy for this yeah we couldn't be more excited so uh stay tuned for plenty more episodes
you