we all know this feeling right you try
to plan things to the best of your
ability and then life has a way of
throwing you curveballs I've been
working on this video that I've been
editing I wanted to share it with you
guys this week and then in the middle of
the night last night I got an unexpected
phone call which then meant I had to buy
a last-minute plane ticket so I'm gonna
go I'm gonna bring you guys actually
with me on my journey I hope you enjoy
the video as you can tell already it's
going to be a little bit different than
usual but I am super running late we
gotta get going
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with regards to where I'm gonna be going
it's a country I have not been to before
it's not Indonesia for those of you who
are guessing we're still planning on
going in a few days but this is a short
little trip I need to make on my own
first and it's about an hour-and-a-half
flight from Amsterdam which is where I
am right now and I'm wondering if you
can guess where that is
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so I've just arrived and it's like past
1:00 a.m. I'm super exhausted it's
definitely too dark to show you things
outside so I promise I'll update you in
the morning good night good morning I
slept so well last night but I'm not
going to keep you in suspense anymore
the country I am in is Switzerland
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now that you know where I am the
question is well why did I come here so
I mentioned I got a phone call yesterday
that prompted me to buy this last-minute
ticket and the phone call was from my
sister telling me she had just had her
baby which is wonderful news except for
the fact that the little one was born
prematurely and had to be taken to the
neonatal ICU you're such a trooper now
everything is well with baby and with
mama bear as I've been told but I
figured I'd just come to visit
anyway I'm their only kind of family
that lives so close and I want to meet
my little niece yeah man the plane lands
at 10:40 I should be there around 11:30
if you follow on social media than you
might know I also mentioned I just
became an aunt for the first time just
three weeks ago because my other sister
had her first son out in Canada I have
yet to meet him but today is about
seeing my little niece so I have to
catch a short tram ride to get there
because visiting hours start soon I am
so excited to meet the little one and
let's see if I can introduce you to her
too
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okay so mom and baby are doing
exceptionally well but I need to be a
little honest I feel like this much
useless just because I mean I'm doing
the best I can to support them but what
can I do I mean mom feeds baby dad
supports mom and I support to the best
of my ability but then I was just like
there's got to be something more I can
provide and then I saw the hospital food
that they provide not to say that it is
like terrible or anything but we all
know hospital food is not a home-cooked
meal so I figured I'd go out and get
some groceries which I did I brought it
home let's see what we can cook the
first things first you always got to
check inventory so I saw that they had
some different kinds of dried beans here
which is awesome I already pre soaked
them and precooked them last night and
then they've got some spices just some
of the basic things like onion and
garlic and now I'm just gonna see what I
connect together all right I think we're
good if we set it up here let's get
cooking so these medjool dates are
ridiculously soft which is going to make
it easy enough to just mash with a fork
so I don't need a food processor which
is what I usually use sometimes you just
got to make do with what you got because
they don't have a food processor the
other thing I wanted for this recipe was
flax seeds but they also didn't have
that I saw though that they had chia
seeds so I just added water to it and it
gelled up and this is gonna kind of
serve as an egg in these kind of
plant-based dessert and snack recipes to
find everything together
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all right so we're done dishes are done
kitchen is clean this is all packed and
ready to go I think it went okay I mean
it's always more difficult when you're
trying to cook in somebody else's
kitchen right because it's hard to find
things or they might not have certain
ingredients that you're used to using
but I mean I think it encourages you to
be a little bit more creative with your
cooking so I always appreciate that so
all things considered I think we did
quite well let me show you what we made
all right so let's start here these are
just some chewy no-bake oat bars not
unlike the recipe I already have on the
blog so I'll leave that link for you in
the description box below this is the
same thing we've got some fresh fruit
and the main meal for today is
essentially just going to be some
fajitas so we've got some whole wheat
tortillas some store-bought salsa that's
gonna go in there as well as some
homemade guacamole these two are gonna
be the main fillings for the fajita
we've got a bean filling and we've got
just kind of like a mushroom and bell
pepper filling also some lettuce to go
in there and finally we've got this
salad that's got mung beans and apples
cucumbers and the dressing is a curry
spice mix apple cider vinegar olive oil
and we'll squeeze on some of those limes
from over there as well so that's pretty
much it and it only took about 30 to 45
minutes to put together not so bad let's
pack this up and get out the door
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so life can be unpredictable sometimes
and there are certain things you just
can't plan for like having a baby coming
to the world much too early and as scary
as that can be and as scary as it
definitely has been for all of us I
think it's also been such a beautiful
thing to see because we've seen everyone
come together to help everything work
out in the end my sister and my niece
they're still at the hospital but
they're getting better by the day it's
unfortunately my last day here but my
mom is coming to take my place so I know
that the little one is in good hands
with grandma and I also realize this is
pickuplines first ever vlog I really
hope you enjoyed the video if you did I
welcome you to give the video a thumbs
up maybe leave a comment for me in a
comment section down below and thank you
for following me on this journey
alright pickuplines signing off we'll
see you next week in Indonesia
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