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good morning friends i am at my last destination here in brazil the beautiful very big city of
sao paulo i'll be spending a little bit less than two weeks here uh before i head to mexico
city which is exciting but for today's video i wanted to do something a little bit different
than my usual sort of vlogs what i want to show you is actually more of a typical day that i have
doing this kind of job because i think there's a big misconception that i am like always just out
and about i know i'm gonna sound so canadian when i say that um they think that i'm just constantly
you know on the go trying new places seeing new districts and honestly that's so far from
the truth literally half my time if not more is actually spent at my accommodation and it is on
my computer uh either editing or doing behind the scenes sort of stuff and then i also just wanted
to sit down and kind of share with you guys um a bit of a life personal update of uh how things
have been but i will take you guys out like we will actually go out and uh explore a little
bit in this video i also have a phenomenal view on the rooftop of this airbnb so maybe we'll go there
for the sunset and give you a panoramic view of this city now as far as the update goes uh
obviously the most important factor is the war in ukraine and how my family has been doing i'm very
grateful to say that overall you know everyone has been fine as fine as they can be under the
circumstances one thing that i actually really like to know and comment uh down below if you know
how does it work with them distributing humanitarian aid like the big you know
charities like unicef and red cross and all that kind of stuff i have heard people say that those
uh organizations are like at the polish border right now or you know like on the border of
the different countries bordering ukraine how are they not actually in the country
distributing that aid because it's all well and good to have humanitarian aid
at the border when people get out of the country but the most necessary need is in the country so
to be honest it's quite disappointing to hear that there are so many cities that don't have access
to any humanitarian aid right now they don't have clean drinking water i'm all for charities
and obviously i've ran a fundraiser um here for resolve for ukraine who i think is like the best
option for a large scale sort of charity and from my understanding they are actually in ukraine uh
handing out humanitarian aid but still i believe that if you are able to send people money directly
that is the best way to go and as for just general feelings if we can talk about our feelings
uh i have been feeling better you know given the circumstances of everything going on
if you guys weren't with me when i was in colombia uh i basically did have an attempted uh
robbery with a gun it was super scary so obviously i'm still you know just recovering from that
emotionally and uh it has been getting better and one thing that has definitely been a big component
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somebody who is struggling so now that i've given you guys a bit of an update of uh what has been
going on let me give you a tour of this lovely apartment that i am staying at so i am in a fairly
central part of this city i believe the name of my district is called consolacow maybe
any brazilians or people from sao paulo p please uh correct me but it's a fairly you know
affluent really nice area easy walking distance to everything and i got this
studio apartment which i think is super cute it was exactly like the pictures on airbnb
but of course the very best part about this apartment is the view the view is spectacular
i am on the 20th floor there's a really nice park that you can go walking in and
paulista avenue which is like the main avenue of the city is like a 30 minute walk away
and then there's also a metro station that's like a 5 to 10 minute walk from here so a very
nice apartment i'm very happy with it and i am paying about 50 canadian dollars which would be
42.43 that's kind of been you know my budget um for nicer sort of places here in brazil
but i feel like it's an especially good deal here in sao paulo because i would actually consider
this a luxury sort of building where we have like 24 hours security the security is really
good in this building there's a gym on the bottom floor there's a really nice rooftop on the 27th
floor where you can go relax chill out and then on the 23rd floor there is a pool and also the host
of this airbnb is just like the nicest lady and has been really helpful while i've been here so
i think i'll just actually link this airbnb in the description because i already know some
of you are going to ask for the link and i do really recommend this place so highly recommend
so
so it is lunchtime and usually i would cook since i'm in an airbnb but i am down on groceries right
now so instead i got korean food which i have missed so much on my travels i very rarely
it's from this place very rarely have found it here in south america so the great thing about
sao paulo is there are so many restaurants of so many different cuisines and this is just
amazing by the way i order on the same app that i used in colombia which is called rapi
and it's super good um easy delivery you just link your credit card and look at this beautiful
bibimbap i'll open it can i open it yeah i can oh that looks so good if you guys have never
had it before it's basically this like hot stone korean dish where it's like rice on the bottom
all kinds of different veggies i got beef an egg and you get some hot sauce and you actually mix
it all up together and it is delicious and then i got i think this was actually free with my order
i got a few veggie dumplings so this is going to be a fantastic lunch so after a lovely lunch
uh we actually gotta head out as quickly as possible because i just realized the post office
closes at six and it's about four o'clock right now and if i go to the paulista one
anyways i'm trying to figure out how long everything will take but i think it'll be
okay for those of you that don't know i have a patreon and there's a postcard club where
i send people cards from all my different travels so i have the ones from sao paulo all ready to go
and i want to send them off so i got to do that and then i have a few other things i have to pick
up for my camera so i think actually the easiest place for me to do all of this will be paulista
avenue the main avenue i was talking about before so let's go for a little walk around
this area and then make our way to palisa avenue
there is a life valley in this city hurrying to cut my teeth i can take what i need to get by
it doesn't make it easy the other piece of my heart grew slow
somewhere in the great unknown when i returned from
take
but the feeling is all gone my feeling is
if i could take you back to my you
and show you what i wish i'd known my will is strong with a place to
so guys i am on paulista avenue the main avenue of the city
you will see much more of this area in my main sao paulo vlog i actually have to get back
to the apartment because i had a business meeting that was rescheduled or earlier so i actually got
to hurry back but i should be able to give you guys the sunset from my amazing rooftop
and this is my night guys um i just ordered a pizza from a really good place here in sao paulo
i've ordered from them before and it is really good like wood fired pizza uh this is the caprice
one with like pesto and mozzarella and basil and then i just took whatever vegetables i had in
my fridge and made it into a salad so that is my dinner for tonight also almost forgot i am going
to have a glass of wine with my dinner and this is a brazilian wine that i've also tried before and
really liked like obviously i'm a fan of cab sob in general but this one called aurora is really
really good so if you guys come across it i would recommend and that is it that is a day in the life
of what i do on an average day of being abroad i feel obviously super lucky that this is my life
at least you know for a period of time who knows what's going to happen in the future but for now
i'm super grateful that i get to do this on a daily basis and you guys are obviously the largest
part of that so thank you and of course i also want to say a very big thank you to betterhelp
for sponsoring today's video i'm gonna have my link in the description and would definitely
recommend their services and that is it that is it guys i hope you are ready for a few videos of my
time here in sao paulo because it has been amazing if you follow me on instagram you will already
know some of the events that are to come and why i've had such a great time here so i hope you guys
will stay tuned i will see you in the next one and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys
you