Good morning good morning.
Good morning.
And welcome to another travel day.
We are leaving Venice today.
Yep.
After a week so yeah we've been rolling our luggage all the way to the station.
Yep.
We're leaving Ven-Ice behind.
Yeah.
Leaving Venice this morning.
And the Beast from the East.
Yeah, it was really cold for most of our stay.
Last day of the storm today.
Unseasonably cold.
But yeah anyways we had I think we all had a pretty good time here in Venice.
Like for me it was definitely my favorite place on this Italy trip.
By far like hands down.
Yeah.
And I really started to appreciate it more when we started island hopping especially
and just getting lost wandering around.
Those are my two favorite things.
Did you guys have any favorite moments here?
Well, we ate in a couple of funky restaurants.
Oh yeah.
We had some good meals.
We had good markets that were close by and we had grocery stores.
We also had some nice meals at home.
Yeah.
Wine every night.
It was great.
What did you think Audrey?
Sambuca.
Sambuca shots.
Yep.
I didn't partake in the Sambuca but yeah I really enjoyed the food because it was really
cool out so I didn't do as much sightseeing as Sam.
Yep.
But I went to restaurants and I ate really well.
Exactly.
And today we haven't told what we're doing today.
So we have a busy day.
Yes.
It is going to be an epic travel day.
We basically have two train rides.
Yep.
We're first going from Venice to Bologna and then from Bologna to Ancona.
And then we have a bit of time to kill and then we're taking an overnight ferry and saying
ciao to Italia.
Bye Italy.
Hello Croatia.
Hello Croatia from Split.
Yes.
So we have a really good.
We have a really busy day ahead of us and we're going to show you the whole journey.
And you guys are maybe wondering like why didn't we start off with an apartment tour
well that was in our last travel vlog.
Last video.
We've seen it already.
We have such a busy day that we figured yeah we're just going to focus on what we're doing
today and tomorrow.
Let's go catch a train.
Ciao.
Well welcome to Bologna.
Bologna!
We've been here a couple of years ago.
Mmmhmm.
And anyways we arrived on time.
We're really lucky because there were quite a few trains that were cancelled today.
Yeah.
I'm not sure the reason.
Maybe weather related.
The weather.
All of the snow and ice.
And I went up two escalators and there is not a lot of food options in this station.
At least that we've seen so I went up two escalators, crossed the road and got 5 sandwiches
for the five of us.
And yeah let's try them.
Mmmm.
Oh yeah.
How are those?
Those are so good.
I love this bread.
It is really like crunchy and flavorful.
With prosciutto.
Prosciutto.
You have salami.
I don't have the bolognia.
No baloney.
I have salami.
Haha.
No boloney in Bologna.
They were 5 Euros each so this is basically our lunch.
We've got a bit of fruit that we've been packing so this is what we're having for lunch.
And we're catching our next train in probably about half an hour.
45 minutes.
Yep.
Something like that.
That is the plan.
We have arrived.
We have made it in Ancona.
Made it to Ancona.
That train went like in beast mode.
I swear it caught up on the time it was delayed by.
Yeah.
It was so quick.
But you know what sucks?
What?
That was like the worst first class ever.
No heating.
No heat.
No food.
The heat was not working.
No nothing.
Oh.
We walked over to the second class and it was warm there so.
Yeah, but we didn't do that until the very end so we sat in this freezing carriage for
2 hours.
Like literally I had my toque on and I had my scarf on the whole way.
Anyways we are here.
That ends the train journey and now we've got basically go to the ferry terminal and
pick up our tickets.
Yes.
Let's do that.
Let's do it.
We there I think we need a bit of an update.
So tell us what has been going on.
We've been checking in.
Checking in.
And how was check-in?
A little bit confusing I have to say.
Yeah.
Because we walked over to the ferry terminal.
Yep.
And then it turns out that is not where you check in.
Nope.
You check in a completely different area.
Yeah, we had to hop on a bus.
The free bus number 20 guys.
Yes.
So you get on there and it takes you to the check-in area.
And we're going with Jadrolinija again.
Yes.
We used them last year.
So we have tickets for now.
Oh and something cool if you take if one person goes on a mission with the other passports
and the tickets.
We did.
Like we did.
We picked it up for Val and my parents.
Yes, as long as you have ID you can pick up tickets for other people.
Yeah.
So that was really good.
And what time do we board?
Six forty five.
Oh, it is much later than we thought.
Yeah.
I don't even know what time it is right now but we should go find the bus and go meet
the group because we've been gone for a long time.
Yeah, we have been.
Haha.
Also, I'm hungry.
This is the bus situation in Ancona.
That is a puddle on the seat.
A puddle of water.
Everything is wet in here.
Alright.
The room tour.
We just got our little key here.
Yeah.
So we have a little couch.
A couch.
Bunk beds.
Which has been taken over by your luggage.
You know this couch is going to make it so easy to get up to the top bunk bed.
That is probably where I'm going to be right?
Yeah, you're going to be on top.
For that.
Okay that is awesome.
Look.
The windows.
Can you see much?
You can see the views.
All we can see is the dock right now.
We haven't left.
Yeah.
And we have a desk.
Desk, sink..
This is cool they even gave us little stools.
Hello.
I don't remember did we have a little desk last time?
No because we had a third bed in our cabin last time.
Oh yeah.
Look we have a little stool down there.
We have plugs.
We can do work.
I don't think we're going to be doing much work.
Do you know what we're going to be doing different this time is last time we just had snacks.
Mmmhmm.
This time we're going to try and have dinner onboard.
Yes.
We're going to find the restaurant.
Excited about that.
A proper meal.
Proper meal at sea.
Yep.
You know what?
We should go investigate your parents cabin and see what it is like.
Yeah, they have a bigger one with a shower.
Apparently, we booked them a fancy one without even realizing it.
I know.
We're going to have room envy.
Let's go check out their room.
Let's go.
And we have seen a few dogs aboard the ferry.
This is going to be fantastic.
We're going to befriend all of the pups.
We're going to eat well.
I think there is almost as many dogs on this ferry as there are humans.
Yes.
I'm not even kidding.
We forgot to ask what room Sam's parents are staying in so now we can't find them.
We've done a little tour and tried calling out to them but that hasn't really worked
so I think I have to go back to reception.
Round 2.
The attempt to find Sam's parents and company continues.
Three thousand.
Hi!
Hey!
Come on.
How is your place?
Come on in.
It is fine.
We wanted to come and snoop and see what it looks like.
How is your place?
It is small.
It is small right?
Oh yeah.
Ours is smaller.
Smaller than ours.
We're just showing.
Bunk beds.
They've got a second bed.
Single bed.
And there is a top one here yeah so you could actually fit 4 people.
You can fit 4 people and then there is a bathroom there.
I think someone is in there.
No tour.
No tours of the washroom.
Okay.
So Audrey what did we decide to do?
We decided to have dinner aboard the ship.
Yes.
So what did we start with?
Well, we got the set menu.
Yep. 4 course meal.
The starter is spaghetti bolognaise.
Spaghetti.
Hmmm.
I think more dropped out of you mouth than went in.
Is it tasty?
Mmmhmm.
So we're digging into our next course which is salad.
How is it so far guys?
Did you like the spaghetti?
It was good.
The spaghetti was great.
Yeah, it really was.
It didn't last long that is for sure.
And the salad is good too.
And I think we have calamari coming.
Mmmhmm.
And there maybe dessert so not bad.
We got a 4 course meal for 16 Euros.
That is a good deal.
It is a good deal and we haven't even left yet.
We haven't left the dock.
Oh.
Finished.
Yes, I am.
Thank you very much.
And the main has arrived.
Look at that guys.
I know it is coming quicker than we can finish our other portions.
Yeah, we're not even done our salads yet.
Would someone like a few fries?
Yeah, I'm offering fries.
You guys have fries.
You've got fries actually.
How are the fries Mom?
They're not bad.
They're not bad?
And I have ketchup so you're happy.
Debbie the connoisseur.
That is perfect.
Could you pass the ketchup please.
Pass the ketchup.
Is it blaggy?
I like that.
Put it on the side.
How is the meat Audrey?
It is very tender.
Yum.
It is like thinly pounded.
It is dark.
I'll take some ketchup too.
Haha.
Thank you.
Yum.
So everyone is happy here?
We're happy.
I'm very happy.
That is great.
And the 4th course.
Dessert.
What is it Audrey?
It is okay.
What do we have?
We're having cake.
I'm so full right now.
Take a piece.
Oh my gosh.
Tell us how it is.
I'm taking a moment to rest before I dig in.
I'll get Pumpy's reaction not yours.
Can you salvage that for us.
Can you try a piece?
Just try a bite.
Try a bite.
Tell me what it is like.
It looks creamy.
It looks spongy and creamy and juicy.
He is giving you a corner.
Just eat that corner.
Mmmm.
Is it good?
And delicious.
Is it delicious?
Yum.
Very good?
So that was a pretty good meal huh Audrey?
Woah.
So we've got some wine.
It was a lot of food.
And we've got some wine that we're going to have.
And how much was that?
It was 16 Euros per person for the four course meal.
Yeah.
It was.
And drinks were what two Euros?
So that is pretty good prices for like you know on a ferry.
Yeah.I'd say that the markup wasn't too severe.
And uh it was a filling meal.
And we are getting sleepy.
Oh my gosh.
I'm ready for bed.
It is not even 9 PM yet.
Sam wants to do wine and chips and I'm just thinking I'm ready to crawl into bed.
Yeah, but the wine is going to make everything better because you're going to sleep even
better.
If we have some wine.
Hahaha.
You're already acting like you had wine.
Alright it is wine o'clock.
We're having Sicilian wine and I think my Dad and I are the only ones drinking.
We're keeping it classy in our plastic cups right?
Keeping it classy in the plastic cups.
Cheers!
That is good.
Red wine will help us sleep on boats.
On ferries.
It is like a little red sleeping pill.
Exactly.
Good morning.
Good morning guys.
Good morning world.
It is five?
5:10 AM.
Woo hoo.
But you know what?
We feel great.
Mmmhmm.
Like we went to bed early last night.
Yes.
Must have been sound asleep shortly after 10 PM.
So we haven't like something like 7 hours of sleep.
That is pretty solid sleep for a travel day.
Yeah.
We are supposed to be arriving in Split at 7 in the morning.
Yep.
So breakfast is going to be served at 6.
That is pretty soon.
Yeah, they come pounding on the doors at 6.
Yeah.
Because you only have a very short window to eat before you arrive.
Yeah, you've got an hour and then you've got to grab your bags.
Get off and do immigration.
But yeah how did you sleep?
Like amazing.
Like this trip compared to the one that we did going from Croatia to Italy has been even
smoother.
Yeah.
It has just been less windy.
Yes.
And so it has been like these gentle swaying back and forth.
Yeah.
To me it has just been like I've been rocked to sleep a little bit like a baby.
Yeah.
It is just so nice.
I would agree.
When we went from Dubrovnik to Bari the waves were a little bit choppier so I remember waking
up at one point in the night being like oh this is a bit much.
But this has just been a smooth ride.
So smooth.
Smooth, soothing and yeah I'm actually kind of hungry too so I'm looking forward to breakfast.
Mmmm.
That will be good.
Okay so yesterday we didn't really mention prices for anything so we'll do that now.
I've got all of the tickets on my phone.
So basically for the train we had to catch two trains back to back.
Yep.
That was 34 dollars per person.
Right.
And then for the ferry it was 44 dollars per person although we did get two different classes
so 44 is just the average.
Um, so yeah I would say not bad.
Because that is what like a 10 hour ferry ride?
Yeah, it was a really good value actually.
Yeah, to have a private cabin.
Yep.
And honestly we were traveling in low season so there was a lot of free seating available
just in the common areas.
Like some people slept out there.
So yeah if you wanted to get an even more economy seating.
Like if you didn't pay for a cabin it would have been just fine.
Yeah.
Like we've seen people taking up entire rows of seats.
Yes.
And they look pretty comfortable.
Three seats per person.
There is so much space.
In fact there are people sleeping right now.
Yes, we're up a bit early.
Having breakfast isn't for another 40 minutes.
But yes we have George here who is already awake.
Hey, you've already been on top of the boat.
On top of the ferry.
I tried to take a picture of the moon because it is a full moon.
Oh wow.
And I know it will probably come out blurry but at least I tried.
And I went across to the other side of the ferry.
Yeah.
And you can see that we're just going right along the shore right now.
So there is actually some light.
We noticed too.
We opened the curtain and we could see light.
I'll tell you what?
We'll both go up after we have breakfast.
It will be nice for sunrise.
We might be able to go up just before breakfast too.
Oh even that too.
That would be fun.
Okay quick correction to the price.
Because I got this wrong.
I divided by five people when I forgot that we had a reservation for just me and Sam.
Yeah, that is right.
We had to book them separately.
Yes.
For separate rooms.
So it ended up being 111 US dollars per person.
Yep.
That sounds a lot more similar to the last trip we took.
Yeah, exactly.
I remember the last one being about the same price too.
Yeah.
There has been a change in regards to breakfast.
When we traveled from Dubrovnik to Bari just a few months ago.
Complimentary.
Breakfast was included in the price if you got a cabin.
That is no longer the case.
But now it is the equivalent of 6 US dollars.
So it is not horrible but it is not free.
Yeah, that is true and we've been we've got like 3 or 4 little courses so far.
Bread, meat, cheese platters and we have omelets to come.
Yes.
We've all had coffee.
Yeah, it is not bad value and it also means that we can just check in and sleep when we
arrive.
We don't have to think about breakfast.
Alright guys so we have made it to Split.
Yep.
I remember last time we were here just catching a ferry everyone was asking yeah people were
asking us why aren't you doing Split?
Why aren't you doing Dubrovnik?
And that is because we were waiting for Sam's parents.
That is right.
And a friend to arrive.
And now that they are here we're going to check this place out properly.
Yes.
And we're really excited and yeah we're also tired so I think we're going to go to bed
as soon as we check in.
Yeah.
So we're going to finish this off here and the next video will be a food video and then
a travel guide.
See you soon.
Bye.