Travel With Me To Italy 🇮🇹🛵🍝 flying 15 hrs in economy, exploring bologna solo + cruising as GUEST! 🤭 — Transcript

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1. 0:01[music]
2. 0:05>> Besides that though, I do feel really
3. 0:07good.
4. 0:10>> [music]
5. 0:18>> Saying [music] early departure, which is
6. 0:20promising.
7. 0:25>> [music]
8. 0:52>> Well, hello. Here I find myself again,
9. 0:54headed to the airport and off on another
10. 0:56adventure. Some may call me crazy, and
11. 0:59that's okay. I feel like I'm thriving
12. 1:01right now. I'm living for all this
13. 1:03travel and now is the time to do it. So,
14. 1:06we're off. I made a quick pit stop home.
15. 1:08I've been home for five full days and
16. 1:10now I'm back off to the airport once
17. 1:13again, but this time I'm headed the
18. 1:15other direction and we're flying to
19. 1:17Europe. If you're not fully caught up on
20. 1:18all my vlogs, I did just recently come
21. 1:20back from a three-week cruise to Alaska.
22. 1:23I was working on board for three weeks
23. 1:24as a replacement. I came home from that
24. 1:27late Friday night, like 1:30 in the
25. 1:29morning. Today is Thursday and I am
26. 1:31headed to Italy this time. The fact that
27. 1:33I'm going back on board so soon is kind
28. 1:36of insane because I've had these plans
29. 1:38for months and obviously the replacement
30. 1:40contract came up very last minute, so
31. 1:43was not expecting that, but all the
32. 1:44timing worked out perfectly. Yes, it's a
33. 1:46tight squeeze. I was only home for a few
34. 1:48days, but I'm really excited cuz I get
35. 1:50to go. I get to fully relax as a guest
36. 1:52and enjoy a ship that I did work on a
37. 1:54few years ago. Plus, I'm going to see a
38. 1:56friend who's been working there for I
39. 1:58don't know how many months actually, but
40. 2:00he's been on board for a few months. So,
41. 2:01he's signing me on the ship and I get to
42. 2:03spend the week with him, which is going
43. 2:04to be so much fun and we're just going
44. 2:06to have the best time. So, I'm flying to
45. 2:08Italy to join the ship, but the ship is
46. 2:09actually cruising around Greece and I
47. 2:11cannot wait to be back in Greece. All
48. 2:13these destinations I've been to many,
49. 2:15many times, but Greece is really a
50. 2:17special place and I'm so excited to get
51. 2:19to experience it again and make all new
52. 2:21memories. It's going to be a long travel
53. 2:22day for sure, but so far so good. I'm
54. 2:25going to leave the house very shortly.
55. 2:28Yeah, we are saying yes to life, we're
56. 2:29saying yes to travel and we're off on to
57. 2:32the next one.
58. 2:49I am through security. Buffalo airport,
59. 2:52even when it's busy, you can get through
60. 2:53security in like 5 minutes, but but it
61. 2:56wasn't busy today. However, I did have
62. 2:57to go to the baggage drop or like where
63. 3:00you would check in a bag because for
64. 3:03some reason I had issues getting my
65. 3:05boarding pass and I already verified my
66. 3:08passport in the app, so I shouldn't have
67. 3:10had any issues, but it said there was
68. 3:11something wrong with my ticket. So, then
69. 3:12I was getting a little bit stressed and
70. 3:14I figured that it was just I had to
71. 3:15verify the ID, which that's what it was.
72. 3:18So, I had to wait in the line for that a
73. 3:19couple minutes and then I got my
74. 3:21boarding passes, no problem, but the
75. 3:23negative thing is that I'm group seven
76. 3:26for boarding, the first flight to
77. 3:27Atlanta. I need to have this carry-on
78. 3:29with me because it's got all my clothes
79. 3:31and like I paid for the ticket to have
80. 3:33zone three boarding, but for some reason
81. 3:35because I guess it didn't check in
82. 3:37yesterday, even though I was on the
83. 3:39phone with multiple customer service
84. 3:41agents, they told me that I was checked
85. 3:43in for all three flights. Apparently, I
86. 3:45was not, so now I'm checked in 2 hours
87. 3:47before the flight, hence why I'm zone
88. 3:49seven, but it's going to be fine. The
89. 3:50other flights I am zone three. So, this
90. 3:53bag is staying with me throughout my
91. 3:55travel. This is literally why I packed a
92. 3:57carry-on with all of my stuff as opposed
93. 3:59to checking my bag. But, um it'll all be
94. 4:01good. So, I'm in the lounge now. It's
95. 4:02quite busy in the lounge, actually, but
96. 4:04there was no wait, so I came in straight
97. 4:06away. I just grabbed some food. They
98. 4:08change the menu like every day. Today,
99. 4:10we had It says chicken and rice, but
100. 4:12there was like no chicken in it, so it's
101. 4:13just rice. I got chicken on the side,
102. 4:15some chips, hot pepper dip, and then
103. 4:18some sort of soup. It's like beef and I
104. 4:20don't know, beef with something else.
105. 4:22Which looks pretty good. [music]
106. 4:33Okay, [music] update. I've put the
107. 4:35sweatpants on over my shorts because I
108. 4:37know it's going to be really cold on the
109. 4:39flights, but I do like to have shorts
110. 4:40underneath so that when I land and it's
111. 4:42really hot, I can just take off the
112. 4:44sweatpants and it's easy. I've got some
113. 4:47chocolate-covered pretzels and
114. 4:48raspberry-colored pretzels. Colored
115. 4:50covered. Oh my goodness. I'm going to
116. 4:52get food on the second flight, but I
117. 4:54need something to tide me over till then
118. 4:55cuz it's going to be at like 10:30 at
119. 4:57night.
120. 5:05I have just left the lounge. I'm headed
121. 5:07to my gate. My gate is actually the last
122. 5:09gate in the Buffalo airport, which if
123. 5:11you've been to this airport, you know
124. 5:12that it's very small. Doesn't take you
125. 5:14much time to walk there, but our
126. 5:16previous flight got in a little early,
127. 5:18so I feel like they might start boarding
128. 5:20early. But, we'll see. I'm keeping the
129. 5:22vibes and the optimism high with my
130. 5:25carry-on. I even like upgraded my ticket
131. 5:28so that I'd have to be able to pick my
132. 5:30seat and have priority boarding. So, I
133. 5:32don't know how I ended up with group
134. 5:33seven, but it'll be fine. It'll be good.
135. 5:40>> [music]
136. 5:45>> I'm at the gate and it's saying early
137. 5:47departure, is promising. I hope that we
138. 5:49do so that we can then have more time on
139. 5:50my layover cuz I'm a little nervous
140. 5:52about that, but I also went up to the
141. 5:54counter and explained the situation with
142. 5:56my boarding pass and I'm able to board a
143. 6:00little earlier, so that's a plus.
144. 6:06>> [music]
145. 6:13[music]
146. 6:22>> Nothing hits quite like a crispy Coke
147. 6:24Zero on a flight. There have been times
148. 6:27I've taken a flight and it's 7:00 a.m.
149. 6:29and I get a Coke Zero. I feel like
150. 6:31that's the only socially acceptable time
151. 6:34that you can get
152. 6:35popped that early in the day is when
153. 6:37you're on a flight cuz the airport is
154. 6:40like a time warp, but anyways, got Coke
155. 6:42Zero and I switched up my snack today.
156. 6:44Usually get Cheez-Its or the Biscoff
157. 6:46cookie, but I got the MadeGood organic
158. 6:50cherry granola bar. I figured this might
159. 6:53fill me up a little bit more cuz I'm
160. 6:54ravenous.
161. 6:57>> [music]
162. 7:01[music]
163. 7:08>> Welcome to Atlanta where the local time
164. 7:10is 8:50. Please stay seated with your
165. 7:11seatbelt fastened here in Atlanta. So,
166. 7:14until the captain turns off the seatbelt
167. 7:15sign
168. 7:16>> All righty, I have made it to the
169. 7:17Atlanta airport and I was headed to my
170. 7:18gate. I'm already in the international
171. 7:21terminal and I was like, you know what?
172. 7:22I have a few minutes to spare. Let me
173. 7:24try to pop in to the lounge. Grab like a
174. 7:26little tiny snack cuz I'm starving and
175. 7:29then it's going to be another like 2
176. 7:30hours hour and a half till I actually
177. 7:33get my dinner on the flight. So, I
178. 7:35looked on Priority Pass cuz I remember I
179. 7:37[music] remember flying out of Atlanta
180. 7:39to France to join the Utopia takeout
181. 7:41with the cast. So, I knew there was a
182. 7:42lounge here, but when I looked on
183. 7:44Priority Pass, there was a new one as
184. 7:45well, right next to it, that's like a
185. 7:47grab-and-go situation and it's really
186. 7:48cute. You pop in, they have some stuff
187. 7:50to go, like I've just grabbed this
188. 7:52little pesto salad and hard-boiled eggs.
189. 7:55And then we have a voucher for a drink.
190. 7:57And then they've got ice cream, they've
191. 7:59got jelly beans, they've got all sorts
192. 8:00of snacks. So, I'm going to grab a
193. 8:01couple things for the bag in case I get
194. 8:04hungry tomorrow. This is such a good
195. 8:06idea, especially cuz I don't have a long
196. 8:07layover, but gratefully we arrived
197. 8:10early, so I have time for this. [music]
198. 8:16>> [music]
199. 8:23[music]
200. 8:28>> I just boarded the second flight. This
201. 8:31flight is to Amsterdam. I secured a
202. 8:34window seat so I can lean. I like window
203. 8:36seats for many reasons, mostly the view,
204. 8:38but on a long haul flight, I can like
205. 8:39actually get comfortable and like fall
206. 8:41asleep on the side. So, we're here now.
207. 8:44It's a huge plane. See the update. I'm
208. 8:46really glad I had that snack cuz I feel
209. 8:48pretty comfortable now, but I have a
210. 8:50system when it comes to a red-eye
211. 8:52flight, especially when I'm flying
212. 8:54overseas to Europe. I like to start a
213. 8:56movie, the dinner comes, I have a glass
214. 8:58of wine, I finish the movie, and then I
215. 9:00sleep. And then somehow my body clock
216. 9:02naturally knows when the breakfast snack
217. 9:05is coming and then I wake up for that.
218. 9:07Wait, y'all, this is so exciting. This
219. 9:09thing slides up and down and it slides
220. 9:12down really low, like much lower than
221. 9:13any other airline, so I might actually
222. 9:16be able to use this cuz it it bends.
223. 9:18[music]
224. 9:19I'm excited now.
225. 9:31Food just arrived. The options were
226. 9:34meatballs or pasta, so I went with the
227. 9:36meatballs. You got some broccoli, maybe
228. 9:39mashed potato, veggies, and a dessert.
229. 9:41And I got my white wine to enjoy while I
230. 9:44watch the new season of Bridgerton.
231. 9:50>> [music]
232. 9:58>> We have just finished dinner. They
233. 10:00finally took the trays and dimmed the
234. 10:01lights, so I'm going to try to sleep as
235. 10:04much as I can. There's 6 hours and 50
236. 10:06minutes till we land, so if I can get
237. 10:095 hours of sleep, I would be happy with
238. 10:12that. But usually I'm freezing on
239. 10:13flights, and right now I'm warm. So,
240. 10:15I've got my layers just in case.
241. 10:23>> Hello crew, this is our flight. [music]
242. 10:33>> Good morning, or good afternoon, I
243. 10:36should say. I have made it to Amsterdam.
244. 10:39Two flights down, one to go. I'm feeling
245. 10:41pretty good. My one ear is kind of
246. 10:43clogged, and it has been since the first
247. 10:46flight. And I like held my nostrils and
248. 10:49blew out. So, it felt better, but I
249. 10:51still feel like I'm not hearing
250. 10:53everything fully. I don't know. But
251. 10:55besides that though, I do feel really
252. 10:56good. I got a full night of sleep, I
253. 10:59guess. I slept like 5 hours and a
254. 11:02quarter. I woke up literally as the cart
255. 11:05was right behind me. So, perfect timing
256. 11:07for breakfast. I didn't have coffee on
257. 11:09the plane cuz I assumed that they
258. 11:11wouldn't have alternative milk. I had
259. 11:14some apple juice, and there was this
260. 11:16little Danish they gave us, so I had
261. 11:17that. Flight was smooth. I'm really
262. 11:19happy I was able to sleep almost the
263. 11:21entire flight. So, I actually feel well
264. 11:23rested, which is rare for red-eye
265. 11:25flights to Europe. But the Amsterdam
266. 11:27Airport is humongous, and I've been here
267. 11:29multiple times, but I guess I forgot how
268. 11:31far I'd have to walk to my next gate.
269. 11:34So, it was a lot a lot of walking. Went
270. 11:36through customs very quickly because I
271. 11:38had a short connection. They had a
272. 11:39separate lane, which was very helpful
273. 11:41because the line for customs was quite
274. 11:44long, and I don't know how long that
275. 11:46would take. So, I was able to go in a
276. 11:47different line. I was through within 5
277. 11:49minutes. I think I got in line, scanned
278. 11:51my passport, scanned my fingerprints,
279. 11:53and I was good to go. And then some more
280. 11:55walking, and now we're at the gate. So,
281. 11:56the boarding starts in about 25 minutes,
282. 11:59I think. So, I think I'm going to grab a
283. 12:01coffee, and then it'll be time to board
284. 12:03the flight because it's it's 1:50 local
285. 12:06time. So, it's morning my body clock,
286. 12:09and it's already afternoon here. So, I
287. 12:11would love a coffee to continue the day,
288. 12:14and um should be a short flight to
289. 12:16Bologna. How cute is this little coffee
290. 12:19cart? They've got pastries, little
291. 12:21refrigerator, and then they've got the
292. 12:23espresso bar right there. How cute.
293. 12:26>> [music]
294. 12:30>> Okay, I got my coffee. There were no
295. 12:32lids, but I'm going to have to drink
296. 12:34this fully anyways before I board the
297. 12:37flight, so I've got 15 minutes to chug
298. 12:40this.
299. 12:43>> [music]
300. 12:50[music]
301. 12:59>> Hey babe.
302. 13:09Hey babe.
303. 13:13>> [music]
304. 13:19>> Hey babe.
305. 13:26>> [music]
306. 13:40>> There we go.
307. 13:42All right.
308. 13:47Oh my gosh. Okay. I finally made it. It
309. 13:50has been a struggle. Like it's been a
310. 13:52very smooth travel day. Thank you
311. 13:55universe. Thank you grandma. Thank you
312. 13:57everyone up above. I'm so grateful. I
313. 13:59was a little nervous with three
314. 14:01different flights having also a really
315. 14:03short layover in Atlanta. It was 56
316. 14:06minutes originally, but we ended up
317. 14:08gaining not gaining. We ended up landing
318. 14:1035 minutes early. So that gave me more
319. 14:13time. I didn't have to stress. And then
320. 14:15to Amsterdam. Amsterdam was a big
321. 14:17airport, but I made it with plenty of
322. 14:19time to spare to my connection. And now
323. 14:22we're here. Just the biggest hassle was
324. 14:24like getting off of the train. I was
325. 14:25going to take a taxi or like they have
326. 14:28their version of Uber. So I downloaded
327. 14:30the app, ordered a car to just drive me
328. 14:32here. I was like, you know what? At that
329. 14:33point I'll just pay. It's fine. So I was
330. 14:35waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting,
331. 14:37waiting, waiting. Couldn't find a driver
332. 14:39because
333. 14:41I don't know. They were just busy. So it
334. 14:43canceled on me. I was like, okay. Well,
335. 14:45plan B was to take the train, which
336. 14:47obviously is always my first option. But
337. 14:49the reason why I decided to do a car in
338. 14:52the first place was because there was no
339. 14:54direct way. Like the closest place to
340. 14:56get off the train was about a 20-minute
341. 14:58walk, which is what I ended up doing. So
342. 15:00I got on that, but I had to wait in line
343. 15:02for that along like 30 minutes. Took
344. 15:04that 5 to 10 minutes, not even. It was
345. 15:07really fast. And then I was thinking
346. 15:08about taking the bus, but then the bus
347. 15:10situation was also a bit chaotic. So I
348. 15:12was like, I'm just going to walk. I just
349. 15:13want to get here. So needless to say I
350. 15:15need a shower so badly, but I'm so glad
351. 15:18I got like a good sleep on the plane cuz
352. 15:21I had energy for all this. And I
353. 15:22actually feel fine. I'm just I need to
354. 15:24shower. But the Airbnb is so cute. So I
355. 15:26decided to rent an Airbnb for the night
356. 15:28and it's super cute. I love all the
357. 15:30decor and the pink little accents. So
358. 15:33this is what you see right when you walk
359. 15:35in. We've got a TV, nice couch, the view
360. 15:38is really nice. It's like right in the
361. 15:41city center. So I'm right across the
362. 15:43street from Muji, which is fabulous.
363. 15:45This is a studio, but it's just for me,
364. 15:46so it works perfectly. And actually it's
365. 15:48very spacious. So you got the kitchen
366. 15:50table here. Little kitchen is in the
367. 15:53corner. If I just turn the light on,
368. 15:56there we go. And then we have this
369. 15:58little separator and here is the bed. So
370. 16:01I think it's a queen maybe? Not entirely
371. 16:04sure. And we have a nice closet here,
372. 16:06which I won't be using, but I do like
373. 16:08the mirror. So got that. And then last
374. 16:10in the corner there's a little seating
375. 16:11area. But I think it's super cute. It's
376. 16:14perfect for what I need for one night.
377. 16:16It is 6:30 now. I'm going to hop in the
378. 16:18shower quickly and change into some
379. 16:20fresh clothes. And then I'm going to go
380. 16:22out and find some dinner. So the Airbnb
381. 16:25host was actually very sweet and sent me
382. 16:27a ton of recommendations for different
383. 16:29restaurants to try. And also just
384. 16:32walking around the city looks really
385. 16:33nice. So that's going to be my plan. I'm
386. 16:34not going to even like really get myself
387. 16:36super beautified for the night. I just
388. 16:39want to be clean and go find some
389. 16:41dinner. There was also a little market
390. 16:43that I like to check out. I don't know
391. 16:44what time it closes. I'm assuming 7:00,
392. 16:46maybe 8:00 if I'm lucky. So it's on the
393. 16:48direction to the restaurant that I'm
394. 16:50going to sit down at. So we'll see. I'm
395. 16:53so happy to be here though, but it's
396. 16:55been a long travel day for sure. I'm
397. 16:57going to crash hard tonight.
398. 17:00>> [music]
399. 17:05[music]
400. 17:14[music]
401. 17:31[music]
402. 17:36>> I have just sat down at Trattoria
403. 17:38Serghei and I ordered a glass of white
404. 17:41wine because it's the start of my
405. 17:43vacation as well as the tagliatelle al
406. 17:46ragu, say bolognese ragu sauce, which
407. 17:49we're in Bologna, so we have to do it.
408. 17:52It's a very cute little place. I'm
409. 17:54sitting inside and it actually feels
410. 17:55nice and cool in here. I'm living for
411. 17:57the atmosphere, going to enjoy my wine
412. 18:00and have a nice meal and then walk a
413. 18:02little bit more. The market that I saw
414. 18:03earlier was breaking down when I got
415. 18:05there, so maybe in the morning. But
416. 18:07actually probably not. I'd love to go in
417. 18:09the morning, but my train ticket's at
418. 18:119:00 and that's probably when they open.
419. 18:15My pasta just arrived and it looks
420. 18:17amazing. I'm so excited. They also gave
421. 18:20me a side of bread as well and I am very
422. 18:23content with this setup.
423. 18:35>> [music]
424. 18:42>> Oh, I love Italy. Oh my gosh. This place
425. 18:46is just so special. I just finished
426. 18:48dinner and it was so good. I ate every
427. 18:50last bite. But the thing about food in
428. 18:53Europe and especially Italy, like you
429. 18:54can have dairy and other things that
430. 18:57usually upset my stomach and they don't
431. 18:59bother me here. I don't know what it is.
432. 19:01I mean, I do know what it is, but it's
433. 19:02just remarkable. So now I'm just walking
434. 19:05around downtown. It's pretty lively
435. 19:07tonight. It is Friday night, so I just
436. 19:09want to walk around and just explore
437. 19:12because obviously I'm leaving tomorrow
438. 19:13morning to head to the ship. So I want
439. 19:16to soak it in while I can and a lot of
440. 19:18stuff is still open.
441. 19:25>> [music]
442. 19:35>> My hard work on Duolingo and and you
443. 19:37know what I can say that I'm in la
444. 19:40piazza.
445. 19:41The amount of McDonald's that I have
446. 19:43seen is diabolical. Sun is finally set
447. 19:46and all the lights are on in the city.
448. 19:48There's still a ton of people out
449. 19:49walking. I've just been like bopping
450. 19:51around. I wanted to see this little bar
451. 19:54that used to be a church. So I popped my
452. 19:56head in there and that was really cool.
453. 19:57I didn't record it though. But now I'm
454. 19:59making my way back towards the Airbnb. I
455. 20:02wanted to pop into like a liquor store
456. 20:04or a grocery store to pick up two
457. 20:05bottles of wine to bring on the ship for
458. 20:07the week, but they're all closed. There
459. 20:09was one that I went into, but it was
460. 20:10more like a tasting than an actual
461. 20:13liquor store where you could buy bottles
462. 20:14of wine. I'm definitely starting to get
463. 20:16tired though. So I'm excited to go back
464. 20:19and unwind. It does feel really good to
465. 20:22walk a bit because I've been sitting so
466. 20:24much on the airplane. So I'm glad to
467. 20:26like stretch my legs and get some steps
468. 20:28in especially it helps my digestion
469. 20:30after dinner. But I am looking forward
470. 20:33to watching Bridgerton again.
471. 20:43>> [music]
472. 20:59[music]
473. 20:59>> What?
474. 21:01What is that?
475. 21:02>> What a day or what days plural? I don't
476. 21:05even know at this point. I think it's
477. 21:06been day and a half. Either way, it's
478. 21:08been a good a a good day. It's been a
479. 21:10long long long travel day, but I'm so
480. 21:13grateful that everything was smooth and
481. 21:15I made it here, you know, the day before
482. 21:17the ship. I am so excited to get on
483. 21:20board tomorrow and I feel like it would
484. 21:22feel weirder if I wasn't just on
485. 21:25Voyager. If I hadn't done that
486. 21:26replacement contract, I would be feeling
487. 21:28really weird right now. Like pulling up
488. 21:30to the ship, I'd be like, this is a
489. 21:32bizarre feeling, very strange. And I do
490. 21:33still think it's going to feel weird
491. 21:35because I'm not signing on as a crew
492. 21:37member. I'm still going as a guest, but
493. 21:40I was literally on a cruise ship a week
494. 21:42ago, so it's not like it's been that
495. 21:43long for me to feel, I don't know, some
496. 21:46type of way or to feel very nostalgic, I
497. 21:49guess. It's going to be really really
498. 21:51fun. I am going to end the vlog here and
499. 21:53I'm going to start a whole new vlog when
500. 21:54I am on board, but thanks for traveling
501. 21:57with me. As always, subscribe if you
502. 21:59want to see more content. I know you
503. 22:00guys love the cruise content, so it'll
504. 22:02be fun to share it from a different
505. 22:04perspective as a guest this time. I love
506. 22:06you all to the moon and back. I hope you
507. 22:08have a great day whenever you're
508. 22:09watching this and I'll see you in the
509. 22:10next one.
510. 22:11Bye, guys.