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  • hello hello there love how the abrupt Beginnings  huh hello hello here we are just sitting outside a  

  • gas station Circle K this is how we're starting  the video yeah we are starting the journey to  

  • Germany yeah the journey to Germany and anyways  it's a bit of a different Journey now that we're  

  • no longer in Toronto it was very different when  we were a 20 minute drive from the airport now  

  • we're out in the mountains kind of in the middle  of nowhere so my parents have driven us almost  

  • one hour to like one of the nearest towns where  we're going to be catching a bus a three-hour  

  • bus into Calgary um and then apparently we've got  a five hour wait at the airport you were saying  

  • yeah so yeah so this bus only comes once a day  so we need to catch the one so yeah we're just  

  • waiting there's no bus terminal we're just at  a Shell gas station chilling waiting we grabbed  

  • kind of like the equivalent of the gas station's  Egg McMuffin I suppose you could say had some  

  • breakfast and we went in there and we asked for  like so where's the bus coming they're like yeah  

  • yeah it's listening to this general area you  know so we're just kind of keeping our eyes  

  • open like yeah it is the boss and we do not  if we miss it we're we're totally uh Sol so  

  • yeah we're just keeping our eyes peeled and  so long as we make that connection we're all  

  • good we're all good we're all good so  yeah this is going to be an adventure  

  • we've got a long travel day ahead of us but  if you're invited to come along yes indeed

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  • thank you

  • well guys we have made it to the airport  hello didn't you find that the bus ride  

  • went pretty fast like yeah I don't know what it  was it's just maybe we haven't been on a trip  

  • in a while and uh it went so quick I think  also the nice scenery like prairies golden  

  • prairies because it is Autumn so yeah it was  a good ride now we're just walking over to the  

  • international terminal because we got dropped  off at the domestic one and we are hungry we  

  • are so ready for lunch so I thought I could  talk about before we grab lunch talk about  

  • some of the animals we've been spotting on various  outings so today we saw two coyotes start across  

  • the road then when you picked up groceries the  other day you saw what what did I see I forgot

  • we saw a field full of Bison like probably  over 100 bison so that was really cool  

  • every time we go out we don't know where  we're going to encounter you're gonna find  

  • we've seen boots near the property you're the  only one that's seen the Bears yeah so far but  

  • um lots of interesting Wildlife encounters

  • so what are you having for lunch Sam I am having  the assumable so that's the extra large version  

  • of the beef bowl the beef teriyaki this iscalled Edo Japan and they used to have this in  

  • the when I was in the University of Edmontonlived in the hub Mall student housing apartments  

  • on campus and I would go eat this probably about  once a week so this is a trip down memory lane I'm  

  • so excited to be having it again cool and I went  for the ramen Bowl beef ramen wait spice then we  

  • also got Sushi to share some sushi with salmon and  avocado no cucumbers it's better than I expected  

  • I was actually thinking we'd probably eat at Tim  Hortons there is one here but this is to be able  

  • to have a Japanese food that's just totally  awesome it looks great so good yum yum yum

  • we ate some food work finalizing the  tour in Patagonia kind of nervous oh  

  • what's this airplane wheel airplane wheel  look airplane wheel how exciting you know  

  • and used by the most random things we want  to show you the Calgary Stampede mural

  • huge

  • Samuel what is the good news  update there's nobody here

  • that's always so so nice on  a long flight I think we got  

  • lucky I don't see anyone else coming so good news

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  • all right guys we made it we are at Frankfurt  airport so jet-lagged that I was telling Sam  

  • okay let's go through baggage check let's go  collect our luggage we are traveling carry on  

  • only there is nothing to collect so instead since  we have a little bit of time hey we stopped for  

  • food we're going for the good stuff right away  I can't believe it but I've somehow found some  

  • good reversed and Fries take a look down here take  a look down there I don't know how you're having  

  • this it's like 4 AM 10 at a time no it's actually  only three only three how is your body asking me  

  • first oh I'm always ready for food Audrey you know  what I I've been I've been awake now for what like  

  • almost two hours so I'm ready to eat all right  well try your sausage there's bread forever fries

  • sausage

  • it's just that sauce it's so good oh it's  got so much curry powder I know but it's  

  • got so much Tang and it's the quality  of the sausages over here all right I  

  • don't get that very often back home to  refresh he got this Betsy spreadsheet  

  • oh let's crack that open so welcome  to Germany I do taste that orange

  • well guys here we are at the train station still  in Frankfort like three hours later and boy do you  

  • have a story to tell I've had the most distressful  well actually everything turned out okay but yeah  

  • a rough start to the trip because I was just so  sleepy so drowsy that I didn't check the pocket  

  • in the front seat where I had put my phone when  we got off the plane I checked Sam's I checked  

  • the middle one and I didn't check mine because I'm  like no I never forget that that's like everything  

  • that we need for this trip that's itinerary the  contact numbers email everything like so we lose  

  • that we're yeah I mean we could have figured  something out but it would have been really  

  • really challenging oh my gosh but yeah I'm still  calming down from that because I've been running  

  • all over the air at the airport and have also  been running all over the airport because the  

  • thing is our plane didn't even Park like onsleeve that's right it was like in the middle  

  • of an airplane a parking lot and like once  everyone got off they closed the place two  

  • thumbs up for great customer service oh yeah  in that regard and then the other thing too  

  • is just like you could be traveling for I mean  we've been traveling for well over 10 years we  

  • lose stuff guys we do all the rookie mistakes  it's just a reminder that you need to have like  

  • checklists when you get up and you go somewhere  double triple quadruple check to see you have  

  • everything because we've left everything from  phones to Chargers I left an eye uh this is way  

  • back in the day when iPods were a thing I left  an iPod in the sleeve of uh of a seat in on a  

  • Boston Cambodia and I've I've left my passport  in the toilet oh wow okay that takes the cake

  • there's no excuse for that one but yeah all's  well that ends well and I think it's just a  

  • reminder as well to listen to that little  voice that tells you just check it on you  

  • just check one more time one more time I mean  sometimes we quadruple check before we with  

  • our passports before we go on an international  trip we're like sure you got it sure you got  

  • it is it there is it there it's you know it  seems neurotic but if it prevents something  

  • like this oh it's so worth it and we're barely  making our train fight oh yeah we had to run  

  • we've been sprinting yeah we're so lucky our  train was leaving a few hours after we landed  

  • so what a way to start this trip in  Germany hey it's an adventure already

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  • alrighty guys so we have made it to our  accommodations for the night that means  

  • that concludes the journey door to door it  is now 6 30 p.m local time in Germany we are  

  • pretty exhausted Sam is upstairs havingnap we're singing These really cool cabins  

  • we're going to show you later and I just  really really need a shower before we go  

  • out to dinner tonight because it's been a long  travel day as you saw car ride bus ride flight  

  • train train taxi my goodness Samuel does that  not sound tiring thunderstorm thunderstorms

  • so yeah that's the little update  we're gonna take you out to dinner  

  • at the same hotel that we're staying  and yeah the adventures begin tomorrow  

  • the real travel Vlogs so we can't  wait to share that with you guys

  • good morning so we are wrapping up this video  because we are all packed up leaving this  

  • accommodation feeling slightly more rested the  rain has followed us we have brought the rain  

  • we've been told apparently yeah we brought the  rain and we could see it coming because as we  

  • were traveling by train it's like we were escaping  it slightly and then it eventually came to exactly  

  • where we were yeah so yeah we brought the rain  but we thought we would end this in a positive  

  • note yes um kind of talking about actually  is it positive talking about how travel is  

  • essentially just non-stop problem solving on  the go yeah I mean let's let's just start off  

  • with the the low-hanging fruit here so you  accidentally left your phone in the sleeve  

  • yesterday I cannot believe that happened and I we  got so lucky that we had about over three hours  

  • until we need to catch our train yeah because  you needed about two hours and 45 minutes of  

  • those to get it back yeah to get it back but  fortunately we did we stayed calm both of us  

  • um solution oriented that's kind of the only  thing you can do when you when you have these  

  • snags on the road I mean over the years we've  had everything I remember when my dad's passport  

  • expired and we were in Thailand and we had to  think on our toes and send them to the Embassy  

  • and he had to get like a temporary uh was itwhite one or something yeah that's that expression  

  • like travel is glamorous only in retrospect and  it's very much so and just like a few examples  

  • of like little hiccups yesterday one of the trains  we were meant to catch arrived late so we missed  

  • our connection so then we've had to figure out  like how are we getting to our destination we  

  • had to find a different route ask for help then  that train kind of ended abruptly and it's like  

  • we're still not at our destination we had to  figure out okay which train continues onwards  

  • and then we got to the train station and we were  supposed to grab a taxi and there are no taxis  

  • there so we literally had to go into businesses  with my broken German asking if somebody could  

  • call a taxi for us there was a nice enough local  who did a nice local who did yeah but I would  

  • say travel can be very humbling you have to ask  for help a lot you do and just be kind people  

  • should be kind be patient be solution oriented  and that's those are the three tips really  

  • um and also expect some jet lag we're feeling  quite good to be honest we did have a nice rest  

  • and I think our taxi is coming so we will wrap  it up here and see you in the next video bye

hello hello there love how the abrupt Beginnings  huh hello hello here we are just sitting outside a  

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