Slow Travel & Nature in Portugal | 5000 km by Train & Bus

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摘要

TLDRThis video documents a complex and eventful trip to Portugal, traveling during the start of the Olympics. The journey was fraught with challenges, including missed trains, overcrowded transport services, and costly changes in plans. Starting in Paris, the travelers quickly faced the impact of event-related chaos, missing their bus to Portugal. After an unexpected overnight stay in a pricey hotel, they navigated a confusing bus situation, finally reaching Portugal after much uncertainty and delays. While in Portugal, they attended the European juggling convention and explored various regions, moving from rural areas with cork trees and sheep to more touristic beaches, which they disliked and quickly left for a more agreeable site. Their minimalistic travel approach with lightweight luggage was beneficial, allowing them to manage their journey despite the mishaps. Returning posed its own set of issues with train cancellations and communication problems that required spontaneous, costly solutions. Unique experiences included a high-speed train station in a desolate area and carrying ceramics back home as souvenirs. Throughout, the narrator reflects on the challenges, memorable moments, and practical travel lessons learned. Thanks to supporting patrons, the creator can share these experiences and additional content such as podcasts.

心得

  • 🚏 Traveling during major events like the Olympics can lead to unexpected challenges.
  • 🚌 A missed connection can lead to costly transportation alternatives.
  • 🏕 Not all tourist spots meet expectations; flexibility is key in travel.
  • 📦 Minimalist packing can lighten the load, making travel manageable.
  • 🎨 Handcrafted souvenirs carry the trip's memories uniquely.
  • 🚉 High-speed train stations can be uniquely located in remote places.
  • 📅 Careful planning is vital yet spontaneous changes are sometimes necessary.
  • 💼 Support from a community can enhance and sustain creative projects.
  • 🌄 The beauty of rural Portugal offers quiet moments away from city chaos.
  • 🌊 Beaches in Portugal vary widely; finding the right one adds to the journey's enjoyment.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The narrator describes a problematic travel experience where they intended to travel from Paris to Portugal but faced numerous setbacks. Due to the start of the Olympics, there was chaos causing train cancellations and delays, resulting in missed connections. Consequently, they had to stay in an expensive hotel overnight and book a costly bus ticket. Eventually, they managed to board a bus, encountering more delays and confusion during the journey through France, including an unexpected stop and a lack of clear information about the bus service.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    After attending the European Juggling Convention in Portugal, the narrator describes further travel challenges. On the day of departure from a Portuguese campground, it was the narrator's birthday, and they hoped a bus would pick them up, with campground owner offering help in case of issues. They disliked a campground and beach on the southern coast, leading to a quick departure for a more favorable location. The journey toward Lisbon was fraught with navigational mishaps, yet they managed to appreciate the breathtaking scenery and enjoy the beach, reflecting on their adventures so far.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:17:48

    The journey back from Portugal was not without its troubles; the narrator encountered issues boarding a train in Paris with staff being unhelpful, necessitating the purchase of an expensive ticket. They navigated a confusing transport situation, changing trains in an obscure location with no certainty about the schedule. Upon returning to Germany, they reflected on their experience, planning to seek refunds for the unplanned expenses. Despite these difficulties, they appreciated the lighter travel load due to minimalist packing and shared their enjoyment of acquiring unique souvenirs during the trip.

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常见问题

  • What was the main issue faced during the trip to Portugal?

    The main issue was missing connecting transportation due to train delays, overcrowding from the start of the Olympics, and the need to spend extra money on travel and accommodation.

  • How did the travelers eventually reach Portugal?

    After a series of transport mishaps and misunderstandings, they managed to board a bus listed under their names that took them directly to their intended destination.

  • What notable event were the travelers attending in Portugal?

    They were attending the European juggling convention.

  • How did the travelers feel about the campgrounds and beaches in the south of Portugal?

    They were dissatisfied with the campgrounds and beaches, leading them to leave quickly and find another more preferable location.

  • What challenges were faced on the return journey?

    The return journey was problematic with train cancellations and additional ticket expenses, and unhelpful station staff providing incorrect information.

  • What was a memorable purchase made during the trip?

    The travelers bought handmade ceramics from a sustainable store, which they carried back home.

  • Why did the travelers find the train station they stopped at unusual?

    The train station was a high-speed station located in the middle of nowhere, with no nearby village or city.

  • What was the outcome of the travel experience?

    Despite difficulties, the travelers managed to enjoy beautiful scenery and unique experiences in Portugal, while also highlighting practical travel lessons.

  • What philosophy did the travelers adopt for their luggage?

    They adopted a minimalist packing strategy, which made their travels easier and more manageable.

  • Who are mentioned as supporters of the traveler?

    The traveler's patrons on Patreon, who support with weekly podcasts and enhancements to their work.

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    good morning from a not so cheap but
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    lousy hotel in Paris and if you know
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    that we wanted to go to
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    Portugal you may know that we do not
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    even want to be here so what happened
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    yesterday we were supposed to go to
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    Paris by train but then catch our bus to
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    Portugal and we had enough time at like
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    2 and a half hours planned to change
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    from the train to bus but then because
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    of the start of the Olympics it was a
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    lot of chaos one train got cancelled the
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    next one was delayed which made us miss
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    our bus and because everything is so
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    overcrowded because of the Olympics we
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    also couldn't get on any under bus on
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    any like good flight or train or
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    anything and also hotels are more
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    expensive now so we spent about
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    400 to get on a bus
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    today and to sleep in a hotel that
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    yesterday we actually stood in front and
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    couldn't get in even though we were well
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    within the check-in time
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    so I really hope that in a few hours we
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    can be on our bus which will in the end
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    we will like have 15 hours longer until
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    we arrive at our destination but that
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    can happen when
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    traveling so far so good we made it on
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    our bus and we continued our journey
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    through rainning France to a city called
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    tours that I didn't know
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    exists it's evening so it's been almost
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    12 hours we took a bus and now we're in
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    some random town in France and we're
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    waiting for our next bus which is
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    delayed for more than 30 minutes and in
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    the app it just says everything is fine
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    so I'm a bit worried because we need to
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    catch a connecting bus tomorrow morning
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    very
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    early I'm over this I should have
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    arrived by now we're at a rest stop it
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    our journey continued so our bus doesn't
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    exist anymore but no one told us and the
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    app doesn't know so there was like a bus
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    that goes to a similar place and then me
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    and some other people try to talk to
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    them but they don't speak German they
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    don't speak English they don't really
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    speak French like I just couldn't talk
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    to them but we figured out that they
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    have a list with our names and that we
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    are now supposed to take that bus which
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    will bring us directly to where we want
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    to go so we don't even have to change
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    anymore but that's so much chaos that
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    now I do not know how to look up what
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    kind of a bus this is I do not know when
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    we will arrive and now we're at a rest
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    stop and I do not know why we we are
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    spending all this time here like I just
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    have no information but I know that I'm
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    supposed to reach my destination at some
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    point with this boss with this lovely
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    boss so let's just hope this is true and
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    this will work out and I don't know what
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    so it's been a week I know I'm a bit
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    dark but the background is beautiful so
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    I thought I record like this let's see
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    um it's been a week we've been attending
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    the European juggling convention and I
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    haven't filmed much because I just
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    thought it's not that interesting but
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    now we took the
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    train and came to this rural area of
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    Portugal and it's beautiful and it's
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    really hot and there are cork trees a
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    lot of cork trees here and olive
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    trees and
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    sheep and let's see what we're going to
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    do
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    a
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    hello so it's super early in the morning
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    there was supposed to be a sunrise I
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    think at least because we were in
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    Portugal and there's like no water no
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    rain and nothing but we have a little
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    bit of
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    fog back there it's very early and and
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    it's the day we leave this Campground
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    it's also today that's my
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    birthday
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    and on our way here we had to pay like
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    €100 for
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    taxes which was just half of the story
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    it was ridiculous it was dangerous it
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    was a little bit of an adventure so I'll
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    remember forever but it was not really
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    what I would choose to do again so
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    there's supposed to be bus today leaving
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    early on the street
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    but we don't know like let's just hope
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    this works and the owner of the
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    campground even said that we hope the
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    bus is going to come and if it's not
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    coming I'm going to drive you so that's
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    really nice so I'm pretty sure
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    everything will work out let's just hope
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    it's going to work according to plan
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    a and look at that there's a bus and we
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    traveled all day long from like Central
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    Portugal to the very very south you need
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    to know that that's very touristic area
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    and honestly we hated the campground we
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    hated the beach there which made us hop
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    on another train right the next day
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    which brought us to a place at a beach
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    we liked way more
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    [Applause]
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    oh a
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    this beach is just
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    amazing and I look ridiculous sunscreen
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    and sun in my face it's our last full
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    day at the beach before we head to
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    Lisbon tomorrow but I just wanted to
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    show you again because I mean it's so
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    gorgeous Cliffs
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    water little check in after another
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    travel day we are close to Lisbon now we
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    took the train in the wrong direction
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    and we had troubles with our bus but we
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    made it almost now it's just just
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    walking to our Airbnb and I wanted to
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    show
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    you the view I
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    have this is like a river here and this
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    is Lisbon back there and I think it
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    looks beautiful
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    a
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    our time in Portugal is sadly over so we
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    are on our way back and the first
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    transport we're going to take is a ferry
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    to Lisbon and then we're going to walk
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    to the train station but it's like
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    sunrise time and it's beautiful out and
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    yeah I'm just going to show you with the
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    other camera but I've never been up for
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    Sunrise even though I really wanted to
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    get up for Sunrise but it's early in
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    summer right so I never did but now I
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    get to see a sunrise at least once
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    look
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    arrived in Spain with this very very
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    very short train it's like the size of a
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    bus and now we wait for a bit before we
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    continue in the direction of Madrid
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    B
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    of course it didn't work without
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    problems in Paris so our trainer
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    cancelled and the staff was really
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    unhelpful they did not want to let us on
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    any other trains and we're giving wrong
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    informations problem could have been
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    solved but then it was too late so I
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    booked another ticket for €300 and now
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    we're hopefully getting home like 2
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    hours later than we wanted to be home
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    but I hope it's going to work out now
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    usually when stuff like this happens we
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    don't book new tickets but just try to
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    get on a different train and usually it
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    works but this time I'm glad I bought
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    these super expensive tickets because
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    they're not letting anyone on the train
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    that doesn't have the correct tickets it
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    seems I hope hope for them that they
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    still will get on the train
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    but I'm glad I have a
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    ticket I have an update we are in the
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    absolute middle of nowhere because on
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    the Tish they said we should change
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    trains here that would be faster and
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    better than just staying on a train and
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    kind of taking a different route we have
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    no idea when the TR is coming what kind
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    of train is coming it's not visible
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    online or anything but I think the most
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    fun and interesting thing is actually
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    this station because it's a highspeed
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    train station in the middle of nowhere
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    so there's no Village here there's no
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    City
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    here and I just don't really know why it
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    exists
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    I'm back home in rainy Germany and it's
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    the next day I unpacked
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    and the only thing I still really need
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    to do is get some money back because I
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    spent so much money and it was not my uh
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    wrongdoing and I hope to get some of it
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    back but I want to share something that
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    kind of connects to the packing video
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    that I uploaded before leaving and
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    that's minimalist traveling it worked
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    well my backpack was so light this this
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    time it was amazing and the trip
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    continued and like for example our
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    camping gas ran out and we didn't need
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    it anymore and it was even lighter that
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    was amazing but that made me tempted to
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    buy souvenirs and we did we bought this
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    beautiful um keramics from like a
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    sustainable store they're selling like
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    stuff that's not completely perfect so
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    they have like very small imperfections
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    it's handmade keramics and we just
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    bought like one of these uh plates for
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    each one of us I think they are amazing
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    because I like to eat like soup and
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    pasta everything out of these except for
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    like bread and I just want to show you I
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    carried home like close to three kilos
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    of caramic I hope you enjoyed this video
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    I'm going to talk a bit more about the
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    stuff I brought and how that worked out
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    in the In and Out video and I want to
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    give you a little tip and that's my son
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    was right if you watched the packing
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    video closely you maybe understand and I
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    want to link you another video here I
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    hope to see you there and I also want to
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    say thank you so much all of my patrons
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    that are just making this job better for
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    me and that get an extra podcast episode
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    every single week so I hope see you
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    there or in my next video and goodbye
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