Hello hello world!
Hello hello guys.
It is time to sit down on my couch.
We are back on my couch here in B-Town Brampton.
Yeah, in Brampton.
And we have another trip to announce.
Yes, we well the trip has already happened actually.
We've been fast.
So we wanted to let you know what is coming up on our channel.
Yeah.
So you tell us about the UK first.
So in terms of the UK I did a project in Northern Ireland.
Mmmhmm.
And that happened last summer and so we're finally getting around to editing that footage
and while you were doing that you were in?
While you were doing that I was in sorry guys I was in London.
Hahaha.
You were in London.
I was in Northern Ireland.
A rare a rare chance for us to be apart.
I know.
We split up to film separately.
Yeah.
So yeah, we've been sitting on that footage because it was actually for a campaign for
Visit Britain and a commercial as well.
Um but now that there stuff is live we can actually play around with the footage.
Yeah.
So we want to share the trip with you guys on YouTube.
Yeah, and it was a really cool project.
Like basically the concept was we did something different for every hour of the day.
Yes.
For 24 hours.
That means I was running around for 24 hours in London showing you guys 24 activities so
yeah that will be coming up soon.
It was definitely a fun project.
Not a lot of sleep though for both of us.
No.
It was really busy.
And yeah the big trip that we want to announce is that we've been doing an annual trip with
my parents.
So the first time we went to Southeast Asia with them.
Yeah.
Then we went to South America.
Last year was India and this year we're taking them to Europe for the 1st time.
Yes.
That means we're heading back to Europe.
We've got a 10 week trip with them covering 12 different destinations.
Yeah.
And I've got to admit like you said we've already finished the trip.
Yes.
But we can give you kind of a little taster of what is to come.
Yeah, exactly.
So out of the 12 destinations the 1st place we started off was in Lisbon and what was
your favorite thing there?
Eating egg tarts.
Hahaha.
Pasteis de Nata.
Yeah, that is pretty good.
And for me yeah it was that and also wandering around and jumping on and off the trolley.
Yeah.
So after Lisbon we continued over to Porto.
A new city for both of us.
Yes.
Highlight for me was drinking port wine.
Oh, that was so much fun.
That was so much fun.
Yeah, I remember that day so well.
We all went out with my parents and little cheese and chocolate samples.
It was good.
Oh my gosh that was good.
And for me it was just the classic views of the city and walking along the big bridge
there.
So from there we ended up taking a long route over to Madrid.
We had uh a long connection through that little town what was it called?
Bigo.
Vigo!
Vigo.
We had a few hiccups.
Yes.
We didn't really plan transport days properly.
Yeah.
But you guys will get to see that.
You'll get to see all of that.
But eventually we made it to Madrid.
So yeah the highlight in Madrid for me was going back and walking through the green spaces
and also showing my parents the city for the first time.
For me it was eating churros with hot chocolate.
Hahaha.
Lots of food experiences.
Yeah, a lot of food.
Well it is goo that we are mentioning the food because we do have food vlogs coming
up as well.
Yeah.
So then we took a high speed train from Madrid to Valencia.
Again a new city for all of us.
All 4 of us including my parents.
We love this place.
You really liked what was it the market?
The market.
We were staying right across from the central market.
Like we could see it from our balcony and we went there every single day.
The highlight for me was the food in the market.
Yeah, it was so good.
And the highlight for me was going on a bike ride with my Dad.
There is some really nice again green spaces there.
Yeah, massive parks there.
Yeah, so then we took a long bus ride over to Granada and actually just before we got
to Granada like we even experienced some snow if you guys can believe it.
Yes, that was crazy.
Yeah, so what was the highlight for Granada for you?
We went to a Flamenco show yeah which I had never done before.
That was super cool and they also had lots of Moroccan food in Granada.
Yeah, so I enjoyed that.
Yeah, that is true and I mean the Alhambra is a pretty famous place so I loved going
there.
It was one of those attractions that lived up to the hype.
Yeah.
So then what we did was ended up flying from Malaga which is a place nearby Granada and
we flew to Rome.
And the next 3 places that we visited in Italy were all new for us.
So Rome was a big chaotic city.
Um, we spent almost a week there and yeah we saw most of the main attractions.
Yeah, it wasn't my favorite city.
I have to admit I found it really overwhelming and traffic was just nuts.
It was nuts.
We had really good food.
We found an amazing local pizzeria.
Oh yeah.
Remember that place?
Oh yeah.
Oh my gosh.
We made an entire pizza video.
And I guess the hahaha.
We sure did.
Another one.
If you guys can believe it.
I know.
Hahaha.
It is kind of embarrassing.
But yeah we did make another pizza video and the highlight for me was wandering around
at night and seeing Rome at night.
So then the cool thing about our travels in Italy is that we had high speed trains for
all of these trips.
So they were a lot shorter than some of our other trips.
Yeah, so then we went to Florence.
Again a new city for us.
Um, what did you like about Florence?
Art.
Museums.
Art and museums and my favorite thing about Florence was the one sunset I saw.
It was absolutely incredible.
I was by myself.
You went out on your own.
I went out on my own.
I wasn't there.
I did a lot of filming on my own on this trip too.
Like especially at night.
I did a lot more night photography than normal.
And that was kind of cool.
So then from Florence we went to Venice.
Oh and that is where our family friend Val joined us.
So then our group became 5.
Yeah.
It wasn't just Sam's parents anymore.
And it was great.
It was a really great addition.
The group dynamic was awesome with her.
She is so easy going and yeah we loved having her come along and join us.
Um, she joined us in our Southeast Asia trip the very first trip we did with my parents.
Yeah.
Going way back.
So it was nice to have her back.
Kind of like a bit of a reunion.
And yeah, Venice was really cool.
My favorite part of being there was actually island hopping.
I did so much island hopping and I got to explore more than just Venice.
For me there was a massive snowstorm that hit Venice.
Like I don't know how often the city yeah gets snow.
But it looked so pretty.
That was the beast of the east.
Beast from the East.
And yeah, normally temperatures were apparently supposed to be like highs of 10 and lows of
around 2 or 3 (degrees).
But like with this Beast from the East it got down to minus -12 with windchill.
Yeah.
Like it was properly cold.
Brutal.
It really tested our wardrobe because like we packed for sort of like I don't know zero
degree weather but not like minus 10 or minus 12.
So we literally threw on everything we had.
Yeah.
Just to survive.
We weren't very fashionable in Venice.
No no.
That is for sure.
Definitely not.
So then the cool thing after Venice was that we took a ferry back to Croatia.
Kind of like viceversa from what we did last year.
We ended up stopping off in Split.
Yes.
Which was cool because we only saw it last year when we were heading to Hvar Island.
Yep.
So it was cool to properly explore Split.
My favorite thing in Split was actually some of the nature walks.
And for me the seafood.
Yeah.
And we also had an amazing burger there.
Oh yeah with truffle mayo.
Yeah.
The food was a highlight.
And we've got two food videos coming up from there.
Both of those things.
So that was really really cool.
And then from there we went to Dubrovnik.
Mmmhmm.
And we've always wanted to go there.
It is an amazing kind of like city.
It is just one of those visually stunning cities.
Yes.
And we got to one of it was kind of like a double edged sword we kind of loved and loathed
it at the same time was the fact that our apartment was so high up from the Old Town.
We got such an amazing view but it was really tiring having to walk up those steps.
Yep.
I'm trying to remember how many steps was it?
Like four hundred and something?
Yeah, it was a lot.
It was something ridiculous.
It was a lot.
We had to do that everytime we wanted to go into the town.
But the views were unforgettable.
And I think the highlight for both of us was walking along the wall.
Yes.
Yep.
That is the one must thing you have to do in Dubrovnik.
We agree on.
We can totally agree on.
Mmmhmm.
And then from there we ended up flying to Athens in Greece.
Mmmhmm.
And this was a return trip for us.
It was our parents first time to visit.
Um, we had you'll see what is going to come up in the video.
We had kind of like mixed things happened to us in Athens.
I'm not going to say anything beyond that.
Hahaha.
Yeah, I'm not going to say anything beyond that.
Maybe we should.
What happened in Athens?
Tell the world.
Okay.
I guess I will.
Well, yeah.
Briefly.
Briefly, there was like one of us got robbed.
Yes.
So you'll find out who.
On the metro.
You'll find out who.
One of the 5 of us.
That is all we're going to say.
Oh my gosh.
Anyways yeah the highlights.
What was good about Athens?
The highlight for me was just all of the different vantage points.
Getting some really good photography and video that was a real highlight for me.
And I think like you enjoyed the street food that we had.
The street food and the ruins.
Yeah, the ruins and gyros and the street food.
There was a lot of cool stuff.
Mmmhmm.
And then we finished things off.
We took a ferry over to Santorini Island.
Final destination.
Final destination and it was just a perfect way to finish off.
Like when we first arrived in Santorini we were a little worried like is there going
to be enough to actually do here.
Mmmhmm.
And it ended up being like there was something literally something to do everyday.
So much hiking on the island.
I never knew about that.
I thought it was just like luxury hotels and you just walk through these pretty white towns.
But there is so much hiking to do all over.
There is so much more and in fact that was our favorite thing.
Basically getting outdoors and doing adventure types of stuff.
Yeah.
And yeah, that was basically that is the 12 destinations 10 week trip we did with my parents.
Mmmhmm.
I think it is going to be a really fun series.
It is going to be nice because my Dad (George) makes a lot of appearances in this.
Yes.
And I think you'll find his uh quirky personality quite funny.
He certainly kept us laughing on this trip.
Yeah.
And uh yeah it was just a really great trip.
We really appreciate the opportunity to travel with our family.
And it was awesome and so please come and join us for this Euro trip adventure that
we have.
Alright it is coming.
It is coming.
Soon.
Soon!
Bye.