so surprised by the time you guys are
watching this video I am going to be a
week and a half away from going to
Greece so this year has definitely
turned out a lot different than I
initially planned and after some
resistance to begin with I'm actually
really grateful that I've had the last
four or five months however long it's
been to really reflect on what I want
going forward where I see myself and I
just realized that Toronto and
specifically this apartment was just not
me anymore I moved to Toronto almost
seven years ago it would be seven years
coming up here in October and I can't
even tell you guys how much I love this
city how much I have enjoyed living here
and I knew that I wanted to live in
Toronto ever since my early teens when I
first kind of came here so I'm so glad I
got to realize that dream I just
realized over this past year and
especially on my trans-siberian trip
that I really loved being on the road
and obviously doing what I love I'm so
grateful that my YouTube channel really
began to grow when I can do this
full-time so I just don't want to be
tied to having to come back at a certain
time to be responsible for the lease and
also just the fact like this place is
pretty small and it really didn't bother
me for the last few years you know I was
able to just make it work and because it
was really the only place I could afford
so I am incredibly grateful to it but I
feel like even if I came back to Toronto
I would want a bigger place so for those
main reasons I really didn't see any
point of me hanging on to this place I'm
actually really excited about the
prospect of like not having a home like
obviously I'll have to pay for
accommodation
when I'm traveling but it's actually
kind of a relief to not have to worry
about renting this place out but jumping
to the big news of this video of how I
am starting this year's international
travel you guys we are going to Greece
it's funny because Greece wasn't even on
my original list of destinations for
this year but the more that I have
researched it the more I am so excited
to go there there's obviously so much to
see I am so psyched to go island hopping
and just relax because I feel like I
didn't really do that on my
trans-siberian trip and also obviously
one of the main reasons that I've chosen
Greece is that it's one of the safest
destinations to go to at this point in
time Greece itself has been able to have
very low kovat numbers and starting July
1st it has opened its borders to quite a
few other countries that have loko vyd
transmission rates and thankfully Canada
made the list I have a direct flight to
Athens at the end of July and from my
understanding all they're doing is
having you fill out a health
questionnaire temperature checks at the
airport and I don't think there's any
mandatory Cova testing upon arrival in
Greece there might be a random check but
that's all paid for by the Greek
government I'm gonna be booking things
probably much shorter notice as I go so
I can really track what's going on in
that country and if it's a good idea and
where I would go afterwards but having
said that I still think this trip is
going to be absolutely amazing and I've
been researching so many different
things that I want to do in Greece I've
made a very extensive packing list
because chances are I am gonna be away
for a really long time and I'm even
learning Greek I would really like to
thank rosetta stone for sponsoring
today's video and that itself is a dream
come true because rosetta stone was the
first language learning program that I
used probably almost
18 years ago right when I was starting
modeling in Japan and it's funny because
back then you had to get these big
chunky yellow boxes shipped to you that
had like five CD ROMs per language and
you had to do it on your computer
whereas now they have this beautiful
sleek easy to use app that you can
access from like your phone from a
tablet from your computer and it's just
it's just a lot easier rosetta stone is
definitely a leading language learning
program they have been around for 25
years and the reason that I think
they're super popular is because they
help you learn a language the same way
that you learn to speak your first
language which is through immersion talk
or eat see the advisee a unique Edea
vazhi what i like about the app is that
it is super easy to use I can do it from
anywhere I personally prefer this over
in-person language classes and the apps
that kind of just teach you phrases or
keywords they aren't really teaching you
a language so if you're actually serious
about learning a language speaking like
the local understanding others
I think rosetta stone is definitely your
best bet so I do want to share a special
offer that rosetta stone is having right
now it is called their lifetime plan and
it gives you complete unlimited access
to all of their language learning
programs for life for only a hundred and
ninety nine dollars rosetta stone does
have different subscription links if you
want to just try it out but I don't know
how long this lifetime offer is going to
last so I'm gonna put a link in the
description so you guys can check it out
for yourself and just read what other
people had to say because I've been a
big Rosetta Stone fan for a really long
time so it's personally what I love to
use I wanted to share it with you guys
so I'm gonna put a link in the
description for you guys to check it out
yourself so by the time you guys
watching this video I will be in the
final stages of getting ready to leave I
do have to pack up this whole apartment
and the majority I'm either gonna be
selling or just giving away I'm probably
gonna ship about three suitcases to my
mom's place and Calgary just you know
things that I'd like to keep but don't
really need on my trip but the majority
of this stuff all has to go I really
feel like I'm getting a fresh start
I'm recon doing my life and to be honest
it actually feels pretty good I also
wanted to let you guys know that I am
planning on doing a live stream before I
go I would love to see you guys there
and I'm planning to do that on July 26th
at 10:00 a.m. I believe that is a Sunday
and you guys can ask me any kind of
questions about the trip and have a
little going-away party because I sadly
don't really get to have one with the
current kovat situation so I would love
to see you guys there I'll make a post
in the community post to confirm the
exact time but most likely it is going
to be July 26th Sunday at 10 a.m. so
thank you guys so much for all your
support with my channel I know this year
has turned out quite a bit different
than we were anticipating in the
beginning of the year but I do think
that everything happens for a reason
and it's up to us to kind of find the
opportunity you know in what happens and
at least for me personally I am actually
really grateful that things happened as
they did because I do think that this
change is the right choice for me
and I'm really excited to see what
happens and bring you along in this
journey and a big THANK YOU to rosetta
stone for sponsoring this video
I am super excited to be working with
them and learning new languages on this
trip so if you guys are interested in
checking out their lifetime plan or any
of
their other plans I'm gonna put a link
in the description let me know if you
guys sign up and how it goes I'm gonna
be on my own language learning journey
on this trip so I hope you guys will
join me and as always I hope you are
having a fantastic day keeping your own
kind of beautiful and I will see you
soon bye guys
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