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Speaker 1: This podcast is recorded on gaddigal Land Always was, always

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Speaker 2: Two broake chicks to show that shares the life lessons

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Speaker 2: Broke Chicks Guide to euro long awaited. Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 2: our dams have been flooded with you chicks asking all

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Speaker 2: of your questions about our Europe trip and begging for

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Speaker 2: this episode, and we're so happy to finally give it

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Speaker 2: to you. M Mmm, the highs and the lows and

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Speaker 2: the high school football and Europe, the saves, the splurges

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Speaker 2: and the things that TikTok lied to us about. Yeah, definitely,

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Speaker 2: And we asked you chicks also to send in your

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Speaker 2: sliding into our dms with, we're also going to be

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Speaker 2: covering a lot of the questions and topics that you

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Speaker 2: chicks requested for our Europe episode. But before we start

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Speaker 2: every episode, we talk about what we're obsessed with, so sour,

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Speaker 1: These are my obsessions.

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Speaker 2: We're getting so good at that, I know we sound great.

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Speaker 2: My obsession this week is actually something that we were

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Speaker 2: obsessed with when we were in Europe, the show My

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Speaker 2: Lady Jane, which is the best show I have watched

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Speaker 2: in so so long. It's like a feminist, revisionist interpretation

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Speaker 2: of Lady Jane of like the Tutors period. And if

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Speaker 2: you like Bridgiton or the Tutors, you.

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Speaker 1: Will love this show. You're a book top earlyer, this

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Speaker 1: show is for you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: It's enemies to lovers, sword fighting in all.

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Speaker 2: Essences of the word, and it is just so camp.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so funny. It's so funny.

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Speaker 2: And also the sound is like exclusively female covers of

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Speaker 2: classic rock songs.

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Speaker 1: And it's so so good.

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Speaker 2: I usually wouldn't recommend a show that's like that because

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Speaker 2: it's just like edging you.

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Speaker 1: But this show is so so good. It's on Prime,

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Speaker 1: Please go watch it. What's your obsession?

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm gonna go on the same same tangent as you.

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Speaker 3: Oh okay, and I've recently started watching for the first

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Speaker 1: Yes, Criminal Minds. I love this show.

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Speaker 2: It's exclusively cooled in our house. Quimmy Minds, Oh, Quemy, Matt.

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Speaker 3: You know, I do appreciate TV shows as they come

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Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with it. And yeah, every night me and

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Speaker 1: Crimy Minds. Okay, shall we get into the a. All right,

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Speaker 1: we're on a plane. We've got excitement in the air.

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Speaker 1: I said, can you do this? In thirty minutes? I

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Speaker 2: We genuinely never thought that we would go to Europe

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Speaker 2: pay any cancelation fees, and we decided to extend our

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Speaker 2: We spent about a week there and we did a

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Speaker 2: little bit of work, a little bit of play, recorded

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Speaker 2: a few episodes of the pod, run into Gem Diamond,

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Speaker 2: friend of the show, Friend of the show, and.

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Speaker 1: Our producer Rush was also there. That is fun. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I love just like exploring with your friends in a

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Speaker 2: It was like we had friends in every city of

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Speaker 3: By the time we got to Paris, we were like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: good time. Yeah, very fine. But shall we get into

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Speaker 2: We start with the low lights and then end on

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Speaker 1: My first low light of Europe the teavs. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: The blisters were insane. They were like full on wounds.

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Speaker 2: We didn't necessarily just like go hell for leather, but

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00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,360
Speaker 2: we were like, this is our first Europe trip. We've

448
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,159
Speaker 2: saved up, like we want to do the things that

449
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:24,920
Speaker 2: we want to do.

450
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,119
Speaker 3: I don't want to like regret not doing something because

451
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,560
Speaker 3: it was maybe one hundred dollars aud more than I

452
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,560
Speaker 3: wanted to spend when in like two years time, the

453
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Speaker 3: one hundred dollars, I'm not like in amiss, you know what,

454
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,320
Speaker 3: I mean, whereas.

455
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Speaker 1: We're also like older, Like if I was.

456
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,960
Speaker 3: Eighteen and doing this, it would be a very very

457
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Speaker 3: different holiday.

458
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Speaker 1: But I genuinely would not have been able to afford

459
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:48,960
Speaker 1: this when I was eighteen, And.

460
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 3: I'm so impressed with how many people can exact that,

461
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,879
Speaker 3: just like is a testament to their savings.

462
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,640
Speaker 1: So I think, if you want to do it, you can.

463
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,600
Speaker 3: You just need to figure out the itinerary and how

464
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,800
Speaker 3: you want to do it and the things that matter

465
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 3: to you and the things that don't matter. So the

466
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,920
Speaker 3: answers like varied from seven thousand dollars, like people did

467
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,399
Speaker 3: Europe on seven thousand dollars, to twenty five thousand dollars,

468
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,640
Speaker 3: and then there were some that was forty thousand.

469
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 1: Dollars, which was wild. Yeah, but that's the thing.

470
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 2: Like these responses also included people who were backpacking doing centiquies,

471
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 2: staying for four weeks or staying for three months exactly.

472
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 1: Some people were like.

473
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,439
Speaker 2: I paid this much, but I booked a few bougie things, yeah,

474
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 2: you know, and they were go in the more bougie route.

475
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 2: So I think that's the thing, Like there's no one

476
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,120
Speaker 2: best budget for Europe or one number that I think

477
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,920
Speaker 2: that we can give being like this is how much

478
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,960
Speaker 2: you need to say for Europe, because it really depends

479
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 2: on where you want to go, what time of the

480
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,920
Speaker 2: year traveling, and the sorts of things that you want

481
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Speaker 2: to do. But I think that you can make it

482
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 2: work for your budget, and it's just a matter of

483
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 2: being conscious about.

484
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,200
Speaker 3: The things that are the most expensive is the flights

485
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:09,360
Speaker 3: and the accommodation.

486
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then you can really kind of.

487
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,439
Speaker 3: Manage your budget from then on, I reckon when you're

488
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 3: over there, Like, there's definitely you know that is like

489
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 3: choice from that point.

490
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, it's just having a number and a goal

491
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 2: for yourself and then you can always change that if

492
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,399
Speaker 2: you need to. But I think just having something to

493
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,480
Speaker 2: start with is really helpful and motivating.

494
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, So how I would go about doing that is like,

495
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 3: think of the number that you want, like maybe look around,

496
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:36,879
Speaker 3: see what you want to do, and then think of

497
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 3: the number that you want. If that's like ten thousand,

498
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 3: let's say, then divide that by the amount of weeks,

499
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,360
Speaker 3: but shorter. Because what happens is with your booking, if

500
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 3: you book to pay later, you end up paying within

501
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:50,880
Speaker 3: the month before you go, So you kind of want

502
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 3: to have that money saved up and ready to go

503
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,160
Speaker 3: at least a month before you leave.

504
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's kind of how to do it.

505
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,040
Speaker 2: But did you want to run us through some of

506
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:07,880
Speaker 2: the things that will affect your travel budgets? So number one,

507
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 2: not comparing or using simple tools to save money, so

508
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 2: for example, sites with price match guarantees or free cancellations

509
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:23,400
Speaker 2: as well where you're traveling to and when you're traveling.

510
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 2: So if you're going to travel to Europe in June, July, August,

511
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 2: that's probably going to be the most expensive time of

512
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 2: the year. If you're not married to the idea of

513
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 2: going in like the euro summer, you'll save money. Yeah,

514
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,879
Speaker 2: if you go during some of the shoulder seasons, and

515
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 2: I think that a lot of those places, like in

516
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 2: Italy and in Greece, it's.

517
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Speaker 1: Going to be warm even in autumn.

518
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 2: And spring, so you can still do a lot of

519
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 2: those things and go on boat tours and stuff like that,

520
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 2: but you might be able to save a bit of money.

521
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,399
Speaker 1: You'd save a lot of money by doing that.

522
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 2: I look at it an accommodation and I accidentally put

523
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 2: in the wrong dates and the difference between September and

524
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 2: July was three thousand dollars. Wow.

525
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,680
Speaker 1: Yeah for six nights. Yeah, the difference was three thousand dollars.

526
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 3: So again, if you're not married to like the euro

527
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,960
Speaker 3: summer months, you will save a lot of money.

528
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:17,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely.

529
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,200
Speaker 2: And then, like al said, book tours for popular tourist

530
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 2: spots in advance, so things like the Coliseum, the Vatican,

531
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,480
Speaker 2: the Louver because, like al said, a lot of third

532
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 2: party tour guide companies buy out the tickets and then

533
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 2: they sell them with a premium. So especially if like

534
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 2: you are happy to go at your own pace and

535
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 2: you don't want a tour guide, you just want to

536
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 2: walk around the loove and do your own thing, You're

537
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 2: going to save a lot of money by booking those

538
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 2: things in advance directly through the site rather than through

539
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 2: a third party.

540
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Speaker 1: So try not to leave those things to the last minute.

541
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Speaker 3: Okay, So some of our favorite saves and some of

542
00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 3: our favorite spurges save unlike food ANDBVS and dining, So

543
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 3: you do not need to be going to like Michelin

544
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 3: star restaurants or like five star restaurants. Some of the

545
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 3: best food we had were the most like hole in

546
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 3: the wall.

547
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: You would not.

548
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 2: Expect much from it, but it's like the most authentic

549
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 2: experience and those were easily the best meals we had.

550
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 2: We splurged like one night on a fancy meal and

551
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 2: it was not worth it.

552
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: Like it was fun and the like place.

553
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 2: Was beautiful and like getting dressed up, but like, I, oh.

554
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: I hate myself for this. So because I was like,

555
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 1: I want to build Rachel.

556
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 3: So we're there and I was like, I'm going to

557
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 3: try an eatsta because we'd been somewhere earlier that day

558
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 3: and Mad's had got an oyster and she's like, oh,

559
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 3: it's beauty like it Like I'm in Italy, I'm gonna

560
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 3: have an oyster.

561
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 1: And so then that night I was like, I'm an Italy,

562
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have an oyster. I don't like oysters. But

563
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 1: I went in Rome literally and I was like, but

564
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it. I mean Italy, I'm gonna have

565
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: a late star. Yeah.

566
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Speaker 3: This motherfucker was big fucking oyster I've ever seen in

567
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 3: my entire life.

568
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: This was like a cow of an oyster. It was huge.

569
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Speaker 1: It was like you know how they bring like a

570
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 1: dainty lit the fork.

571
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 2: You could have just brought a normal sized fork out

572
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 2: to scoop it out. It right, honestly, it was so

573
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 2: they brought it out and I was like, Oh, the

574
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 2: motherfucker is not going to slip and slide, because I

575
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 2: don't know how everyone else ees their oysters, but I'm like,

576
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 2: throw it back. The only other times I've ever had

577
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 2: oysters is when we go to like a fancy like

578
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 2: work event. This motherfucker was so big that I like

579
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 2: put it in my mouth and I went for it

580
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 2: to go on like slide back, and I didn't slide back.

581
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: And then then then this.

582
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 2: Thing, this this runny plato, was like sitting in my mouth,

583
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 2: and then.

584
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: I thought about it for too long. I thought about

585
00:28:59,360 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: it for too.

586
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 5: No, And I look at Rob and sounds piercing herself,

587
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 5: and I have the fear of God in my eyes.

588
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 2: And Rob is going, do not spit that out, Alex,

589
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 2: do not, And all the weights are looking.

590
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: Mischelon Star five Star restaurant. It was a castle and

591
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: there's all these people around, and.

592
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 2: I'm looking and going.

593
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: And I'm either going to throw up or I'm gonna

594
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: spit it out.

595
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 2: So I picked up that oyster shell and I put

596
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 2: it back where it came from and I was.

597
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: Like, I couldn't do it. I thought about it too much.

598
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 2: I thought about it way too much. But Rob was

599
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 2: also so embarrassed. He was like Alex and I was like,

600
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 2: you have to eat it? What?

601
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: And I go, you have to eat the oyster. They looked,

602
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 1: they saw.

603
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's like there's a smashed up oyster which it

604
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 2: already started smashed.

605
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I was like, you have to eat it.

606
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: And he's like, I don't want.

607
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 2: To eat it, and I was like please, because also

608
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 2: in Italy, if you don't finish your food, they're like

609
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,360
Speaker 2: you didn't like the food, whereas they know.

610
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 1: And I was like, and so that's.

611
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 2: Where Rob earned his stripes on this trip, for when

612
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 2: he picked up my half salive a soaked oyster and

613
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 2: ate it vinegar free.

614
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: That's what real love is. I love, oh my god,

615
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: the loveless. And it's like going fancy does not make

616
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: a good holiday.

617
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 2: You do not need to go to the five star

618
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 2: restaurants in order to get the best experience.

619
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, because and maybe we're just like uncultured yeah, which

620
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 1: like is probably true, but what do you mean.

621
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 2: But like if you don't enjoy, like shocking oysters at home.

622
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 1: That's not going to change just because you're an it.

623
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 2: You also don't need to go to the place that

624
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 2: is like the most expensive. Like there are so many

625
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 2: places that were holes in the wall that also had oysters.

626
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I probably would.

627
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 2: Have spat those out too, And then says is your transport.

628
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 2: It was actually so easy to get around once you

629
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 2: figure it out, and there was an incredible app.

630
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: Yeah.

631
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 2: So before we left, we'd done some research on the

632
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 2: different types of apps that we should use, and city

633
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 2: Mapper was one of the most recommended apps to plan

634
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 2: your bus and train trips, especially in London and Paris.

635
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 2: It's so easy to get around those cities using the

636
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 2: tube or catching the busy job.

637
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: It was so easy. I was very pleasantly surprised.

638
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think we'll get into this later. But

639
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 2: like what we'd seen on TikTok, I was expecting it

640
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 2: to be like the wild Wah West, like on the

641
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 2: public Woo witt you that song Will Smith. Yeah, I

642
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 2: was expecting it to be like quite hectic on the

643
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 2: public transport, especially in London and Paris, And in our experience,

644
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 2: it was fine and we saved like a lot of

645
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 2: money doing that, but they do have like ubers and

646
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 2: taxis and stuff. Yeah, but you will save a lot

647
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 2: of money if you just get the train. Yeah, And

648
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 2: you know what, I will say, sometimes the taxi is

649
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 2: worth it because like.

650
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: When there was one day in Rome.

651
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 2: That was like high thirties and the walk was forty

652
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,719
Speaker 2: five to fifty minutes to something we wanted to go to.

653
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 2: And I knew that, well, we knew if we walked

654
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 2: that once we got to the thing we wanted to do,

655
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 2: we were going to be in a shit mood. Yeah,

656
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 2: because we don't want to walk fifty minutes in like

657
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 2: high thirties. That I was like, this is worth it

658
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 2: for the experience in order to have a good time.

659
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 2: But like when it wasn't like that, when it was

660
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 2: like a twenty minute to thirty.

661
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: Minute walk, We're like, exactly, because.

662
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 2: Once ten minutes is done, you're at twenty minutes, which

663
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 2: is so close to ten minutes, which.

664
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: Is you're there exactly, you know, and you're there math

665
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: that time.

666
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,440
Speaker 2: So like, those are the things that you can save on,

667
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 2: but to splurge on, you do want to splurge on,

668
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 2: like the experiences and the things that you know are

669
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 2: so unique to that holiday and so unique to the

670
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 2: culture and the spaces that like, even though they are expensive,

671
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 2: like are a once in a lifetime opportunity. Yeah, and

672
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 2: I also think like lean into the cheesy tourist activities

673
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 2: like if it's your first time, go to the pasta

674
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 2: making class, do the coliseum tour, like those were the

675
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 2: best days that I think. Sometimes you think like, oh,

676
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 2: like I'm just being a lame tourist, but I'm like, no,

677
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 2: it's fun and these things are iconic and have historical

678
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 2: significance for a reason, like you will learn so much

679
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 2: or gain so many amazing memories that will absolutely make

680
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 2: the trip. And yes, sometimes they're a little bit of

681
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 2: a splurge.

682
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: But it is so worth it completely.

683
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 2: And then our final splurge is the vintage shopping.

684
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: The vintage shopping, especially in London.

685
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, was some of the best I have

686
00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 2: ever experienced, and that includes in New York and LA.

687
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 2: The vintage shopping in London is unmatched.

688
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: It was so so good.

689
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,279
Speaker 2: I think that you also can find some really good

690
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 2: bargains as well.

691
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,320
Speaker 1: Whereas when we did vintage shopping in New York.

692
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 2: And LA in the last time, we were there, it

693
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 2: was so expensive, and I was like, I could find

694
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 2: a lot of this stuff for a lot cheaper at

695
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 2: Gleave markets, whereas in London, I was like, oh my god,

696
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 2: there are so many unique pieces that I have never

697
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 2: seen before across any of my vintage shopping travels.

698
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 1: And they're not that expensive.

699
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 2: So our favorite spots, if we have to pick two,

700
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 2: were brick Laye Vintage Market and also the Portobello Road Markets.

701
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,240
Speaker 1: You can spend hours and hours here.

702
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 2: Okay, And our last segment of the episode, Things TikTok

703
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 2: lied to us about Europe number what.

704
00:34:58,560 --> 00:34:59,399
Speaker 1: The luggage.

705
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 2: I'm sure most of us have seen those videos of

706
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:09,439
Speaker 2: chicks just hauling these suitcases upstairs, which is valid, but

707
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 2: we did not have a single time that we had

708
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 2: to do that. So we actually got like the backpack suitcase,

709
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 2: like the backpack is suitcases, which were really good.

710
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 1: Like I thought that bag was super lightweight.

711
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 2: I fit everything I needed to, but it was a

712
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 2: little bit smaller. So there's a kind of a pro

713
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 2: and a con because it meant I didn't overpack.

714
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: And it meant I didn't overspend on shopping. Yeah, same,

715
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 1: but I still wanted to.

716
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 2: It was but the thing is you don't need to

717
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 2: go and buy a completely new suitcase. The one you've

718
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 2: got is fine because really the amount of times that

719
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 2: you will have to haul it upstairs, if you even do,

720
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 2: is very minimal. And so many places that you stay

721
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 2: off of transfers and the people help you with your

722
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 2: bags like it's actually chill, it's fine. Yeah, I would

723
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 2: do some research on where you're staying and the accommodation

724
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 2: and like Google map it from the ferry to where

725
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 2: you're going, reach out and see if there are transfers

726
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,919
Speaker 2: available or what options there are for you, and how

727
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 2: likely it is going to be that you're going to

728
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 2: be dragging your suitcase around because yeah, like al said,

729
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 2: we did not experience that at all, and.

730
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: We could have just used the suitcases that we already had.

731
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,920
Speaker 2: The next thing that TikTok lied to us about is

732
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 2: I guess, like planning your trip and which places to.

733
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: Go to, like the best places to stay.

734
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is especially relevant for Greece, I would say,

735
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 2: because you know, there are lots of different Greek islands

736
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 2: and lots of them are popular for different things. We

737
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 2: went to eos Paris and we were going to go

738
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 2: to Mikinos. Like we said, EOS is super super popular,

739
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 2: one of the most highly recommended places on TikTok, but

740
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:01,800
Speaker 2: it is a party island.

741
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, but like not for us.

742
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 2: So okay. I genuinely think we were probably in the

743
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 2: top ten percent of oldest people there fully for one,

744
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 2: which like that's fine.

745
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: We just didn't know that.

746
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:19,879
Speaker 2: And it was all hard techno club vibes, which if

747
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 2: that is your vibe, you would probably love that, but we.

748
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: Didn't realize that.

749
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 3: We were just like it was just like, yeah, this

750
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 3: is such a cool, fun party buy with like lots

751
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 3: of people.

752
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: That's the energy. It was full of, like twenty one

753
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: year old Australians.

754
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's so fine if you're within that demographic

755
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 2: or you like techno music and you want to go party.

756
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,800
Speaker 2: We still had fun though, and we loved the silent disco.

757
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 5: Yeah.

758
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: One night that I was like, how did we get here?

759
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, And like the beaches were beautiful, our accommodation was

760
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 2: so great. We had an amazing time. Yeah, But I

761
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 2: think that was something that we didn't realize when we

762
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 2: were doing the research for EOS. Yeah, there was probably

763
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 2: an eye that would have aligned more to our interests

764
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:09,399
Speaker 2: than Eos because basically it's nocturnal there, like one's out

765
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 2: and about during the day and then no one goes

766
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 2: out till like midnight, and I can't do that. Yeah,

767
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 2: I'm too old for that. I don't think I've ever

768
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 2: been a start. No, I've never been a start at

769
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:28,240
Speaker 2: midnight girly. So I think you can still use TikTok

770
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 2: to research, because there was also things that were helpful,

771
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 2: like when we were like, okay, where should we stay,

772
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 2: Like what suburbs or what cities like that's how we

773
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 2: found NOWSA to stay in Paros. Yeah, so that is helpful,

774
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 2: But we wanted to stay in Paros because of the

775
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 2: word of mouth. So pull research and tips and recommendations

776
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 2: from TikTok.

777
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 1: But maybe people that align more within.

778
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 2: Your interests, or people you know that have similar interests

779
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,280
Speaker 2: to you, because like, if we're going to go again,

780
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 2: which likes I hope we do, we probably wouldn't do

781
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 2: Eos again, yeah, but we would do Paros definitely, you know.

782
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: And also factor in your downtime and rest days.

783
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 2: We don't do this, and then when you're on the

784
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 2: holiday and you do need a bit of a rest day,

785
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 2: you end up feeling.

786
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: A bit guilty for it. Yeah, but I feel like

787
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 1: we're getting over that. Like there was a night in

788
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 1: London that we were like.

789
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,840
Speaker 2: We're tired, and we ended up staying in and we

790
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 2: watched Nodding Hill.

791
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I was still like one of my favorite nights. Yeah,

792
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 1: it was wonderful. You do kind of.

793
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 2: Feel this pressure that you're like, oh, this is this

794
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 2: is such an expensive trip. But if you don't allow

795
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,919
Speaker 2: yourself to rest, you won't, like you'll be playing catch

796
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 2: up the whole time.

797
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure.

798
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 2: The next thing, TikTok lied to us about Europe, So

799
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 2: I tried the TikTok viral X. So there were lots

800
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 2: of different things that we were like, we have to

801
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 2: go here and here because we've seen them on TikTok.

802
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 2: So I think, you know, the expectations were a little

803
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 2: bit different to what we've seen on TikTok versus the

804
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,760
Speaker 2: experiences that we had at some of these viral places. Yeah,

805
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 2: you're seeing like the highlight and like, especially when something

806
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 2: does have has gone viral, you do have to also

807
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 2: expect like the line and like the way that yeah,

808
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 2: you are getting the highlight reel. Yeah, the other thing

809
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,439
Speaker 2: that TikTok led to us, it.

810
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: Was like Paris will be fucked Like it was like,

811
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: it's going to be so busy, it's gonna be people everywhere.

812
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: And then the Paris was the quietest place that we went. Yeah,

813
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: it was so quiet because everyone that lives there left. Yeah,

814
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: because we were there during the Olympics.

815
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,400
Speaker 2: We were there probably on like maybe the second or

816
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 2: third day of the Olympics, so we were expecting Paris

817
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 2: to be rammed, but really all of the Parisians had left,

818
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 2: and then everybody else who was on their eurosummer if

819
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 2: they weren't going to the Olympics, they weren't going to Paris.

820
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 2: So yeah, it was one of the quietest places that

821
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 2: we went. And I think a lot of people also

822
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: were saying, like sometimes people say that Paris is like

823
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,359
Speaker 2: underwhelming or it doesn't live up to the hype, and

824
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,359
Speaker 2: I don't know, I must have different interests to these people,

825
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 2: because I thought it was beautiful.

826
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: I loved it. I thought it was beautiful.

827
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 2: But I think out of all the places we went to,

828
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 2: and I also think it's hard because it was the

829
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 2: last stop and after you start getting a bit tired,

830
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 2: exactly and all that stuff that I'm like, if Paris

831
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 2: was the first place we went to, I'd probably.

832
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: Like, yeah, but I would say that if I.

833
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 2: Was going to like rank everywhere we went, I would

834
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:20,760
Speaker 2: put it Italy, Greece, London, Paris.

835
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, so literally the order that we did it literally, Like,

836
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:28,000
Speaker 1: I do think Paris is beautiful, but I think because

837
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: I also do like hustle and bustle.

838
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think because it was quiet, I was

839
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 2: like m and there was quite a bit of construction

840
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 2: because of the Olympics, which did take away from like

841
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 2: some of the magic, some of the magic of it,

842
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 2: I think, but like seeing the Eiffel Tower sparkle and

843
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 2: like being able to.

844
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 1: Walk through like that was all beautiful. Yeah.

845
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 2: We met a beautiful girl named Courtney. She is one

846
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 2: of the chicks and messaged us and was like, are

847
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 2: you guys coming to Paris by any chance? Like I'm

848
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 2: a dancer at the Mulan Rouge and would love for

849
00:41:58,280 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 2: you guys to come.

850
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 1: Like that wasn't on our itinerary, but we were like,

851
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 1: oh my god, of course, and then we ended up

852
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: like going out for a drink with her after and

853
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: it was like so fun like that, that's a shit

854
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,720
Speaker 1: I love about holidays. Yeah, yeah, that was the best.

855
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 2: And then the next thing that TikTok lied to us

856
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 2: about was, I guess how dangerous it is in Europe

857
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 2: or the safety and security element of it. I think

858
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 2: that from both TikTok but also you know, some of

859
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 2: the conversations that we'd had with people beforehand, we were

860
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 2: expecting like.

861
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:30,760
Speaker 1: Pickpockets left right and center.

862
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 2: You know, that we'd be standing on the side of

863
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 2: the road in London and people would be coming and

864
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 2: snatching our phones. I'm not saying that that doesn't happen

865
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 2: and that you shouldn't have your wits about you, but.

866
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 1: It seemed a lot more chill than we thought it

867
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: would be. Yeah, but we were like on the first.

868
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 2: Day where were like try it, I'm ready. Yeah.

869
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:50,879
Speaker 3: Like every time I like put something in my bag,

870
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,359
Speaker 3: I was like locking it like straight away, being like, yeah,

871
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 3: you're not gonna You're not gonna get me.

872
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, And like if you just.

873
00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 2: Wore your wrist strap and it became a habit, yeah

874
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 2: phone like whereas like on the first day I was

875
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 2: putting that wrist strap on as tired as it was

876
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 2: going to go whereas by the end of it, I

877
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,359
Speaker 2: was like she's on, She's fine. Yeah. Yeah.

878
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: And like with you know, our anti.

879
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 2: Theft bags, I think because we got those and we

880
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 2: invested in those, it gave us the peace of mind

881
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 2: because we'd done the right thing. Yeah, we went like

882
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 2: they're like holding our phone out in the middle of

883
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 2: the road. Yeah, just like.

884
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,839
Speaker 1: Wrist strap free. Yeah, it'd be crazy. Yeah.

885
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 2: Yeah.

886
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: A few people were.

887
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 2: Asking what bags and stuff that we talk We both

888
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 2: took the Pierre Cardon anti theft bags, so they have

889
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 2: like the anti slash material and then also the built

890
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,720
Speaker 2: in locks into the zips. I also bought some anti

891
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 2: theft lock zips so that I could take like my

892
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 2: poppy listen and cross body bag and still.

893
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 1: Use a bag that I already had.

894
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 2: Like al said, we had wrist straps, and we also

895
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 2: had like cross body phone straps that we just wore

896
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 2: every single day. And then we also had like the

897
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 2: RFID wallets or SLA leaves for your cards so that

898
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 2: your cards.

899
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: Can't get skimmed.

900
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 2: And then we had air tags in like everything, so

901
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 2: in our luggage, in our passport, in our wallets so

902
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:10,879
Speaker 2: and in our phone, so.

903
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,760
Speaker 1: That that way you know, we had like the peace

904
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,280
Speaker 1: of mind as well. I think that TikTok.

905
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 2: I'm saying TikTok lied to us about it, but if

906
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 2: anything like it made us overly cautious, which beforehand was

907
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 2: making me quite stressed then excited. But I think it

908
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 2: was a good thing in the It's a good thing

909
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 2: because it made us like be conscious and aware, but

910
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 2: it was a bad thing because we got wrapped up

911
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 2: and being stressed about it exactly, and then we got

912
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 2: there and we're like, oh, it's actually chill.

913
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:41,680
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.

914
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,640
Speaker 2: The last thing that TikTok lied to us about was

915
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 2: the fairies and trains, especially the fairies. Like I thought

916
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 2: it was going to be like you know those the

917
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 2: North Sea tiktoks and it's like.

918
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:59,359
Speaker 1: And the bone is like about to capsize. It was

919
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: not like that at all. And Alex and I and

920
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:03,719
Speaker 1: that they were going to be so sick.

921
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, Like Alex and I do both get like motion

922
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 2: sick at times, and both of us were completely fine.

923
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,919
Speaker 2: I feel like you couldn't feel it moving at all.

924
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 2: I know it's different depending on what type of ferry

925
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:16,319
Speaker 2: that you go on.

926
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: But also one that was like a bit rocky and

927
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 1: that's fine. Yeah, Like I.

928
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 2: Don't know, I just feel like and I also thought

929
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 2: that you know, you see all the clips of people

930
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 2: like dropping off their luggage downstairs and then going upstairs,

931
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,439
Speaker 2: and how it's like, you know, you feel like you're

932
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 2: in a group of.

933
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: Cattle, like going on to the ferry.

934
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 2: Why that is is because we booked the first fairy

935
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:39,959
Speaker 2: of the day.

936
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, so if you're going.

937
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 2: And you're doing the fairies with the Greek islands, book

938
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 2: the first faerry of the day because the crowd is very,

939
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 2: very small compared to the middle of the day, because

940
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 2: that's when most other people are booking it. So we

941
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,879
Speaker 2: booked for like seven am or eight am, and it

942
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,280
Speaker 2: was so easy.

943
00:45:58,440 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it was quiet eye.

944
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 2: And then also it means that you arrive earlier in

945
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,359
Speaker 2: the day so you can still enjoy and make use

946
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 2: of the day when you get to your next Greek island.

947
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:11,239
Speaker 2: So that's like all the life lessons and tips and

948
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:15,960
Speaker 2: tricks that we learned from our first broake Chicks take Europe.

949
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: There's two lessons I want to leave you with. What

950
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: it's fucking expensive.

951
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, the expense comes from the dollar exchange.

952
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: It's really it's up there that you know, keeping that

953
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:31,560
Speaker 1: in mind, like when you are.

954
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,960
Speaker 2: Paying for something, it's essentially double like what the price

955
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:38,359
Speaker 2: is in euros or pounds. So we have a highlights

956
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 2: on TikTok and on Instagram of like Day in the

957
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,279
Speaker 2: Life London, Day in the Life Greece, and Day in

958
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,760
Speaker 2: the Life Italy of some of the more affordable things

959
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 2: that you can do. And we can make sure that

960
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 2: we upload any stories, but like maybe a list that

961
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 2: people can just screenshot of our recommendations because there's so

962
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:58,719
Speaker 2: many that's so hard to fit in episode, Like there's

963
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:00,799
Speaker 2: so many stories that we want to sell, but like

964
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 2: maybe we'll save that for the live show, yeah, on

965
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 2: the twelfth of October. But the second one is this

966
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 2: quote that I read that perfectly encompassed how good it

967
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 2: is to just travel in your twenties or any age.

968
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 1: And so this is what it says.

969
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 2: Travel with friends, travel solo, but travel as much as

970
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 2: you can. Explore the locations, meet people, experience cultures, different foods,

971
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:28,879
Speaker 2: different languages.

972
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 1: Traveling is important.

973
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 2: For your growth as a person. If you stay locked

974
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:36,480
Speaker 2: in one city, you never easily learn how much more

975
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 2: life has to offer. You need to open up. This

976
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 2: is the age to experience, you must know how peacefully

977
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:46,719
Speaker 2: and equally wild beach life can be. You must know

978
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 2: how exotic a mountain life can be. These experiences are

979
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 2: going to stay with you for the rest of your life,

980
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 2: so pack your bags whenever you can and leave your

981
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 2: city behind.

982
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: I love them. It was just so beautiful.

983
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:06,360
Speaker 2: And travel can be a bit intimidating, I think, and

984
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 2: obviously the financial situation plays a really big role in it,

985
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 2: but also sometimes our comfort and ability to say things

986
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:19,279
Speaker 2: too hard also does. I want to make sure that

987
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 2: I'm expressing empathy to the fact that travel is expensive

988
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 2: and that's not always an option, but there are ways

989
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 2: to even just get out of your city affordably. That

990
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:30,799
Speaker 2: doesn't have to be a big international trip, but to

991
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,720
Speaker 2: experience things that are outside of your routine, to find

992
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 2: new things in life, to find new people, and change

993
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 2: like the environment that you are in, because that is

994
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,360
Speaker 2: how you will learn and grow and become the most

995
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 2: multifaceted version of yourself. And I just, yeah, I just

996
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 2: love it, and I want everyone to come here with

997
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 2: us next year. Yeah, I think you know, it's an

998
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 2: amazing opportunity to create memories that you'll look back on

999
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 2: and remember later in life when you're thinking of like

1000
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 2: the best moments of your life, like, there are so

1001
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 2: many moments from Europe that I was like, that's up.

1002
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: There was one of the best moments of my life.

1003
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,120
Speaker 2: And I feel like I cried in every single city

1004
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 2: because in those moments, I was thinking, I am in

1005
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,200
Speaker 2: the golden years and the good old days right now,

1006
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 2: and I think, why not try and grab those opportunities

1007
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:25,399
Speaker 2: as often as you can.

1008
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 1: That's lovely and I want to go back. It was

1009
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: the best. And thank you so much chicks for having

1010
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: us in your ear holes. Please feel free to DM

1011
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:38,880
Speaker 1: us with any questions that you have.

1012
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:43,800
Speaker 2: We're always here to help and assist in any way

1013
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 2: that we can. But if you are heading off to

1014
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:50,359
Speaker 2: Europe or you're heading off on a holiday, have so

1015
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,080
Speaker 2: much fun, have so much fun.

1016
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:54,799
Speaker 1: You can add the best time.

1017
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 2: Yeah. Honestly, I don't want to be like, don't stress,

1018
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 2: because I know it can be stressful, but don't stress.

1019
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: You'll have the best time. Honestly, I don't want to.

1020
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:06,800
Speaker 2: Say don't stress, but uh, don't stress, coming from somebody

1021
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:12,160
Speaker 2: whose stresses, Yeah, you'll have the best small stuff. Yeah, exactly,

1022
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 2: all right, chicks, Well, thanks so much d having us

1023
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 2: into your e hols. We love to be here and

1024
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:17,760
Speaker 2: shout out to am I k Made.

1025
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:27,320
Speaker 1: For making this episode of Two broad Chips Happen by Chicks. Bye,