hello everybody this is jack from
tofluency.com along with kee this is my
wife Kate and we are being quite
ambitious because we have brought our
daughter along with us so we are going
to have a conversation in English and
this is going to give you the
opportunity to listen to a real
conversation both in British English and
American English and baby and baby
you'll hear some baby noises now and
this is going to be on YouTube but we
might upload it as a podcast as well so
if you are listening to the podcast go
to to fluency comm slash podcast and
you'll be able to get some materials for
this lesson now our hope is not to edit
this video too much we're just going to
have a conversation and we are going to
talk about vacations yeah and talk about
traveling now we actually met while I
was traveling back in 2007 so it's
almost 10 years oh my gosh I can't
believe that it's formed by hasn't it it
has yeah and then we have been living in
America for about six years now mm-hmm
how many vacations have we been on since
we've been here can you remember
anything in particular that's a really
good question I think a lot of times we
end up traveling for visits to family
more than we travel for pleasure to get
away from it all yeah so because we
because we live in America my parents
are in Europe my sisters in Europe your
family is elsewhere as well when we tend
to travel tend to go so you family don't
work your family yes yeah we do weren't
you telling fun about our latest
vacation
our latest vacation for the holidays
this year we actually went to Florida
and we met up with your parents and your
sister in Florida and we had more of the
beach vacations yeah it was fantastic we
went somewhere really warm I've got some
videos in this you know everyone can
take a look at the videos you made from
Florida
but it was great to go somewhere
different and not to go somewhere cold
for Christmas I know yeah we've never
done that before and it didn't really
feel like Christmas because usually we
associate it with snow and cold weather
and instead we were on the beach on
Christmas Eve
yeah I'm neighborhood Park Rangers
passing out sunglasses yeah
giving out free sunglasses yeah but it
was fun because people were playing
Christmas music they were wearing Santa
hats and we went to the beach and
Christmas Day mm-hmm which it was really
strange it was really strange to be
honest but very enjoyable yeah it was
yeah mm-hmm I'm and then let's talk
about an ideal vacation now okay we are
thinking about going away this summer
where would your ideal place be why
would you like to go I don't know I've
always wanted to travel or somewhere
really kind of different obviously
somewhere that feels safe especially
with the children where we don't have to
get a lot of vaccines before we go
Lawrence but I would love to visit a
country with some different cultural
traditions and food I've always wanted
to go to Morocco Morocco mm-hmm very
cold yeah we we nearly went didn't we
were we were living in Spain yeah but we
just never made it there that was the
time to go when we were right I mean I
think that once you start a family you
realize that the time to go with anytime
before you head yeah exactly and that's
why you'll hear people say and to anyone
who's just about to have kids you know
take advantage of this time right now
and but you know you can do stuff with
kids like make these videos and podcast
I'm so yeah what what so you say Morocco
anywhere else and I would love to
explore Australia as well and you have a
cousin who actually lives in Australia
that would it would be fun to visit them
and we've been talking a lot with our
son about koala bears and kangaroos and
different animals that live in Australia
so that would be fun yeah and I would
love to travel more around Asia as well
yeah I haven't really been out that way
all I haven't been to anywhere in Asia
I've been to Australia been the furthest
east have been is properly Germany
yeah well that's Western Europe but you
have been all the way down to Patagonia
and south yeah yeah I guess so yeah so
you just traveled in a different
direction but I feel like I'm so glad
that I have a partner who loves to
travel - yeah that we found each other
because we can go on more adventures and
we can maybe take some trips now while
Thomas is like I was love to bacon hi
and Emma she's coming in on some really
neat vacations when they get older and
just travel and experience life in
different parts of the world yeah it's a
strange time for us because it seems
like we're just dealing with you know
emergency situations when we travel and
this year though when we went to Florida
Thomas was excited about it we could
show him pictures we could talk about it
in terms of what we were going to do and
he got excited about that yeah he talks
about it now he's developing those
memories and we took some great photos
while we were there - yes and so yeah
and I think as the children get older
we're going to have great times when we
can do very specific things and locate
those meant they will have those
memories yes um where was did you travel
when you were little do you have
memories of traveling we went to France
a lot and we went to Spain a lot and and
well you know my memories when I was
young you always make fun of me because
I talk about my memories all the time
yeah by the way Jack has an incredible
memory why Wow kind of where just what
is your earliest memory um how old are
you I don't really know to be honest
well with it know there was that memory
where I remember being in my mum's arms
when I was six months old I had to be
six months old because they were in the
old house and I remember seeing our
neighbor and my mum was talking to the
neighbor yeah and I remember that little
you know snip it a tiny bit of memory
but it's not that clear
I know but six month old that's
incredible I think that'll mean that
Emma will start to remember life
potentially in just a couple months
yes she's almost four months old yeah
she is
yeah I'm Emma are you gonna remember
this today she might remember this only
she'll have the video yeah Oh Megan um
but yeah I we always went to France real
we went to Spain a lot and when I think
I was about 11 or 12 when maybe younger
when we got caravan so we used to take
us three days to get to the South of
France and we would spend about two
weeks back it's a place called kanay
plage which is near and Toulouse and we
went there every summer for about five
years I think and we've met the same
people it was really cool because as a
kid you want to be around other kids
mm-hmm and there were a bunch of
children that who we could play with
they had a great pool they had sports
going on the beach was really close by
and my sister liked it because she was
getting to the age where she could go
out oh it is that kind of place but now
you know it was it was safe it was great
we really enjoyed it how was it
traveling with your family especially as
you got to be older in such a small
vehicle and sweeping in it
oh I remember one trip especially when
it was there was a big heat wave in
France and we we just poured water over
our heads because we didn't have our
conditioning in the car super hot and
the other thing about France at that
time
don't know if that's change but they
didn't have proper toilets they had like
holes in the floor I bet that that his
cane I imagine it has but they just yeah
that's what what I remember about it and
then one year we went down with another
family I'm a friend one of my sister's
friends came as well and I went in the
car with the other family and they had
air conditioning we were actually
different yeah I can imagine that's
something that we take for granted I
think mm-hmm
yeah no one in the UK had air
conditioning in a car it was very very
rare well in my cousin doesn't get that
home yeah so people don't feel like they
need it yes okay we're back and I just
asked eight a question about what you
did for vacation where did you go when
you were when you wanted um when I was a
kid we actually took a family beach
vacation every summer my family and
family friends would rent a house on an
island called Block Island which is off
the coast of Rhode Island in New England
and we would drive and take it ferry up
to the island and we just had a great
time we would go to the beach every day
we would grill seafood at night yeah it
was really special memory yeah me and
and was that like every summer yeah it
was every summer for probably five or
ten years
oh really like yeah my mom actually grew
up going there when she was a kid too so
she had memories of the place and all
the different areas to go and it was
just a really neat when most especially
on you went abroad and you remember hmm
the first time that I went abroad I was
probably about ten years old my dad
decided to start working for an airline
because he really wanted to show us the
world and so he was working for a
British airline
and he got a free ticket all right I
really yes very
he took he took my sister and I both on
a trip to England and Scotland approve
and we did not the same trip I think so
well no that was a different trip that
was and that was a trip that we took all
of the family together but my father
actually passed away when I was in
college so the fact that we had that
trip together just meant so much it was
a special special thing to have done
with him right and do you remember the
the journey I do
what was that because going to the UK or
anyway in Europe you do the overnight
flight yeah America that is challenging
how do you remember that I think I mean
I'm sure that I was tired but I think it
was just the most exciting thing that
had ever happened to me
and just the novelty of everything being
able to look at an airplane window and
eating pretzels a little packet of
pretzels like it was just all magical it
was yeah I I remember the first time I
came to America because my uncle you
know my uncle used to UM work in America
yeah and he um got us on a flight mm-hmm
and it was economy class mm-hmm but we
went to the checkout and when they just
said our last name like askew
yeah we'll see what we can do because my
own cruise to fly back and forth yeah
for the you came back to America all the
time so they my sister didn't come on
that trip when I was 14 no this is a
second time no no sorry I'm getting
confused we came when I was 10 uh-huh
and that's when we did we got bumped up
to first class
yeah and it was just amazing I remember
it very clearly I think's because my dad
worked for the airline to you we got
bumped up not all the way up to first
class but to a premium economy right we
were investing at busting it was an
experience yeah have you seen some of
those recent pictures of the new like
business class on these luxury jets no
but
they have like you know sparse and
showers and a circular bar there's a lot
going on with them now actually very
very expensive but and I think if you
get some people have seen on Facebook
get on these flights or at least you
know getting numbers preview some
youtubers and ideally it just looks
incredible
that sounds great that would make flying
with small children worth it yeah no
definitely it's harder than it was small
children yes for you it can be it can be
hard you just never know what you're
going to get everybody's different no
but you know it's good I feel very
grateful to be able to do it you know
yeah to go on these vacations yes yeah
and so you mentioned Morocco before as
an ideal place to go on vacation where
is your ideally you know yeah I'm at it
I don't I think about this you know
while we've been having this discussion
but I think probably it Australia I
think it would be Australia and or Japan
I think somewhere in Asia maybe the the
problem is when I start to think about
these like ideal vacations then I think
about the practical side of things with
children yeah you know because it's
completely different when I went
traveling I was on my own I had a tiny
backpack hmm and I went away for nine
months and you know I could go on a bus
for 42 hours it was fine kind of you
know but it's something I could do but
now it isn't thinking about those things
forgetting about children is it easier
to travel on your own or with me Oh some
change on my own worried that you're
gonna tell me that explain well what
when you're on your own you you are you
have your stuff hmm and that's it if you
feel tired and down or if you like you
just don't talk to someone you can just
do that and if you want to be yeah if
you want to be outgoing but you can you
know just just meet other people and
then you just make your own decisions
and
but yeah it's more fun travelling with
someone I see that's you ever think cuz
you get to share your experiences and
just talk to somebody about what's going
on
yeah definitely definitely I'm cool so
we wrap it up yeah I'm you have a
question for the audience about
vacations yeah I mean I on the spot but
absolutely I always have question okay
so yeah give everyone a question that
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this episode what's your question I have
to just take one question um okay here's
my question if you could travel to
anywhere in the world where would it be
and what is your number one bucket list
destination yeah number one place to go
mm-hmm yeah I know so I'll ask a
question to just you know a bonus one
when you go traveling
do you prefer to take a lot of stuff
would you prefer to travel light good
yeah I even know you wouldn't think it I
prefer to travel late yeah like almost
dangerously late mm-hmm I do I it's so
much better
you always take clothes that you don't
need yeah but I'm yeah don't you guys
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