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oh
hello dear friends it's elena from the
future voicing over this whole video
because i didn't know that the sound
in my camera was completely
after i did that volcano dive somehow
some water must have gotten into the
so-called waterproof case so this whole
video has no sound and initially i
wasn't even going to post this video
because i thought there wasn't a point
but the point is to show you guys the
reality of travel vlogging sometimes
where things aren't perfect
things break down and it was just a more
raw look of traveling on a greek
fairy that wasn't as fancy as the ones
that i took before
you guys will see what i mean in a
minute and even though
many things went wrong there were parts
that i actually really enjoyed from this
whole journey so i thought i'd share it
with you maybe it'll give you guys some
insight
so let's get to it
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so yes i took this particular ferry
because i had this perfect plan
that i was going to get into athens at 5
20 a.m
and then the train that i needed was
leaving at 7
20 a.m meaning i wouldn't have to spend
an extra night in
athens and a whole bunch of run around
and i thought it'd be fun to sleep on a
ferry
even though i was well aware there were
no cabins so here i am
showing you guys where i would be
sleeping that night
i got very lucky to get this bench all
to myself instead of
a seat where i would have to sit upright
and to be honest it actually wasn't that
bad
the biggest issue was that people kind
of kept talking
up until like 2 a.m and you could still
hear them with earplugs
but honestly sleeping on the bench
really wasn't that bad
so in this part i'm giving you guys a
tour of the ferry
as far as luggage i just left mine by my
bench to kind of guard it there was no
luggage storage
on this particular ferry everybody just
kept it
at their seat there is a canteen where
you
could buy snacks and sandwiches and they
were actually pretty tasty
significantly less expensive than on the
larger
cruise ships like blue star or minoan so
in a way this whole line is a budget
sort of fairy but honestly the amenities
are still
really good there were two main
passenger
levels where there's an indoor sort of
deck and then there's a whole
outdoor part and i believe some people
actually slept
outside which is impressive but i guess
you'd have a very
beautiful view and it's still like plus
25
during the night so it doesn't actually
get that cold
i paid 35 euro for this
ferry ticket and if i would have gone
during the day
getting in at night with one of the main
cruise ship
ferries that was going for approximately
55 to
65 euros so basically double
the price buying ferry tickets on a hole
on this trip i found to be quite random
where for example i went with minoan
from crete
to santorini for an hour and a half ride
it was 55 euro
that was the most expensive ticket that
i
got even though it was by seven
times my shortest trip on a whole if
you're planning to go to the more
luxury sort of islands like santorini
and mykonos
expect that you're going to be paying a
premium for
almost everything this whole second
level was completely
outdoors also had uh some seating
and where you really saw all the
lifeboats
made me feel like we're on a little
titanic
i'm honestly not a big boat person
i wouldn't say that i've really been on
that many
big boats uh here in greece is probably
the most that i've ever been on some
but i was quite surprised of how smooth
the rides were like you're on the sea
it is pretty rough looking down at the
water but when you're actually on the
ferry
it's a pretty smooth ride i forgot there
is a
third level and for some reason those
men are
half naked even though oh they're doing
pull-ups that's what they were doing but
you're welcome the 15 percent of women
who watch my channel
um so yeah there was a third pseudo sort
of fourth level but they're not
full levels they're kind of just tears
and
you get a really beautiful view the
sunset was amazing to watch from the top
i even saw some people who brought a
sleeping bag
and we're sleeping in a sleeping bag out
here so actually that's a pretty
good idea i can't think of a better
place to camp boat
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feels like i'm holding on forever
nothing's wrong
i should be feeling so much better
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everybody
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but does it even really matter
i'm calling out for hope cause
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get now and go go get it while you can
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feels like i'm failing on forever
comes and goes
they say the truth is
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don't think it even really matters
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get up and go while you can
so it was right when the fairy dropped
me off in
athens that i realized that a slight
issue i was having with my
suitcase was a bit more serious
where the wheel was actually coming
off the suitcase so
even getting through the train station i
almost had to carry the whole
60 pound suitcase along with my other
suitcase yes i have too much luggage
what else is new
so as you guys will see that comes into
play later but
i was just happy to have made it to the
station
and would be making my 7 30 train
to columbaka overall i had a really good
experience
uh with the train it was my first time
uh
taking a long distance train in greece
it took about
five and a half hours um direct
to get to kalambaka and approximately 25
euros for the ticket
comes and goes
they say the truth is
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don't think it even really matters
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get it while you up
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so right when i arrived in columbaka my
suitcase tire
completely dislocated there were no
taxis waiting
and i couldn't find a number to call so
i carried that whole
suitcase for half an hour
to my hostel so yeah that was a
very long 24 hours i was just happy i
got through it
i ended up getting a new suitcase in
columbaka
and now that i discovered that my sound
is
all messed up with this camera i'm
actually getting it fixed
in sofia so hopefully it can be salvaged
and still be usable
in the future but yeah i just wanted to
use this footage that i had nevertheless
to hopefully get across
that being on the road all the time
isn't completely glamorous there are a
lot of things
that you kind of have to troubleshoot
and it's always harder when you're on
your own
but of course at the same time there are
so many positives i do feel super
blessed
to have this as my job and love what i
do so
thank you guys for tuning in i hope you
don't mind that it was voiced over
and still got some insight about what
taking a ferry
is like here in greece and yeah i'm
gonna have
probably two to three more videos of
greece for you guys
left to go super excited for that and
then we are moving on to bulgaria
so i hope you guys enjoyed this video i
hope you're having a fantastic day
may the wheels never fall off your
suitcase in a terrible point in time
and i will see you guys in the next
video bye
you