Shad and Lena take us on an adventure. We discussed traveling last minute, with children, and how to immerse yourself into the culture when you visit a different country. Join us as we relive some amazing moments with them.
Shad and Lena take us on an adventure. We discussed traveling last minute, with children, and how to immerse yourself into the culture when you visit a different country. Join us as we relive some amazing moments with them.
Travel Tuesday Happy Hour
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A welcome to the travel to the happy hour
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where we interview
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dope people doing dope things
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from around the world.
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And season three, we have couple's goals.
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As you can see,
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I have an amazing guest today.
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Actually, my best not guess co-host.
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My man, my, my, my, my lady, my lady,
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my lady. Tell us who you are.
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I am Jacqueline
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Jackson, better known as Jackie,
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soon to be Benjamin.
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You know, you know,
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we try to make moves out here
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to be Benjamin,
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and we have an amazing
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guest today as well.
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My amazing couple today.
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Please tell us who you are
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and where you guys from.
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You first,
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Shanghai girls, Queens, New York.
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Okay. Okay.
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Lena Dowdell, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
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So hold on. Our last
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clip.
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Yeah. Queens, me, Aliquippa.
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This is Brooklyn. Queens.
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Which is all about Queens and Aliquippa.
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How did it happen?
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Um, you got you got
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what, 2060 something like that.
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I've lived in New York for
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what, like ten or 12 years now.
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We met, like many of folks our age online
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started dating.
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He was living in New Jersey,
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and we're here a lot.
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And so from Aliquippa,
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but Harlem resident.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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So, so what do you guys do?
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I am a principal
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of a lovely middle school in East Harlem.
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Oh, pretty.
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Some big time.
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Yeah, big time is on the show.
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All right.
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And, sir,
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I'm a general manager
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of a QVC distribution center.
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Oh, okay. Okay.
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Big timers. Big timers.
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Jackie Lee. What
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did you do so.
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Oh, yeah.
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What do you do, Jackie?
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I was a support,
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right
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I am the chief operations officer
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for the New York
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Urban League,
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and I also am the executive director
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of a program called
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the Not the Variety Project, which
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promotes positive self
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images and self-esteem
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among youth of color, ages
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ten to 14, middle school pronounced way
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and their right that's my age group
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that has this make this work.
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We need to make this work. Yeah.
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Y'all met what year again?
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Please remind me again
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like 2016, I think.
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2016.
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I'll come on older than that.
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But a number you feel young at heart
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you to do
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well you know when it comes to dates
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and times, I'm kind of like,
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oh yeah that memory gets like
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well it's it again
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so now since the memory
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and all that great and young seeds
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and I remember when I first met
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so when was the first trip
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y'all took together. Mhm.
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Oh so
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and on top of that
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who was responsible for planning it
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All right.
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So tell us about that.
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So where did you guys go?
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So the first trip we took together
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was actually Chicago, Illinois.
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Nice name. Nice.
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All right.
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And so was there leg resistance
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or was it like,
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all right,
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you know,
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you swept her off her feet
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and she was like,
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I'll go wherever you tell me.
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You
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look,
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Blake, place like,
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hey, I know
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she didn't get resistance.
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We were just both excited
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to go and explore the city together.
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Oh, wow. Nice. Nice.
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What time of year did you go to Chicago?
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Because Chicago came to be different
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at different times of the year.
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Yeah, it was winter.
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So we've been here.
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You know, it was nice called
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the coldest month of the year.
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I mean, but you're.
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But you're in New York now,
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so you should be accustom. And so.
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And it was very much in Pennsylvania.
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So, you know, it's cold there, too. Okay.
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But I hear
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lake effect is always over there,
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so I'll go winters.
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Same thing as Pittsburgh right now.
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That wind is different.
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Oh, it was worse.
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It was, but still a good time.
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It was nice.
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You used to live in Chicago, like, okay,
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before a little bit before I met him.
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So he wanted to, like,
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give me a taste of Chicago.
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I guess, like, through his eyes.
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That was really cool.
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We got to do what I like to do and visit
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some places that he frequented. So sweet.
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And then I have a sister who lives there,
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so we drove past our house
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and we had to chat for a little bit,
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so it was good.
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Oh, that sounds cool.
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So who decides on like,
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so this was the first trip
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that took on right
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so from that point forward,
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you kind of trusted him in like,
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all right,
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you're not too bad
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in this trip planning process.
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As you guys move forward,
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how do you decide where
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to go and who's planning it?
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Oh, well,
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and if you know me, I'm a little bossy,
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so sometimes it's me deciding
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whether I'm going to take one with you.
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So it's a happy hour.
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It's me just deciding what to do.
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The trip
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that was actually after that was one
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with my best friend.
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So we had to kind of already,
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like, planned it,
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but it happened to be a place
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you really enjoyed.
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So he he's like, hey, like,
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maybe I'll come hang out with you guys.
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For the weekend.
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We're all pretty friendly.
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So that's kind of how it happened.
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But since then, as far as,
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like, planning, it's kind of been both.
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We'll just discuss.
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He's been
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many more places than I have ever been.
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So a lot of the times
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he'll suggest some places,
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the handful that he hasn't been
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as options to consider
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and just
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kind of like, I'm open to anything
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because there's just been so many places
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I haven't been.
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So I'm kind of like,
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Okay, cool, let's go.
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Where are we going to do?
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Or Where are we going to plan to go?
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Next?
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So logistically,
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do you guys shared a planning process
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or is it based on
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if you're familiar with where you've been
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and.
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Good question.
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That is a good question.
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A little bit of both.
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So, um,
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I think if it's his idea, then I kind of
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just go with it completely.
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Like whatever.
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He's like, Okay,
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this is what we're going to do this year.
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And I'm like, All right,
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I trust him to make a good decision.
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Um, if it's something that I
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may want to have,
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I just
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I don't like that
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sort of things with that
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um,
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but if it's something that I've planned
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or something that I've worked on,
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then I may suggest more things.
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But now I'm
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trying to be a little more,
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a little less
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controlling about all the things.
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How's that?
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How's that coming along?
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Oh, okay.
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He's going to wait.
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We need you over.
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By the time this show is over,
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I think it's going to be going
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okay.
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Okay.
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So why do you travel?
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You had to answer the question of, like,
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what makes you want to travel?
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What gives you the inspiration to travel?
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How would you respond to that?
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For me, it started as a child.
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So my family on
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my mother's side is originally
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from Hamilton, Bermuda.
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I was younger during my winter break.
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So as long as I did
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well in school,
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every winter recess,
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we went to Hamilton
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to visit family and friends.
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So I've been traveling
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at least the Bermuda as early as like
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five years old. Nice.
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Just like five to like
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maybe 14 or 15
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went to Bermuda every single year.
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And then
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I was in the Boy Scouts here in New York
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and my Boy
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Scout troop went to Saint Lucia twice,
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two consecutive summers.
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So just those two experiences
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like Bermuda
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and Saint Lucia
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just completely opened my mind
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to exploring the world.
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And then
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and just got the travel
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bug like I was
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addicted to passport stamps.
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Yeah.
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So anywhere
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I can go just to have a new experience
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like got
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I might be the person to like
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stay at a resort
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or I could be the person that'll
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I get an Airbnb like when I land.
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So I love travel.
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So before you continue,
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I like the fact that Bermuda was a treat
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for a reward and not a punishment.
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That's a big reward. Yes.
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Because as you know,
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some of us West Indian
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kids were threatened to be sent back
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home.
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And Bermuda seems not to be a bad place
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to be threatened to go back to bed
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so they can leave.
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It easily said,
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I'm sending you to Bermuda
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to live with your cousins.
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And I would quickly pack my bags.
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Okay.
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Um, for me, it was the opposite.
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As a kid, we only traveled locally.
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My parents chose to spend their money
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on my education.
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So, like,
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I went to private school all my life,
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but we always want to vacation
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was just to Virginia Beach.
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And so when I finally was able
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to make some real money
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outside of teaching,
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I got my passport,
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and my first trip
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was actually with my best friend
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and one of our other coworkers.
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To Greece,
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and we randomly just selected it.
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I know, right?
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Like,
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how do you randomly let Greece
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put it in an app and you're just like,
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we're going to go there
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we got some pretty good places to stay.
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So it was out of
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just like not having the opportunity
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and recognizing, right?
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Like my parents had to choose something.
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And so they chose,
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I guess, rightfully so in education.
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But now I'm just interested
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in going as many places as possible
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and being able to share some experiences
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that I haven't had.
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So the thing that I
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like to tell people in
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I appreciate you sharing
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our story is because,
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you know,
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travel is travel regardless
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if you're domestic or international.
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And the fact that from album equipment,
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you got to go to Virginia Beach,
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you know, the demographics in that area,
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not everybody is awarded
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that opportunity.
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So I just want to commend
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you guys on being able
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that at least to get out,
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because western Pennsylvania
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by itself is just like
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if you can get out,
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you get out and you stay out there right
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So with that being said, like,
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what keeps you guys moving?
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Like what keeps you wanting to
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what's that thing
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that keeps you traveling?
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Right.
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Like, I know you've got the bug but
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what is
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the that's
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like, yo, I want to go try this place
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because for me,
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I mean, I like to travel,
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I like to eat,
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and that's what I'm I'm going to be so
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I would say for me is definitely food.
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So the other day
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I was on TikTok
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and I was scrolling
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and I saw someone at the state fair
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and I was like, hey,
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we need to go to Texas.
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To the state fair.
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I went a few years ago,
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I had a co-teacher who was from Texas,
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and we went on like an indigenous peoples
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weekend, a long weekend,
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and we went to the fair
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and it was so delicious.
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And so
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she and I used to joke
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all the time, like,
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you know,
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we're going to start a blog,
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going to quit teaching,
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we're going to travel the country,
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eating our way through life
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just to teach
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eating our way through life.
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So definitely food.
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I love food and even architecture.
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Like I've never been more mentally
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gotten into things like that,
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but I love to
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I think I
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probably get it from my mom,
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like sightsee and see pictures, views.
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And so that was definitely like
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the selling point.
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We went to Greece,
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like riding on the hill to Oya
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and then taking the photos
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and it was great.
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Okay.
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And where before we continue,
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where in Greece did you go?
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Because, I mean, you,
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you clearly didn't
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see the censoring cliffs, all flowy
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dressing, you know, on your timeline.
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So where did you go?
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We did.
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We went to Santorini, went to Mykonos,
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I went to Athens.
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I am on social media,
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but I'm more of a lurker than a poster
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handful of things
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but I don't post too much.
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Well, if you didn't post you was there.
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You have a cookie.
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So they say so they say, okay, okay.
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And sir, so
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so for me, it's the fee, but it's not
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the eating I enjoy.
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But it's more to say the process.
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So I'd say the vast majority of places
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I've gone,
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I've had the ability to either
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do one of those, like, cooking excursions
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or like immersing myself,
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like in a cooking experience.
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Right?
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So
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a few years back, I know
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I can't speak to the place. Go ahead.
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Because you got a letter
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from January of 2019.
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So about July of 2019.
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I actually lived in South Korea
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during the time that I was there.
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I would volunteer every Saturday
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or every other Saturday
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if I wasn't traveling somewhere else
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in a soup kitchen.
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So for me it was me and like five other,
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like Korean grandmothers
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cooking in a kitchen kitchen together.
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We couldn't speak the same language.
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They knew
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I had an idea what I was doing
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based on how
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I was cutting the vegetables.
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So they kept giving me more.
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But I literally cooked
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for about 60 people
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with these five other women
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not being able to communicate
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by making all authentic Korean dishes.
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So like for me,
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traveling is about like immersing myself
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in that culture as cuisine
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so that I can learn it
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and take something away from it
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because there's so many different flavors
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and smells
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that we've never been exposed to before.
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And that's amazing
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because you touch on that fact how
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traveling through food, not
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necessarily
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into food, but experience
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in immersing yourself in the culture.
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That's heavy
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because one of the things that
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a lot of us aren't showing or
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are taught early on is to embrace
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other people's cultures. Right.
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You grew up in Queens, so you knew what
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the cultural differences were
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and the tension
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that that was held
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between all of us in the areas
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and then especially in the western
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Pennsylvania side.
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It's it's a
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it's a blended community,
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but you don't see the culture
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as much as possible.
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So it's amazing that you guys
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have that in common
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and can actually really be
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able to, like express how immensity.
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Jackie, anything.
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I just want to know
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what their most memorable trip
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was together.
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Like, I understand
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your your different aspects of why
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you want to travel, your motivation
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and what keeps you traveling.
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But as a couple,
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what was your most
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memorable trip together?
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So we haven't traveled
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like a whole bunch of places.
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So I would say definitely
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going to Costa Rica I love the beach.
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It is my like Zen place.
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If I could live in a house by the water
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and like see the sunrise and sunset,
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I'd be happy my happier self every day.
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So I would say
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definitely Costa Rica,
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being at the beach,
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being able to be free
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away from work
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and all those things would
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definitely be it for me.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I would say the same just because like
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we this travel journey of ours
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is still relatively new.
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So like
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Chicago was just
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the early part of this year.
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So while we have like
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we're going
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to DC like tomorrow as an example.
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Oh really tomorrow?
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And then in February I'm going to
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a Dominican Republic
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so that the journey investigating
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the travel is still spread here.
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Yeah.
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Mm hmm.
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That's dope as dope.
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And so like with it being so fresh,
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are there challenges
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as it relates to kind of like
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navigating this travel journey?
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Right,
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because you're in the logistics, right?
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And then you're a principal.
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So, you know,
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when she's off,
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that's the most expensive tickets
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out there, right?
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Oh, she seems like.
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Yeah, she's the principal
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and she can almost tell the assistant
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principal, look,
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you got this
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and then take that little bit of time.
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Is that true, though?
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So I, I have worked with my organization
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for almost eight years,
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and so I have earned
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a level of flexibility.
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Our superintendent is pretty flexible.
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It's funny,
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he actually knows well,
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they don't know each other well,
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but like, he's
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met him and knows that, like,
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our relationship is long distance
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and so he's always like,
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if you need more time
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or you need an extra day.
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So he's understanding to the nuances
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of our relationship,
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and I appreciate that.
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So it's comes nice.
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Like the principal cloud,
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but also just having been there
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for a little while. Okay.
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So, so you're saying
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two pages
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question scheduling is not
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is not a challenge.
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Um, it is because he works a lot.
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His industry is also in those times
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that I'm also like
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during the holiday season there is,
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there is no time.
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So that's
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why we're going to air in February.
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His birthday is actually next month
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and it's his 40th birthday sort of like,
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oh, let's
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do something really cool together.
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He likes to travel.
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I don't think he's been to bars.
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I'm like, this will be a good time.
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Oh yeah.
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There's the way we could go
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next month because in the industry
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that he's in,
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if it's a holiday, then he's locked down.
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Right, right.
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Yeah.
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So I mean,
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there are some challenges,
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but I wouldn't say that's the biggest
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challenge is probably the way we travel.
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Like,
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he is very organized
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and creates the list,
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but it's good
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because that's not who I am.
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That's not my ministry
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way Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Let's go back.
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Let's go back for a sec.
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He's saying he's booking Airbnbs
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when he lands.
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So what what
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what makes you say that he's more planned
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or that you are at peace?
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Like, I'm wing it when I get there.
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So the winging it is something that he is
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most definitely done
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as a single man by himself
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in a relationship, though, the list
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he writes. Got it.
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And he's quiet, but he knows it's him.
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I will pull up my phone.
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He's dead again.
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I will tell you a list. Don't do that.
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So so let's let's talk about this. Right.
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So I got another list.
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I'm asking you guys about what?
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Let's talk about this list.
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Is this like a trip ready list?
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Like WhatsApp?
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Yeah.
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I want to know what
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looks like a fool itinerary
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from when you need to start packing
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too early.
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Check in
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to when you guys
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get there in a full itinerary.
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It's not that bad. Oh, no.
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Definitely what to bring.
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I am a person
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who will pack at the last minute
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and my last minute.
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You know, the day before
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something like 2 hours
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before you're supposed to leave
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the house.
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You know, listen,
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I could be making amendments up
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until that time.
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Okay,
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so my list of just all the items
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you need. Okay?
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I mean, there's great
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list, though,
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because I need
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I'm a person who needs a list
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of that of work.
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I'm very, you know, in work.
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I'm very organized.
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And, you know, I run the show,
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but in my personal life, it's
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a little chaotic,
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and so a list is helpful.
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Okay. Okay.
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So speaking of lists.
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All right,
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so I know you guys have mentioned
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you guys got a couple of
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trips lined up, right?
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Do you guys
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have guys talked about like a top
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five places to go
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We have not talked about how five places
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he has
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and places
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he would like to go
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that are on his list
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that he shared with me,
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which is where I pulled air from.
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I have like the list of like
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for my 40th birthday.
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Here's what I would like to do.
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But we haven't
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necessarily shared
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like here's a list of places,
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so let's see it. Wow.
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You share your top,
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your separate top five
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and let's see how many on there collide.
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Let's see what the similarities are.
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Not five.
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I don't even know if I have a top five.
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So the place I would love to go to next
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is like the Maldives.
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I the water overwater bungalows.
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That's that's where I'm living.
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I would most certainly
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I have to put this on my list
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because it's actually my son's top place.
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He's dying to go to Egypt.
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He's been wanting to go there.
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He's seven,
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but he's been wanting to go there
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for a really, really long time.
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And he's like, Mom,
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we really need to go there.
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And I was like, I got you.
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I would love to do some Southeast Asia.
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My friend
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Jessica and my friend
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Danielle talk about it all the time.
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They're places that they've traveled.
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South Africa is a place
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I know that's on his list.
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That's what for
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a number five.
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I don't know.
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I don't have a no, a number five.
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I'm I'm really open.
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Like I said, I haven't been many places
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so I'm open to
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wherever.
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Okay.
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For me, it's going to be.
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And she lives South America,
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Cape Town, South Africa.
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Mm. And
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Russia.
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Switzerland.
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Oh, and
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Monterey, California.
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Wow.
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Nice list.
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This list had it. Monterey, California.
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Ended up one there.
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Nothing question.
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She'd like added that.
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So so then there's no.
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So then in Monterey,
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California, a few times,
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I took a round trip back in
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2016 of the entire Pacific Coast Highway
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from north to south.
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She started that Redwood National Park.
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I made my way
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all the way to San Diego
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Monterey is just a little quaint town
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right there
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on the Pacific Coast
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that has family and feed
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and just really good views of the ocean.
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Yeah,
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we had the opportunity to stop there
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and I trip to a recent trip to California
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where we did
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not the whole coast
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we just did from Oakland down to L.A.
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But we stopped in Monterey.
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He actually had to take a call.
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But travel Tuesday,
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you got to work, you know, it's season.
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So we had the beautiful views
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that you were talking about
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and his background in the,
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you know, in the in the video,
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the show must go on.
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You know, it's not make sure it works.
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It was perfect, you know?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So I mean,
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one of the most beautiful places
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I've been in the United States.
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Yeah. Monterey is gorgeous.
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I agree. Okay.
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So I want to kind of shift
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the topic a little bit
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to kind of like
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traveling while black right individually
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and then act together and,
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you know,
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what has that experience
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been like for you all traveling
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do you take any
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additional safety precautions,
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any measures that you think
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our non-black people
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don't have to consider when you travel
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yeah.
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Well, this is a topic
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he just made us sound like
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because I'm always talking
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about black people stuff
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because, you know,
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I am with the black and the brown
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babies all day.
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So, yeah, I think about condoms.
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I do a lot of Googling.
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I'm always interested to know,
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like how people of color
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are welcomed in an area.
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If there's information like that's public
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or searching on travel
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blogs of other folks
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to find out more information
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to see if they have experienced
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any issues.
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It's funny that you mention it
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because when I was in Greece,
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I was actually with two white women
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and I was
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the only person of color with them.
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And when we were on the bus
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and make a note traveling
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there were some men from the Netherlands
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and they were like looking at me
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and like making commentary.
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But, you know, you could tell
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they were talking about me.
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And yeah,
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I probably
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I think on the bus
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was probably also the only black person
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in you made my one from really upset.
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So much so that we may
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or may not in our New York
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way, got into a little conversation
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with them about it later
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when we saw them, you know,
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but at any rate,
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may or may not
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but for the most part,
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I haven't had too many issues. Right?
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So like that was one instance
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where there was some commentary
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and we just kind of
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were really direct with them
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about the noticing of them
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speaking to us.
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I mean, it could have
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probably gone another way.
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But like I said, as New Yorkers,
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we kind of toe
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the line of what may be appropriate
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and inappropriate
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but I often worry about those things.
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Even traveling
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in the United States right now
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or even internationally,
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something I get on him
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all the time about, it's like
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make sure you let me know where you are,
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where you're going to be
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or where you're driving.
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Like, how are you getting there?
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Who else are you going to be with him
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or traveling anywhere
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while being black is
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something that comes to mind
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for me and is
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something that I worry about.
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Um, for me,
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for me it's
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been interesting
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just because of all the places
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that I've been by myself.
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So I'll take like living in Korea itself
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was its own experience. Right?
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The advantage that I have of
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at least
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where my house was,
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that was right
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next to one of the larger
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Army installations in Korea.
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So people
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just everyone in that area was accustomed
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to seeing people that look like me
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because the military base
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was right next door.
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But it would be that random IKEA
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that I would go into three out
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3 hours outside of Seoul city limits,
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where there's no one at all
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that looks like me, aside
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from if you turn on your television.
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So here I am
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asking for Swedish
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meatballs, mashed potatoes
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and and some legendary juice
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and people just staring
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because I'm the only person there
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or going to a gym to play basketball
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and seeing some little kids, you know,
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they're with their coach and children
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who speak English very, very well.
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There and there were a lot of them.
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Just because I was black
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and shooting around,
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they asked me if I could dunk and
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I was like, no, I can't
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but then,
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like, instances of like, going to Spanish
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speaking countries,
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you know, not staying in a hotel,
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having to meet someone
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randomly like in an alley
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to get a key for Airbnb.
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Right.
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It's been challenging, but I just
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because it's important to me
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to, like, really immerse myself
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in those countries culture, like
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my Spanish
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is pretty decent to be able to navigate.
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My Korean is pretty decent
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to be able to navigate,
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like at least restaurant
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Korean and banking Korean, to be able
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to eat and get money
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and things
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like a little bit
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of Japanese
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there in times that I've been to Tokyo.
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So yeah, like for me it's important to
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just be always mindful
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of my surroundings, right?
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So like I have
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this because I've been to like Jamaica,
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Costa Rica a lot.
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Like I have a Costa Rican SIM card,
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a Jamaican SIM card, right?
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So that I always have a cell phone
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that if I do need to be able
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to get a hold of somebody,
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I could easily just pick up the phone
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and so as
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a unit, have you guys seen I don't know.
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You guys mentioned
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you haven't traveled a lot, but
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have you seen a difference
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in how people see you right?
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Perception of a woman by herself
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or perception of a man by himself
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is different
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when they're combined because as a couple
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as a as a man with woman, you're left,
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right, right.
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And I use air quotes.
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As a woman, you're less approachable.
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Yeah. Air quotes, right.
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Do you guys see that
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or you guys really haven't
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gone far enough to really see where
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that's a difference.
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I would say I agree
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especially when he was in Costa
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Rica with us and then when he left.
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So Jessica and I are always
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and it's even in New York,
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I sit on a bench alone in New York, and
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eight out of ten
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people are going to come
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and look at me
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or say something to me,
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like random strangers
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in the street will approach me
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about a variety of things.
00:28:54:17 - 00:28:55:15
And so she when she and
00:28:55:15 - 00:28:57:05
I were just together on the beach,
00:28:57:05 - 00:28:58:13
you know, people may come over to us
00:28:58:13 - 00:28:59:17
and try to sell things to words
00:28:59:17 - 00:29:01:04
or just talk to us generally.
00:29:01:04 - 00:29:02:06
But if he was there, it was
00:29:02:06 - 00:29:03:02
kind of like, oh,
00:29:04:05 - 00:29:05:09
never mind.
00:29:05:09 - 00:29:05:16
Right.
00:29:05:16 - 00:29:07:15
And so I do think that sometimes involves
00:29:07:15 - 00:29:09:03
sea women alone.
00:29:09:03 - 00:29:10:19
We are targets,
00:29:10:19 - 00:29:11:09
if you will,
00:29:11:09 - 00:29:12:18
and for lack of better words,
00:29:12:18 - 00:29:15:01
of solicitation of things
00:29:15:01 - 00:29:17:10
or just someone wanting to talk to us
00:29:17:10 - 00:29:18:05
generally.
00:29:18:05 - 00:29:19:13
Whereas if I'm with him
00:29:19:13 - 00:29:20:09
walking down the street,
00:29:20:09 - 00:29:21:13
nobody says anything.
00:29:21:13 - 00:29:22:24
Even in my own neighborhood,
00:29:22:24 - 00:29:24:11
someone who may stop me
00:29:24:11 - 00:29:26:13
and say something to me,
00:29:26:13 - 00:29:28:19
it's like I don't exist.
00:29:28:19 - 00:29:29:05
You got
00:29:29:05 - 00:29:32:03
you got your personal bodyguard, right?
00:29:32:03 - 00:29:33:06
Then I pressed for it.
00:29:33:06 - 00:29:34:14
Right? Right.
00:29:34:14 - 00:29:37:15
So do you see a difference in how
00:29:38:11 - 00:29:41:19
people see you when you return?
00:29:44:24 - 00:29:48:16
No, I don't see
00:29:49:10 - 00:29:50:19
interesting.
00:29:50:20 - 00:29:53:17
So I just throw a scenario, right?
00:29:53:17 - 00:29:55:21
You're in the street walking by itself
00:29:55:21 - 00:29:58:16
is Karen walking across the street or
00:29:59:17 - 00:30:01:20
is she just walking past jog
00:30:01:21 - 00:30:02:16
because you are together
00:30:09:16 - 00:30:11:08
doesn't even occur to you.
00:30:11:08 - 00:30:11:22
Right?
00:30:12:06 - 00:30:13:17
And it might not even occur to you.
00:30:13:17 - 00:30:15:09
You might not even think about, like,
00:30:15:09 - 00:30:18:11
consider a like it's been it's
00:30:18:11 - 00:30:21:02
been a long time in the United States
00:30:21:02 - 00:30:22:07
that Karen is
00:30:22:07 - 00:30:24:12
as close to a person walk the other way.
00:30:24:20 - 00:30:26:05
Mhm.
00:30:28:02 - 00:30:28:20
I'd say the only time
00:30:28:20 - 00:30:30:01
that I might have seen that
00:30:30:01 - 00:30:31:00
a handful of times
00:30:31:00 - 00:30:32:10
was when I was in Korea,
00:30:32:10 - 00:30:33:03
like outside,
00:30:33:03 - 00:30:35:09
like hours outside of Seoul,
00:30:35:09 - 00:30:36:15
you know, and countrysides
00:30:36:15 - 00:30:38:07
and people were because
00:30:38:07 - 00:30:39:05
yeah, I'm trying to figure it out.
00:30:39:05 - 00:30:41:00
Look like me is on television.
00:30:41:00 - 00:30:42:15
Mhm. Gotcha.
00:30:43:01 - 00:30:43:22
Okay.
00:30:43:22 - 00:30:45:03
But now
00:30:46:13 - 00:30:46:22
all right.
00:30:46:22 - 00:30:49:16
So have you ever felt unsafe
00:30:49:16 - 00:30:53:00
anywhere where you traveled with her.
00:30:53:01 - 00:30:54:11
Have you. Ever since.
00:30:54:11 - 00:30:55:18
Yeah. All the time.
00:30:55:18 - 00:30:57:20
And there's a part of me
00:30:57:20 - 00:30:59:01
that my dad puts himself
00:30:59:01 - 00:31:01:09
sometimes in unsafe situations.
00:31:01:09 - 00:31:02:20
So I mean
00:31:02:21 - 00:31:05:08
he was more like the Korean version
00:31:05:08 - 00:31:06:05
of Craigslist
00:31:07:06 - 00:31:09:22
and find somebody that created a post
00:31:09:24 - 00:31:11:14
already shaking her head.
00:31:11:14 - 00:31:12:21
But since he's somebody that might
00:31:12:21 - 00:31:13:23
I can be sorry,
00:31:13:23 - 00:31:15:05
that's a guy that created a post
00:31:15:05 - 00:31:17:21
for like a poker tournament.
00:31:17:21 - 00:31:19:16
So I sent him a message.
00:31:19:16 - 00:31:20:14
And like this,
00:31:20:14 - 00:31:21:24
the Korean version of WhatsApp
00:31:21:24 - 00:31:23:11
it's called Kakao.
00:31:23:11 - 00:31:24:04
So some of the messaging
00:31:24:04 - 00:31:25:23
Kakao gave me an address,
00:31:25:23 - 00:31:27:24
told me to meet him at this location.
00:31:27:24 - 00:31:29:07
I met him at this location.
00:31:29:07 - 00:31:31:13
It was behind some back door
00:31:31:13 - 00:31:33:17
and the back of a convenience store
00:31:33:23 - 00:31:36:00
had a full casino room in there.
00:31:36:17 - 00:31:38:09
And I played poker.
00:31:38:09 - 00:31:38:16
I mean, it's
00:31:38:16 - 00:31:40:03
how bought him for like the U.S.
00:31:40:03 - 00:31:42:20
equivalent of like $300.
00:31:43:05 - 00:31:43:13
Mm.
00:31:43:20 - 00:31:44:23
No one in the room is I'm
00:31:44:23 - 00:31:46:13
the guy that invited me
00:31:46:13 - 00:31:48:17
at the time I knew to speak English,
00:31:49:17 - 00:31:52:00
but was it a matter of
00:31:52:00 - 00:31:54:02
I don't know, 5 hours,
00:31:54:02 - 00:31:56:05
my $300 USD equivalent
00:31:56:19 - 00:31:59:17
turned into like 14,000.
00:32:00:01 - 00:32:02:02
The US equivalent whoo hoo.
00:32:02:21 - 00:32:05:03
And then the next town was shark.
00:32:05:13 - 00:32:06:04
Then the next time
00:32:06:04 - 00:32:08:06
I was like another 10,000
00:32:08:06 - 00:32:10:04
right there in time.
00:32:10:04 - 00:32:11:06
And although I might have walked away
00:32:11:06 - 00:32:12:22
with like 5000,
00:32:12:22 - 00:32:13:13
I ended up like,
00:32:13:13 - 00:32:14:22
you know, losing a little bit
00:32:14:22 - 00:32:16:16
so they wouldn't be intimidated by me.
00:32:16:16 - 00:32:17:08
Okay.
00:32:17:14 - 00:32:18:20
But like if at any time
00:32:18:20 - 00:32:20:17
that place would have gotten raided
00:32:20:17 - 00:32:21:03
like this
00:32:21:03 - 00:32:23:12
wouldn't even be a video interview,
00:32:24:24 - 00:32:27:02
I would still be in a prison somewhere
00:32:28:16 - 00:32:30:06
so I need to back you
00:32:30:06 - 00:32:31:14
at the next poker tournament.
00:32:31:14 - 00:32:32:21
Is that what you're saying?
00:32:32:21 - 00:32:34:20
Or they're just bad in.
00:32:34:20 - 00:32:37:04
So no, it's just like
00:32:37:16 - 00:32:39:22
I leverage the skills in poker
00:32:39:22 - 00:32:40:22
for really being able
00:32:40:22 - 00:32:43:07
to read body language
00:32:43:07 - 00:32:45:02
or body language very, very well.
00:32:45:02 - 00:32:45:20
And body
00:32:45:20 - 00:32:47:24
language does not change in regardless
00:32:48:08 - 00:32:49:08
of what color you are.
00:32:49:08 - 00:32:51:23
Culture of race. Right.
00:32:52:07 - 00:32:54:20
And is that what they were very telling
00:32:54:20 - 00:32:55:20
in all of their behaviors?
00:32:55:20 - 00:32:56:17
I can
00:32:56:21 - 00:32:58:10
I just sat there with my headphones on
00:32:58:10 - 00:32:59:09
because I couldn't talk to anybody
00:32:59:09 - 00:33:01:05
to just listen to music
00:33:01:05 - 00:33:02:09
the whole time I was playing.
00:33:02:09 - 00:33:04:12
But all of them had towels
00:33:04:12 - 00:33:05:12
and I was able to pick up on
00:33:05:12 - 00:33:06:12
in a matter of seconds
00:33:08:13 - 00:33:10:05
but again, I could have
00:33:10:05 - 00:33:10:24
easily been
00:33:10:24 - 00:33:13:01
in a foreign detention center somewhere.
00:33:13:01 - 00:33:14:08
Yeah.
00:33:14:09 - 00:33:15:21
We're thankful for that rap
00:33:15:21 - 00:33:16:03
sheet
00:33:16:03 - 00:33:18:22
for having you on show and not not
00:33:19:22 - 00:33:23:18
streaming live from the Korean
00:33:25:16 - 00:33:27:07
so we're going to move forward
00:33:27:07 - 00:33:28:06
a little bit.
00:33:28:06 - 00:33:29:17
And I appreciate you guys
00:33:29:17 - 00:33:31:00
openly sharing those
00:33:31:00 - 00:33:34:01
because one of the things that I'm I'm
00:33:34:04 - 00:33:35:20
trying to educate the community
00:33:35:20 - 00:33:36:16
is that
00:33:36:17 - 00:33:39:11
traveling while black is a thing, right?
00:33:40:01 - 00:33:41:18
It's not just a thing here.
00:33:41:18 - 00:33:44:07
And it's not always negative.
00:33:44:11 - 00:33:45:07
Right.
00:33:45:08 - 00:33:45:19
And I want
00:33:45:19 - 00:33:46:10
to ask you
00:33:46:10 - 00:33:48:15
about your travels in East Asia
00:33:48:15 - 00:33:50:24
or Southeast Asia. Right.
00:33:50:24 - 00:33:52:16
Do you feel as though that it's
00:33:52:16 - 00:33:54:01
out of curiosity
00:33:54:01 - 00:33:55:13
because there's like you said,
00:33:55:13 - 00:33:57:17
you were the only person there for miles
00:33:58:14 - 00:34:00:22
or and I want to
00:34:01:02 - 00:34:02:15
I want to bundle curiosity
00:34:02:15 - 00:34:04:06
anger, ignorance at the same time.
00:34:05:10 - 00:34:06:20
Or do you feel as though that
00:34:06:20 - 00:34:10:07
it was a dislike for black people?
00:34:10:16 - 00:34:11:19
Because I guess
00:34:11:19 - 00:34:14:03
is it a prejudice or is it a fascination?
00:34:14:10 - 00:34:15:16
Because in different countries
00:34:15:16 - 00:34:16:22
it can be different
00:34:16:22 - 00:34:18:05
and it can feel different
00:34:18:05 - 00:34:21:01
when it's actually the other.
00:34:21:05 - 00:34:21:21
Yes.
00:34:21:21 - 00:34:24:10
So if I use Southeast Asia specifically.
00:34:24:10 - 00:34:24:17
Right.
00:34:24:17 - 00:34:28:11
So it kind of all depends on the age
00:34:28:11 - 00:34:29:18
of the individuals, right?
00:34:29:18 - 00:34:33:11
So like older your traditional Koreans
00:34:33:24 - 00:34:36:13
may walk a little bit faster
00:34:36:13 - 00:34:37:19
or may not necessarily speak to you.
00:34:37:19 - 00:34:38:16
Whereas the
00:34:38:16 - 00:34:40:09
the younger generation,
00:34:40:09 - 00:34:41:12
they love our culture.
00:34:41:12 - 00:34:43:01
They love our music,
00:34:43:01 - 00:34:44:15
they love our and
00:34:44:15 - 00:34:45:24
the clothes that we wear, the sneakers
00:34:45:24 - 00:34:46:14
I wear, like
00:34:46:14 - 00:34:47:22
the sneaker culture
00:34:47:22 - 00:34:48:09
is probably
00:34:48:09 - 00:34:49:23
just as large in Southeast
00:34:49:23 - 00:34:52:15
Asia as it is in New York,
00:34:52:24 - 00:34:55:09
Chicago, L.A., Atlanta, right of it.
00:34:55:16 - 00:34:56:19
They're in line on sneaker
00:34:56:19 - 00:34:57:18
release stage, just like
00:34:57:18 - 00:34:59:10
we are in the U.S.
00:34:59:10 - 00:35:03:04
and but with the the younger folks,
00:35:03:09 - 00:35:05:07
you know, my age and younger,
00:35:05:07 - 00:35:07:15
I would say they were just more curious,
00:35:07:24 - 00:35:08:13
really. Just
00:35:09:17 - 00:35:10:23
out to be random, as I said,
00:35:10:23 - 00:35:12:15
randomly being in an IKEA,
00:35:12:15 - 00:35:14:17
nowhere near any military base
00:35:15:06 - 00:35:16:24
or just randomly on a playground
00:35:16:24 - 00:35:18:19
sitting watching a baseball game
00:35:18:19 - 00:35:20:12
outside of Seoul
00:35:20:12 - 00:35:21:19
or randomly
00:35:21:19 - 00:35:24:08
on one of these little small boats
00:35:24:08 - 00:35:25:16
in like
00:35:25:16 - 00:35:26:13
Thailand or
00:35:26:13 - 00:35:28:21
I just going into a floating market.
00:35:28:21 - 00:35:29:05
And there weren't
00:35:29:05 - 00:35:30:05
a lot of people there that look like.
00:35:30:05 - 00:35:31:13
Maybe they're just
00:35:31:24 - 00:35:33:12
taking the time to like really?
00:35:33:12 - 00:35:36:13
And if I'm going to introduce stand and
00:35:37:15 - 00:35:39:21
and Vietnam right like
00:35:39:21 - 00:35:41:05
although you and I can't speak
00:35:41:05 - 00:35:41:24
the same English, I'm
00:35:41:24 - 00:35:44:02
sitting there like asking questions.
00:35:44:02 - 00:35:45:08
I'm on some
00:35:45:10 - 00:35:46:21
translation apps trying to learn
00:35:46:21 - 00:35:47:11
how to speak to you
00:35:47:11 - 00:35:48:11
about the various foods,
00:35:48:11 - 00:35:49:19
fruits and things about violence.
00:35:49:19 - 00:35:52:04
Make it like a true experience,
00:35:52:04 - 00:35:53:01
and I'm getting out of it.
00:35:53:01 - 00:35:55:07
So I know that with the exception
00:35:55:08 - 00:35:57:09
of the few instances in Korea,
00:35:57:09 - 00:35:59:17
I've never had a bad lack of world
00:36:00:14 - 00:36:01:05
experience.
00:36:01:05 - 00:36:01:16
I guess it's
00:36:01:16 - 00:36:02:06
more something
00:36:02:06 - 00:36:04:13
curiosity around our music,
00:36:04:13 - 00:36:05:15
our culture and our our.
00:36:07:11 - 00:36:08:23
Nice, nice.
00:36:08:23 - 00:36:09:17
Appreciate that.
00:36:09:17 - 00:36:10:13
Because, I mean,
00:36:10:13 - 00:36:11:05
that's something
00:36:11:05 - 00:36:13:24
that gets easily misconceived
00:36:14:09 - 00:36:17:18
by, like you said, the curiosity.
00:36:17:22 - 00:36:18:17
I mean,
00:36:19:03 - 00:36:21:11
I've heard stories in past seasons
00:36:21:11 - 00:36:24:17
where there's like a
00:36:24:18 - 00:36:26:24
lack of consideration for personal space.
00:36:27:11 - 00:36:31:03
And so, you know that and for people
00:36:31:04 - 00:36:32:00
from New York,
00:36:32:00 - 00:36:32:14
way, way
00:36:32:14 - 00:36:35:15
he really reacted to that give us
00:36:36:15 - 00:36:38:18
what made you react so strongly to that?
00:36:38:18 - 00:36:39:00
Yeah.
00:36:39:00 - 00:36:39:08
So so
00:36:39:08 - 00:36:40:14
there is no personal space
00:36:40:14 - 00:36:42:19
in Korea at all and
00:36:42:19 - 00:36:45:04
like not even a little bit
00:36:45:07 - 00:36:47:12
if you can imagine a New York City
00:36:47:12 - 00:36:50:24
train packed and like 7:30 a.m.
00:36:50:24 - 00:36:52:22
on a Tuesday.
00:36:53:00 - 00:36:55:23
Imagine a Korean train
00:36:55:23 - 00:36:57:04
with more people on it
00:36:57:04 - 00:36:59:09
than can fit on a New York City subway.
00:36:59:09 - 00:37:01:17
So for example,
00:37:01:17 - 00:37:02:05
let's say you're
00:37:02:05 - 00:37:03:20
the one standing by the door
00:37:04:20 - 00:37:07:05
and a door opens and more people get on.
00:37:07:05 - 00:37:07:07
Well,
00:37:07:07 - 00:37:07:16
those people
00:37:07:16 - 00:37:10:10
that get on instead of facing at you,
00:37:10:17 - 00:37:11:16
they turn around
00:37:11:16 - 00:37:13:22
and just start taking steps backwards.
00:37:13:22 - 00:37:15:14
To push you back.
00:37:15:14 - 00:37:16:08
Oh, wow.
00:37:16:08 - 00:37:16:18
And there's
00:37:16:18 - 00:37:18:18
no conversation about it anymore.
00:37:19:18 - 00:37:21:09
So it's so it's not. No, excuse me.
00:37:21:09 - 00:37:22:19
It's just the
00:37:22:19 - 00:37:25:01
here is floor space on the train.
00:37:25:15 - 00:37:27:08
I based on my size
00:37:27:08 - 00:37:29:19
and somebody else's body on yours,
00:37:30:02 - 00:37:30:18
so some people
00:37:30:18 - 00:37:31:16
just want to just turn around
00:37:31:16 - 00:37:32:13
and just walk backwards.
00:37:32:13 - 00:37:35:01
Just push it. Wow.
00:37:35:14 - 00:37:36:14
So like
00:37:36:14 - 00:37:38:14
the first time I got on the train,
00:37:38:14 - 00:37:40:24
I got pushed from one door
00:37:40:24 - 00:37:43:14
all the way across to the other,
00:37:43:14 - 00:37:46:10
and I thought I was assaulted
00:37:47:07 - 00:37:49:00
and no one even asked my permission.
00:37:49:00 - 00:37:51:23
There was no dialog at all.
00:37:53:03 - 00:37:55:06
Oh, oh,
00:37:55:19 - 00:37:56:18
I appreciated that.
00:37:56:18 - 00:37:58:09
You think I even went on Facebook
00:37:58:09 - 00:38:00:06
lives that day?
00:38:00:06 - 00:38:03:04
I was like, looking proud.
00:38:03:04 - 00:38:04:08
Everybody needs to see this.
00:38:04:08 - 00:38:06:08
Although when I was on the train,
00:38:06:08 - 00:38:07:15
everybody was going to sleep
00:38:07:15 - 00:38:08:18
because it was
00:38:09:09 - 00:38:11:15
there 13 hours ahead
00:38:11:15 - 00:38:13:23
but it was.
00:38:13:23 - 00:38:16:02
It was challenging riding the train.
00:38:16:02 - 00:38:18:10
Mm mm. Really?
00:38:18:10 - 00:38:18:21
Well, it's
00:38:18:21 - 00:38:20:24
like people would just come up to you
00:38:21:11 - 00:38:22:16
just because you were different,
00:38:22:16 - 00:38:25:02
and, like, all your hair is similar.
00:38:25:02 - 00:38:25:10
Yeah.
00:38:25:10 - 00:38:27:18
Like, zero person.
00:38:27:18 - 00:38:29:19
Yeah, yeah.
00:38:32:09 - 00:38:33:11
Wow.
00:38:33:11 - 00:38:34:06
All right, so we're
00:38:34:06 - 00:38:34:15
got gonna
00:38:34:15 - 00:38:38:01
we got to fast forward this a little bit.
00:38:38:01 - 00:38:40:16
You know, we've, we've all been in
00:38:41:04 - 00:38:42:07
a unique situation
00:38:42:07 - 00:38:42:23
that for
00:38:42:23 - 00:38:43:13
with at least
00:38:43:13 - 00:38:44:12
within our lifetimes,
00:38:44:12 - 00:38:47:06
we've never really experienced before.
00:38:47:09 - 00:38:50:02
Right? This pandemic
00:38:50:02 - 00:38:50:15
you know, I'm
00:38:50:15 - 00:38:53:00
not going to make anybody relive
00:38:53:00 - 00:38:54:12
what they experienced.
00:38:54:12 - 00:38:55:20
But where you go,
00:38:55:20 - 00:38:57:01
where are you all today?
00:38:57:01 - 00:38:58:23
Like, how are you adjusting with
00:39:00:11 - 00:39:02:15
reduced or
00:39:02:15 - 00:39:05:02
other like lifted guidelines
00:39:05:18 - 00:39:08:09
masks the vaccines boosters
00:39:08:17 - 00:39:10:12
are you guys adjusting life
00:39:10:12 - 00:39:12:02
with and especially adding
00:39:12:02 - 00:39:13:14
travel to the mix? Right.
00:39:13:14 - 00:39:15:20
Are you guys adjusting to the new normal
00:39:16:20 - 00:39:18:08
post shutdown
00:39:18:08 - 00:39:20:04
oh, what is your new normal?
00:39:20:04 - 00:39:20:23
Because you guys had
00:39:20:23 - 00:39:24:13
you been together since about 2016
00:39:24:21 - 00:39:28:07
so you you had been dating prior
00:39:28:07 - 00:39:30:14
to the pandemic moving into it
00:39:30:14 - 00:39:32:17
and now we're like adjusting to whatever
00:39:32:24 - 00:39:33:14
we're saying
00:39:33:14 - 00:39:34:07
as the pandemic
00:39:34:07 - 00:39:36:14
is winding down or something like that.
00:39:36:20 - 00:39:39:14
How how can you explain your journey
00:39:39:14 - 00:39:41:03
as you went from,
00:39:41:03 - 00:39:42:05
okay, we're free to do
00:39:42:05 - 00:39:43:16
whatever we want to.
00:39:43:16 - 00:39:46:08
Oh, we locked down quarantine.
00:39:46:08 - 00:39:47:16
Got to stay safe.
00:39:47:16 - 00:39:49:16
So now like, okay,
00:39:49:16 - 00:39:51:03
we can move around a little bit.
00:39:51:03 - 00:39:53:00
What should we do
00:39:54:07 - 00:39:54:17
yeah.
00:39:54:17 - 00:39:56:17
So a lot of things.
00:39:57:21 - 00:39:59:00
So I definitely
00:39:59:00 - 00:39:59:19
people, I was like,
00:39:59:19 - 00:40:00:22
oh, did you get vaccinated
00:40:00:22 - 00:40:02:06
because you work at your school?
00:40:02:06 - 00:40:03:11
No, I get vaccinated.
00:40:03:11 - 00:40:04:16
You travel
00:40:05:15 - 00:40:06:17
seriously, right?
00:40:06:17 - 00:40:07:02
Because I was like,
00:40:07:02 - 00:40:10:03
I should not be confined to
00:40:11:15 - 00:40:13:08
New York or wherever
00:40:13:08 - 00:40:16:09
so I added actually called me up.
00:40:16:09 - 00:40:17:19
It was honestly less about work.
00:40:17:19 - 00:40:18:14
So that was one thing.
00:40:18:14 - 00:40:19:22
So definitely got vaccinated
00:40:19:22 - 00:40:22:06
so that I could resume travel and be free
00:40:22:06 - 00:40:23:15
because it's something
00:40:23:15 - 00:40:25:16
that I'm definitely passionate about.
00:40:25:16 - 00:40:28:07
New Normal.
00:40:28:22 - 00:40:29:08
It's something
00:40:29:08 - 00:40:31:16
I tell people all the time.
00:40:31:17 - 00:40:33:14
As an educator,
00:40:33:14 - 00:40:36:05
it's very stressful.
00:40:36:05 - 00:40:37:03
Our families,
00:40:37:03 - 00:40:38:18
our students, they're hurting, right?
00:40:38:18 - 00:40:39:08
The world,
00:40:39:08 - 00:40:40:20
a lot of people are really hurting.
00:40:40:20 - 00:40:43:01
They had their own stuff and traumas
00:40:43:07 - 00:40:45:09
and then the traumatic experience of
00:40:45:09 - 00:40:47:15
a pandemic on top of that.
00:40:48:16 - 00:40:50:16
So for a new normal, it's
00:40:51:21 - 00:40:53:07
trying to set some more boundaries
00:40:53:07 - 00:40:54:09
honestly,
00:40:54:09 - 00:40:55:19
just so that I can stay
00:40:55:19 - 00:40:56:24
a little bit sane,
00:40:56:24 - 00:40:57:17
which comes
00:40:57:17 - 00:40:57:23
you know,
00:40:57:23 - 00:40:59:11
we're talking about taking time off work.
00:40:59:11 - 00:41:01:18
I was a person who never took PTO days.
00:41:01:22 - 00:41:03:05
I would take PTO days
00:41:03:05 - 00:41:06:02
and every day in between now
00:41:06:02 - 00:41:07:16
to make sure that I'm mentally
00:41:07:16 - 00:41:09:15
well so that I can be well for others.
00:41:09:15 - 00:41:10:23
And so I would think that's definitely
00:41:10:23 - 00:41:12:06
like the biggest change out
00:41:12:06 - 00:41:14:17
before the pandemic
00:41:16:17 - 00:41:18:16
I feel like I waited around or
00:41:18:16 - 00:41:20:23
I waited to see things or do things,
00:41:21:09 - 00:41:22:21
even though I wanted to travel
00:41:22:21 - 00:41:23:16
and do different things.
00:41:23:16 - 00:41:24:22
It was kind of like our
00:41:24:22 - 00:41:25:21
a lot of our relationship
00:41:25:21 - 00:41:26:22
has been long distance.
00:41:26:22 - 00:41:28:08
His career has moved him
00:41:28:08 - 00:41:29:16
a bunch of different places,
00:41:29:16 - 00:41:31:04
and I feel like
00:41:31:04 - 00:41:32:21
I asked and waited for the opportunity
00:41:32:21 - 00:41:33:09
for me to, like,
00:41:33:09 - 00:41:34:07
maybe be wherever
00:41:34:07 - 00:41:36:00
he was or like
00:41:36:00 - 00:41:38:09
traveled somewhere because he was there
00:41:38:11 - 00:41:39:22
or I knew someone there.
00:41:39:22 - 00:41:41:05
Like he lived in Atlanta for a while
00:41:41:05 - 00:41:41:22
and one of my sorority
00:41:41:22 - 00:41:42:23
sisters lived there
00:41:42:23 - 00:41:43:18
and it was one of these
00:41:43:18 - 00:41:44:22
like inbetween periods,
00:41:44:22 - 00:41:45:14
like we were dating,
00:41:45:14 - 00:41:46:09
but like not really
00:41:46:09 - 00:41:47:17
was kind of like free.
00:41:47:17 - 00:41:48:21
And I was like, Oh, well, he's here.
00:41:48:21 - 00:41:50:22
I can go hang out with him, right? Yeah.
00:41:51:02 - 00:41:52:18
And it was more of like, wait,
00:41:52:18 - 00:41:56:06
ing kind of me and a little less action.
00:41:56:06 - 00:41:57:01
So for me,
00:41:57:01 - 00:41:58:03
the new normal is like
00:41:58:03 - 00:42:00:08
I am very much more active
00:42:00:22 - 00:42:04:12
in and making the choice and the terms
00:42:04:12 - 00:42:05:15
of like our relationship
00:42:05:15 - 00:42:06:12
and how we travel and
00:42:06:12 - 00:42:08:05
how we move in with my
00:42:10:08 - 00:42:11:02
okay.
00:42:11:16 - 00:42:13:23
You speak for our
00:42:14:22 - 00:42:15:12
that deep.
00:42:15:12 - 00:42:17:00
I just got deep.
00:42:17:01 - 00:42:19:09
He's got like I say now,
00:42:19:09 - 00:42:20:09
I don't know how
00:42:22:03 - 00:42:23:16
I mean, she made it difficult to follow,
00:42:23:16 - 00:42:25:15
but I believe in you, King. You got that?
00:42:25:15 - 00:42:27:02
You can do it.
00:42:27:02 - 00:42:29:10
You can do it. Yeah.
00:42:30:14 - 00:42:34:08
So for me, like, I got vaccinated, but.
00:42:34:08 - 00:42:35:19
Well, because of travel medicine,
00:42:35:19 - 00:42:37:00
because of work.
00:42:37:00 - 00:42:39:00
At the time, the job that I worked at
00:42:39:08 - 00:42:41:22
we had almost 4500 people
00:42:41:22 - 00:42:43:07
that I worked there.
00:42:43:14 - 00:42:45:17
And just with the nature of the job.
00:42:45:17 - 00:42:46:04
So at that time
00:42:46:04 - 00:42:49:01
I was working for Walmart or Walmart.com
00:42:49:02 - 00:42:49:24
so any time someone orders
00:42:49:24 - 00:42:51:08
something online,
00:42:51:08 - 00:42:52:16
you know, we got busy, right?
00:42:52:16 - 00:42:54:08
And with the world shut down,
00:42:54:08 - 00:42:56:13
everybody was trying to buy online orders
00:42:57:00 - 00:42:58:21
to pay for the ride, you know,
00:42:58:21 - 00:43:00:12
and my building was full of it
00:43:00:12 - 00:43:02:03
as far as the eye can see. So
00:43:03:14 - 00:43:05:13
I wanted to make sure that I stayed safe
00:43:05:13 - 00:43:06:15
so that
00:43:06:17 - 00:43:09:06
I was able to add impact to the economy.
00:43:09:08 - 00:43:11:04
All those people that are going online,
00:43:11:04 - 00:43:14:00
buying stuff from Walmart.com, you know,
00:43:14:00 - 00:43:14:20
one out of six
00:43:14:20 - 00:43:15:21
people would have got it
00:43:15:21 - 00:43:17:12
from my building.
00:43:17:21 - 00:43:19:07
So for me,
00:43:19:07 - 00:43:20:12
it was just important to say that,
00:43:20:12 - 00:43:20:19
you know,
00:43:20:19 - 00:43:22:05
I contribute
00:43:22:05 - 00:43:23:00
in some way, shape
00:43:23:00 - 00:43:23:14
or form
00:43:23:14 - 00:43:25:23
to like the world coming out of this
00:43:25:23 - 00:43:26:10
by being able
00:43:26:10 - 00:43:27:07
to provide people
00:43:27:07 - 00:43:28:22
with the things that they needed
00:43:28:22 - 00:43:30:14
for everyday life.
00:43:30:14 - 00:43:31:08
But then the flip side of
00:43:31:08 - 00:43:32:07
that is travel, right?
00:43:32:07 - 00:43:35:12
Like I am absolutely the person pre
00:43:36:05 - 00:43:37:05
COVID.
00:43:37:05 - 00:43:38:20
I would just go to a ticket counter house
00:43:38:20 - 00:43:39:14
for whatever
00:43:39:14 - 00:43:40:04
the next flight
00:43:40:04 - 00:43:42:03
that's leaving to go somewhere
00:43:42:03 - 00:43:43:10
and just go,
00:43:43:10 - 00:43:44:05
you know,
00:43:44:05 - 00:43:44:23
and that's why
00:43:44:23 - 00:43:46:08
I'm booking the Airbnb or something
00:43:46:08 - 00:43:46:24
when I land
00:43:46:24 - 00:43:48:14
because I didn't know where I was going
00:43:48:14 - 00:43:50:08
before I got to the airport.
00:43:50:08 - 00:43:51:08
Well, for me,
00:43:52:13 - 00:43:53:21
COVID really like,
00:43:53:21 - 00:43:54:06
you know,
00:43:54:06 - 00:43:55:02
hindered my ability
00:43:55:02 - 00:43:55:22
to just really get out
00:43:55:22 - 00:43:57:11
and explore the world.
00:43:57:11 - 00:43:58:23
I like to
00:43:59:18 - 00:44:00:12
ask you about that
00:44:00:12 - 00:44:02:13
ticket counter purchase as a TED,
00:44:03:00 - 00:44:04:05
because people don't realize
00:44:04:05 - 00:44:06:08
these pennies, these pennysaver trips
00:44:06:08 - 00:44:07:17
that you can just go to the airport
00:44:07:17 - 00:44:08:21
and grab tickets. Oh, really?
00:44:08:21 - 00:44:09:14
They sounds like
00:44:09:14 - 00:44:11:21
he knows who he's talking about.
00:44:11:21 - 00:44:13:07
But I'm going to go back
00:44:13:07 - 00:44:15:12
to something that you said in
00:44:15:21 - 00:44:17:24
your mental space, traveling
00:44:17:24 - 00:44:20:18
and being able to take your time off.
00:44:20:18 - 00:44:21:24
I think that pandemic gave
00:44:21:24 - 00:44:24:17
a lot of people perspective to like, yo,
00:44:25:00 - 00:44:26:24
I've been putting things off
00:44:26:24 - 00:44:29:19
like my mental health for long enough.
00:44:29:19 - 00:44:30:08
Like,
00:44:30:08 - 00:44:32:04
do you feel like travel helped
00:44:32:04 - 00:44:34:07
contribute towards that?
00:44:34:07 - 00:44:36:14
And if so, like
00:44:36:14 - 00:44:39:00
are you seeing a difference in how
00:44:39:02 - 00:44:39:20
when you travel
00:44:39:20 - 00:44:41:10
and come back, like you said,
00:44:41:10 - 00:44:42:14
you need to be the better
00:44:42:14 - 00:44:44:13
you for the kids and your staff.
00:44:44:13 - 00:44:45:18
Are they seeing a difference
00:44:45:18 - 00:44:47:09
now than you were before
00:44:47:09 - 00:44:48:21
because you weren't taking time off?
00:44:48:21 - 00:44:50:18
But absolutely,
00:44:50:18 - 00:44:52:13
I am a much happier person.
00:44:52:13 - 00:44:55:03
Like I said, if I can get to a beach
00:44:56:05 - 00:44:59:14
or get to some water or get some sun.
00:44:59:24 - 00:45:02:08
And so any time that I have been able
00:45:02:08 - 00:45:04:15
to step away from work
00:45:04:15 - 00:45:05:20
has made it easier.
00:45:05:20 - 00:45:06:19
Even though like
00:45:06:19 - 00:45:09:00
I take PTO day and stay in New York and
00:45:09:17 - 00:45:10:16
they still bother me.
00:45:10:16 - 00:45:11:16
It's something about like the
00:45:11:16 - 00:45:12:11
taking myself
00:45:12:11 - 00:45:13:07
somewhere else,
00:45:13:07 - 00:45:15:00
even if it's just like you
00:45:15:00 - 00:45:15:14
said,
00:45:15:14 - 00:45:16:19
if it's even if it's sometimes
00:45:16:19 - 00:45:17:15
just to my parents house
00:45:17:15 - 00:45:18:19
in western Pennsylvania,
00:45:18:19 - 00:45:21:03
it's that going there that is like,
00:45:21:16 - 00:45:23:10
okay, I'm free. I can clear my mind.
00:45:23:10 - 00:45:25:02
I can take some minutes to think.
00:45:25:02 - 00:45:25:21
And then I come back
00:45:25:21 - 00:45:27:02
and I'm a little bit more productive
00:45:27:02 - 00:45:28:22
or at least I'm a little nicer to them.
00:45:28:22 - 00:45:29:05
Yeah,
00:45:32:01 - 00:45:32:20
I mean, they would say
00:45:32:20 - 00:45:34:14
I'm a nice most of the time,
00:45:34:14 - 00:45:35:22
they really do like me.
00:45:35:22 - 00:45:38:05
But, you know, when I got to be stern,
00:45:38:05 - 00:45:39:24
then I have to be stern.
00:45:39:24 - 00:45:42:00
Okay. Yeah. All right.
00:45:42:24 - 00:45:44:04
So I really want
00:45:44:04 - 00:45:46:14
to go go forward with this
00:45:48:00 - 00:45:50:00
travel tips right?
00:45:50:01 - 00:45:52:20
As it relates to traveling,
00:45:52:20 - 00:45:55:13
whether it's individually or as a couple,
00:45:55:22 - 00:45:57:06
what are some tips
00:45:57:06 - 00:45:59:06
that you would give some
00:45:59:08 - 00:46:00:22
new know couples
00:46:00:22 - 00:46:02:22
or just individuals looking to get in
00:46:03:13 - 00:46:04:06
and to travel?
00:46:04:06 - 00:46:05:16
And yes, I'm
00:46:05:16 - 00:46:07:22
sorry I had to step away for a moment.
00:46:07:23 - 00:46:09:21
No, no, not a whole show.
00:46:09:21 - 00:46:11:05
So we got this.
00:46:11:05 - 00:46:13:16
Oh, no, it's couples golf show.
00:46:13:16 - 00:46:14:01
Okay.
00:46:14:01 - 00:46:14:24
So, you know,
00:46:14:24 - 00:46:15:14
okay, look,
00:46:15:14 - 00:46:17:06
I'm the boss lady on the street.
00:46:17:06 - 00:46:18:12
Yeah,
00:46:18:24 - 00:46:19:20
I was there.
00:46:19:20 - 00:46:21:23
I would definitely say just do it.
00:46:21:23 - 00:46:23:18
I think a lot of times
00:46:23:18 - 00:46:26:00
folks get hung up and like, the cost.
00:46:26:19 - 00:46:28:24
And to your point, I think
00:46:28:24 - 00:46:31:02
maybe in another episode
00:46:31:02 - 00:46:31:20
that I've watched,
00:46:31:20 - 00:46:33:06
I think someone said the same thing
00:46:33:06 - 00:46:35:21
on your show that even stateside, right.
00:46:35:21 - 00:46:36:24
Is travel.
00:46:36:24 - 00:46:38:14
And so just like
00:46:38:14 - 00:46:39:12
going right,
00:46:39:12 - 00:46:40:10
getting in your car,
00:46:40:10 - 00:46:42:20
if you have one, hopping on a train,
00:46:42:20 - 00:46:44:09
if you live like somewhere in New York,
00:46:44:09 - 00:46:44:17
you know,
00:46:44:17 - 00:46:45:06
you can
00:46:45:06 - 00:46:47:04
hop over on the Amtrak
00:46:47:04 - 00:46:49:06
and be in Philadelphia in 2 hours.
00:46:50:03 - 00:46:51:11
So that would be it.
00:46:51:11 - 00:46:52:19
Just do it.
00:46:52:19 - 00:46:53:19
That would yeah,
00:46:53:19 - 00:46:55:24
that would be my first tip. I suppose.
00:46:56:17 - 00:46:58:23
I would also say planning, right?
00:46:58:23 - 00:47:01:24
You can't just get up and go and be free.
00:47:01:24 - 00:47:04:01
Like, obviously things do cost money,
00:47:04:01 - 00:47:05:04
but some type of planning
00:47:05:04 - 00:47:06:19
and thinking about where it is
00:47:06:19 - 00:47:08:08
you want to go.
00:47:08:08 - 00:47:10:16
Is it cost effective?
00:47:10:16 - 00:47:12:03
Can you go to many places?
00:47:12:03 - 00:47:13:04
That was the best part
00:47:13:04 - 00:47:14:03
about going to Greece
00:47:14:03 - 00:47:15:17
is that there was that opportunity
00:47:15:17 - 00:47:16:14
for island hopping.
00:47:16:14 - 00:47:17:00
So yep,
00:47:17:00 - 00:47:19:07
we spent a few hundred bucks
00:47:19:07 - 00:47:20:23
getting to the island,
00:47:20:23 - 00:47:23:10
but then we could get on a boat
00:47:23:10 - 00:47:26:13
really quickly from Athens to Santorini
00:47:26:13 - 00:47:27:13
or make a no substantial
00:47:27:13 - 00:47:29:09
reading was like 30 bucks
00:47:29:09 - 00:47:31:19
and you could see more.
00:47:31:19 - 00:47:33:07
So what are those opportunities
00:47:33:07 - 00:47:35:06
that you can go to someplace?
00:47:35:06 - 00:47:36:15
We've been talking recently
00:47:36:15 - 00:47:37:19
about this couple's trip
00:47:37:19 - 00:47:39:00
that we might do with my best friend
00:47:39:00 - 00:47:40:14
and her boyfriend, and he's like, Oh,
00:47:40:14 - 00:47:42:00
we should go to Portugal
00:47:42:00 - 00:47:43:10
where we're at, right?
00:47:43:10 - 00:47:45:09
Because they're like pretty close by.
00:47:45:09 - 00:47:47:06
So I think those are some things
00:47:47:06 - 00:47:48:12
to consider.
00:47:48:16 - 00:47:49:19
Now, you mentioned
00:47:49:19 - 00:47:51:06
not being able to do things
00:47:51:06 - 00:47:52:22
last minute, and,
00:47:52:22 - 00:47:54:20
you know, our friend here
00:47:54:20 - 00:47:56:13
just walks up the counters and be like,
00:47:56:13 - 00:47:56:17
you know,
00:47:56:17 - 00:47:58:08
let me get your first flight out.
00:47:58:08 - 00:47:59:16
He used to I mean,
00:48:00:23 - 00:48:02:14
you know, that didn't change.
00:48:02:14 - 00:48:03:19
So
00:48:04:17 - 00:48:07:06
in the pandemic ish,
00:48:07:06 - 00:48:08:03
like towards
00:48:08:03 - 00:48:09:20
like when you could be vaccinated
00:48:09:20 - 00:48:11:03
and start to travel,
00:48:11:03 - 00:48:12:23
his passport had expired,
00:48:12:23 - 00:48:14:04
but he decided still
00:48:14:04 - 00:48:15:17
to surprise me with a trip.
00:48:15:17 - 00:48:16:17
And it was last minute.
00:48:16:17 - 00:48:17:18
And I went, I went.
00:48:17:18 - 00:48:19:17
It was my actual first solo trip.
00:48:19:17 - 00:48:21:06
I went to Jamaica.
00:48:21:06 - 00:48:23:05
It was really cool.
00:48:24:10 - 00:48:25:16
But yeah, so I can
00:48:25:16 - 00:48:27:13
I can spur of the moment a little bit.
00:48:27:13 - 00:48:29:21
I had I still had like two days notice.
00:48:29:21 - 00:48:31:19
So two or three days notice.
00:48:31:19 - 00:48:33:13
I can't just wake up and.
00:48:33:13 - 00:48:35:00
Yeah, we go
00:48:35:00 - 00:48:35:18
we were sitting
00:48:35:18 - 00:48:37:22
was sitting on my couch and I was like,
00:48:38:21 - 00:48:40:17
surprise, this weekend
00:48:40:17 - 00:48:42:10
you're going to Jamaica.
00:48:42:10 - 00:48:44:13
You're going like by yourself.
00:48:44:18 - 00:48:45:24
Yeah, it was great.
00:48:45:24 - 00:48:48:02
It was it was like right on time.
00:48:48:02 - 00:48:49:04
It was one of those moments
00:48:49:04 - 00:48:50:15
where a bunch of stuff
00:48:50:15 - 00:48:52:10
had happened at school
00:48:52:10 - 00:48:54:03
and one of my parents
00:48:54:03 - 00:48:56:09
who was really, really ill and kids
00:48:56:16 - 00:48:57:14
and it was like his
00:48:57:14 - 00:48:59:13
it was his primary parent.
00:48:59:13 - 00:49:00:15
And so I was like, oh, my gosh,
00:49:00:15 - 00:49:01:24
what's my poor child going to do?
00:49:01:24 - 00:49:02:06
Right?
00:49:02:06 - 00:49:04:13
Like, mom is really sick who can help?
00:49:04:13 - 00:49:05:22
So it came at a really good time
00:49:05:22 - 00:49:06:20
because I knew
00:49:06:20 - 00:49:08:02
mentally
00:49:08:02 - 00:49:09:11
I was exhausted at work
00:49:09:11 - 00:49:11:20
just from all the things
00:49:11:20 - 00:49:13:23
that had unfolded
00:49:13:23 - 00:49:16:04
throughout the 18 months or so.
00:49:16:14 - 00:49:17:19
So so
00:49:17:19 - 00:49:18:24
I want to kind of dove
00:49:18:24 - 00:49:19:20
in a little deeper.
00:49:19:20 - 00:49:22:07
And so buying tickets at the counter
00:49:22:17 - 00:49:24:21
sounds like you got a little inside scoop
00:49:25:02 - 00:49:26:04
how to get
00:49:26:04 - 00:49:27:23
at least reasonable price tickets
00:49:27:23 - 00:49:29:09
because you're buying tickets
00:49:29:09 - 00:49:30:09
at the counter
00:49:30:09 - 00:49:31:16
and then figuring out
00:49:31:16 - 00:49:35:06
RB either on the plane or when you land.
00:49:35:06 - 00:49:36:17
How is, how does that work?
00:49:36:17 - 00:49:37:10
Because, you know,
00:49:37:10 - 00:49:39:00
we're trying to figure that out, right?
00:49:40:08 - 00:49:40:19
We
00:49:42:17 - 00:49:44:07
so the best time survived.
00:49:44:07 - 00:49:46:18
Airport air tickets are on. I don't know.
00:49:46:18 - 00:49:48:07
I don't know why
00:49:48:09 - 00:49:50:02
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
00:49:50:02 - 00:49:52:22
from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.
00:49:52:22 - 00:49:54:05
during that weird hour, people
00:49:54:05 - 00:49:56:01
usually get up to use the restroom
00:49:56:01 - 00:49:56:15
on Tuesday
00:49:56:15 - 00:49:57:03
or Wednesday
00:49:57:03 - 00:49:59:09
is usually the best time to buy.
00:49:59:09 - 00:50:01:14
You'll oftentimes see flight tickets
00:50:01:14 - 00:50:03:19
that will be anywhere from 50
00:50:03:19 - 00:50:06:02
to like $125 difference
00:50:06:14 - 00:50:08:06
buying them that time of day
00:50:08:06 - 00:50:09:12
just because of
00:50:09:12 - 00:50:09:22
the sheer
00:50:09:22 - 00:50:12:24
traffic of people looking to buy tickets
00:50:12:24 - 00:50:15:20
online is a time period of time.
00:50:15:21 - 00:50:16:16
Okay.
00:50:16:22 - 00:50:18:09
The other piece
00:50:18:09 - 00:50:19:18
and it's not every airline
00:50:19:18 - 00:50:22:23
but a good majority of them are often
00:50:23:17 - 00:50:26:08
looking to still sell those tickets
00:50:26:21 - 00:50:27:14
because they can't
00:50:27:14 - 00:50:29:04
get all the seats filled.
00:50:29:04 - 00:50:30:04
In many instances
00:50:30:04 - 00:50:32:02
the prices went up being cheaper.
00:50:32:02 - 00:50:33:01
It was a destination
00:50:33:01 - 00:50:33:24
everybody's not trying
00:50:33:24 - 00:50:34:16
to frequent, right?
00:50:34:16 - 00:50:36:01
So if you go to the airport
00:50:36:01 - 00:50:37:19
ticket counter and say,
00:50:37:19 - 00:50:41:08
Oh, I'm trying to go to Las Vegas, right?
00:50:41:15 - 00:50:44:01
Everybody is trying to go to Las Vegas,
00:50:44:01 - 00:50:45:10
whereas they're saying, Hey,
00:50:45:10 - 00:50:47:00
can I get your
00:50:47:00 - 00:50:49:11
the next flight out to Omaha, Nebraska,
00:50:49:11 - 00:50:50:10
Omaha, Nebraska,
00:50:50:10 - 00:50:51:09
is actually beautiful
00:50:51:09 - 00:50:53:16
with some phenomenal scene.
00:50:53:16 - 00:50:55:01
How many people are going to Omaha
00:50:55:01 - 00:50:56:23
once you actually live in Omaha?
00:50:56:23 - 00:50:57:04
Right.
00:50:57:04 - 00:50:59:00
So for me to get a last minute flight,
00:50:59:00 - 00:51:00:12
I want to go to Omaha.
00:51:00:12 - 00:51:02:03
Is going to be a lot cheaper than I would
00:51:02:03 - 00:51:03:23
if I would have done it online.
00:51:03:23 - 00:51:05:11
Is it so many seats filled?
00:51:06:17 - 00:51:07:04
Nice.
00:51:07:04 - 00:51:07:22
Nice. Yeah.
00:51:07:22 - 00:51:09:01
I hear this
00:51:09:01 - 00:51:10:09
like, don't be
00:51:10:09 - 00:51:13:05
you ain't got to go to Las Vegas.
00:51:13:05 - 00:51:15:20
You know, Omaha, Nebraska,
00:51:15:20 - 00:51:17:03
get some good steaks
00:51:17:03 - 00:51:19:14
and just enjoy yourself.
00:51:19:14 - 00:51:20:06
That's what's up.
00:51:20:06 - 00:51:22:03
So can you tell us
00:51:22:03 - 00:51:23:08
if y'all on social media,
00:51:23:08 - 00:51:25:18
where can people find you or y'all like,
00:51:25:18 - 00:51:26:17
come on lockdown.
00:51:26:17 - 00:51:27:24
I'm private.
00:51:29:01 - 00:51:30:17
Oh, so it goes a little bit
00:51:30:17 - 00:51:31:07
back and forth.
00:51:31:07 - 00:51:33:23
I mean, I'm at Gail Montney, but
00:51:35:02 - 00:51:37:24
you won't see much because I like
00:51:37:24 - 00:51:39:18
that may or may I posted
00:51:39:18 - 00:51:42:05
and if I didn't happen five years later,
00:51:42:05 - 00:51:42:20
maybe be like,
00:51:42:20 - 00:51:44:06
was she in Greece this summer?
00:51:44:06 - 00:51:46:09
And she was there like five years ago.
00:51:46:09 - 00:51:47:06
Okay,
00:51:47:21 - 00:51:48:21
I did the same thing
00:51:48:21 - 00:51:50:09
and do the same thing.
00:51:50:09 - 00:51:52:08
Well, I definitely we both
00:51:52:08 - 00:51:54:06
thank you for doing this
00:51:54:06 - 00:51:56:17
and we appreciate you sharing
00:51:56:17 - 00:51:57:16
your experience.
00:51:58:23 - 00:52:00:07
Anything, anything you
00:52:00:07 - 00:52:02:24
want to leave the the viewers with
00:52:03:22 - 00:52:04:17
travel related?
00:52:04:17 - 00:52:05:09
Oh, actually,
00:52:05:09 - 00:52:07:15
I have one thing to step back to.
00:52:07:15 - 00:52:09:15
You mentioned you have a son, right?
00:52:10:07 - 00:52:12:10
One of the things that a lot of people
00:52:12:10 - 00:52:15:12
don't really like, younger people
00:52:15:12 - 00:52:17:00
as they grow don't really understand
00:52:17:00 - 00:52:18:14
how do you travel with children?
00:52:18:14 - 00:52:22:08
So I know you guys had some baller trips.
00:52:22:15 - 00:52:23:19
I've seen them.
00:52:23:19 - 00:52:25:10
So how does traveling
00:52:25:10 - 00:52:26:12
with the young one look?
00:52:26:12 - 00:52:28:07
Because my man was
00:52:28:07 - 00:52:30:08
balling on these trips.
00:52:30:08 - 00:52:32:21
He was so that was actually his first.
00:52:32:21 - 00:52:34:10
That was actually I'll let him answer
00:52:34:10 - 00:52:35:22
because he also had some.
00:52:35:22 - 00:52:38:00
But I
00:52:38:00 - 00:52:40:19
took Langston to he's been several plays
00:52:40:19 - 00:52:42:06
with in United States, like California.
00:52:42:06 - 00:52:44:18
We've been to San Diego
00:52:45:21 - 00:52:47:06
a bunch of different places,
00:52:47:06 - 00:52:48:02
more places than I think
00:52:48:02 - 00:52:49:00
I was at his age.
00:52:49:00 - 00:52:51:08
But I recently took him to Jamaica,
00:52:51:08 - 00:52:52:18
which would be the second place
00:52:52:18 - 00:52:53:00
he's been.
00:52:53:00 - 00:52:54:07
He went to, like out of the country.
00:52:54:07 - 00:52:56:11
He went to Aruba for my cousin's wedding,
00:52:56:11 - 00:52:58:01
and then we took him to Jamaica.
00:52:58:01 - 00:53:00:14
He had a really good time. I think
00:53:02:06 - 00:53:04:01
the way to travel is
00:53:04:01 - 00:53:05:23
to with the young
00:53:05:23 - 00:53:08:03
child is to kind of like over plan.
00:53:08:03 - 00:53:09:19
So it was my first time
00:53:09:19 - 00:53:11:18
taking a snack suitcase.
00:53:11:18 - 00:53:12:13
That is it.
00:53:12:13 - 00:53:13:01
It
00:53:14:24 - 00:53:16:08
a snack suitcase.
00:53:16:08 - 00:53:16:13
And I
00:53:16:13 - 00:53:17:16
will I swear to you,
00:53:17:16 - 00:53:18:19
I will never travel again
00:53:18:19 - 00:53:20:08
without a snack suitcase.
00:53:20:08 - 00:53:22:11
We just need that for me.
00:53:22:11 - 00:53:25:09
I know that's a great place to get to me
00:53:25:18 - 00:53:27:00
with a snack suitcase.
00:53:27:00 - 00:53:29:19
I put chips and candy,
00:53:29:19 - 00:53:30:21
all the things that I like
00:53:30:21 - 00:53:32:12
because I like to snack in the afternoon
00:53:32:12 - 00:53:33:05
or in the evening.
00:53:33:05 - 00:53:35:03
And sometimes the things you really like
00:53:35:03 - 00:53:35:13
are not there.
00:53:35:13 - 00:53:36:21
So snack, suitcase,
00:53:36:21 - 00:53:37:07
fill it up
00:53:37:07 - 00:53:39:09
with all the things that you enjoy.
00:53:39:09 - 00:53:40:08
But that's what I did for him
00:53:40:08 - 00:53:41:15
because he's a super picky eater,
00:53:41:15 - 00:53:42:15
so I know that he'll want
00:53:42:15 - 00:53:43:21
cereal in the morning.
00:53:43:21 - 00:53:44:24
He'll want certain snacks,
00:53:44:24 - 00:53:45:19
and I know
00:53:45:19 - 00:53:47:15
that they're not accessible everywhere,
00:53:47:15 - 00:53:49:04
nor am I going to go searching high
00:53:49:04 - 00:53:51:06
and low for those goldfish that he likes.
00:53:51:06 - 00:53:52:01
That's nonsense.
00:53:52:01 - 00:53:53:22
But I will bring them
00:53:53:22 - 00:53:56:08
so as they definitely play in that way.
00:53:56:17 - 00:53:58:13
We looked for places
00:53:58:13 - 00:53:59:12
that were kid friendly,
00:53:59:12 - 00:54:01:07
so this place had a pool
00:54:01:07 - 00:54:04:10
and a beach close by that we can walk to.
00:54:05:07 - 00:54:05:21
I check out
00:54:05:21 - 00:54:07:07
food options,
00:54:07:07 - 00:54:08:12
seeing if there are food items
00:54:08:12 - 00:54:09:20
that he would like,
00:54:09:20 - 00:54:14:01
but he honestly is the sweetest.
00:54:14:20 - 00:54:16:07
I mean, he's a little bit of me,
00:54:16:07 - 00:54:17:21
but he is the sweetest
00:54:17:21 - 00:54:19:10
and most agreeable child.
00:54:19:10 - 00:54:20:18
And so on an airplane,
00:54:20:18 - 00:54:21:21
if he has some,
00:54:21:21 - 00:54:22:06
you know,
00:54:22:06 - 00:54:24:05
some earphones, a tablet
00:54:24:05 - 00:54:26:09
or something to watch, he sleeps a lot.
00:54:26:09 - 00:54:27:07
He'll color.
00:54:27:07 - 00:54:28:24
So he's pretty easygoing.
00:54:28:24 - 00:54:32:02
Honestly, the snack suitcase was the hit
00:54:32:07 - 00:54:33:03
because he's like, Mom,
00:54:33:03 - 00:54:34:10
this was the best idea ever.
00:54:34:10 - 00:54:35:11
We should bring snacks everywhere.
00:54:35:11 - 00:54:37:16
I was like, Don't worry, Langston,
00:54:37:16 - 00:54:38:06
we will.
00:54:38:06 - 00:54:40:24
And so we went to sleep as adults.
00:54:41:04 - 00:54:42:08
I was like, hey, everybody,
00:54:42:08 - 00:54:44:02
I've got a list for the snack suitcase.
00:54:44:02 - 00:54:46:06
What goes inside the night?
00:54:46:06 - 00:54:47:16
It was so clutch,
00:54:47:16 - 00:54:48:23
Jessica, like in bed eating
00:54:48:23 - 00:54:49:19
Pringles was like,
00:54:49:19 - 00:54:52:04
Why have I ever traveled without a snack?
00:54:52:04 - 00:54:53:02
Suitcase before?
00:54:53:02 - 00:54:54:14
I don't know right now.
00:54:54:14 - 00:54:56:04
How do we think of that?
00:54:56:04 - 00:54:58:04
Because you don't have a child,
00:54:58:07 - 00:55:00:00
but now, you know, snack.
00:55:01:07 - 00:55:01:19
All right.
00:55:01:19 - 00:55:03:20
And yourself, sir.
00:55:03:23 - 00:55:06:03
So my first trip
00:55:06:03 - 00:55:07:13
outside of the country
00:55:07:13 - 00:55:09:24
with my son was to Tokyo,
00:55:09:24 - 00:55:11:24
and then it's it'll be 17
00:55:11:24 - 00:55:13:09
and a couple of days,
00:55:13:09 - 00:55:15:18
I think it was for his spring break
00:55:15:18 - 00:55:17:16
when he was like 11 or 12.
00:55:17:16 - 00:55:18:11
Hmm.
00:55:18:11 - 00:55:20:01
He's always love like,
00:55:20:01 - 00:55:20:24
you know, anime
00:55:20:24 - 00:55:22:15
and things of that nature.
00:55:22:15 - 00:55:24:07
But for,
00:55:24:07 - 00:55:25:22
for traveling with a child similar
00:55:25:22 - 00:55:27:21
to what Leanna just called out,
00:55:27:21 - 00:55:29:18
like, all the lion is super spontaneous.
00:55:29:18 - 00:55:30:24
And I'll just get up and go like,
00:55:30:24 - 00:55:32:11
you can not do that.
00:55:32:11 - 00:55:33:22
Abroad with a chance.
00:55:33:22 - 00:55:36:03
And we had itineraries.
00:55:36:03 - 00:55:37:04
We had agendas.
00:55:37:04 - 00:55:38:22
We had to be in places
00:55:38:22 - 00:55:41:00
and particular times of the day.
00:55:41:00 - 00:55:42:23
The only difference is, is like
00:55:42:23 - 00:55:45:13
he is a very picky eater.
00:55:45:13 - 00:55:47:05
So whereas I would try anything
00:55:47:05 - 00:55:49:13
that I see being prepared on the street,
00:55:50:02 - 00:55:52:02
you know, I enjoy that learning
00:55:52:02 - 00:55:53:22
you know, the dominant Domino's
00:55:53:22 - 00:55:56:05
Pizza menu in Japanese
00:55:57:18 - 00:55:58:15
every night
00:55:58:15 - 00:56:00:06
before we went to bed,
00:56:00:06 - 00:56:02:02
we would have pizza from Domino's
00:56:02:02 - 00:56:02:20
Pizza and Wings.
00:56:02:20 - 00:56:03:23
We don't
00:56:04:10 - 00:56:05:12
we'd be randomly walking
00:56:05:12 - 00:56:06:18
around downtown Tokyo,
00:56:06:18 - 00:56:08:20
and then we find ourselves in line
00:56:08:20 - 00:56:09:24
in, you know,
00:56:09:24 - 00:56:11:21
a number two value meal at McDonald's.
00:56:11:21 - 00:56:12:05
Right?
00:56:13:14 - 00:56:14:01
So he would
00:56:14:01 - 00:56:15:24
we would get out and explore with
00:56:15:24 - 00:56:17:02
he still wanted to revert back
00:56:17:02 - 00:56:19:04
to the things that he was that he knew.
00:56:20:08 - 00:56:23:01
So yeah, I would say
00:56:23:15 - 00:56:25:14
definitely planning in advance
00:56:25:14 - 00:56:26:13
and looking to create
00:56:26:13 - 00:56:28:03
some sort of schedule
00:56:28:03 - 00:56:30:17
for the child is important.
00:56:30:17 - 00:56:31:15
And
00:56:32:10 - 00:56:33:23
and then
00:56:34:07 - 00:56:35:18
outside of just snacks, like,
00:56:35:18 - 00:56:36:16
you know, traveling with a child,
00:56:36:16 - 00:56:37:10
you just got to make sure
00:56:37:10 - 00:56:38:04
that they're always like
00:56:38:04 - 00:56:39:24
staying hydrated,
00:56:39:24 - 00:56:41:20
especially depending on the weather.
00:56:41:20 - 00:56:43:04
Make sure that, you know,
00:56:43:04 - 00:56:44:00
there are accessible
00:56:44:00 - 00:56:46:07
bathrooms in places because,
00:56:46:07 - 00:56:46:20
you know,
00:56:46:20 - 00:56:48:08
we'll pull over on the side of the road.
00:56:48:08 - 00:56:49:11
They easy in the US.
00:56:49:11 - 00:56:50:09
But man,
00:56:50:09 - 00:56:51:10
that's going to be able to do that
00:56:51:10 - 00:56:53:21
or be accepted, try and do that abroad.
00:56:53:21 - 00:56:55:05
You might get arrested or get a ticket
00:56:55:05 - 00:56:58:19
so you oh well thank you
00:56:58:19 - 00:57:00:13
both for once again
00:57:00:13 - 00:57:02:07
jumping on here and sharing
00:57:03:15 - 00:57:04:09
this is though
00:57:04:09 - 00:57:04:22
I really
00:57:04:22 - 00:57:05:19
appreciate you guys
00:57:05:19 - 00:57:07:03
jumping on and sharing
00:57:07:03 - 00:57:08:19
and like I said, you guys did the first.
00:57:08:19 - 00:57:09:14
So yeah,
00:57:09:14 - 00:57:13:16
I set the bar pretty hard for every now.
00:57:13:16 - 00:57:14:19
You know, take a drink
00:57:14:19 - 00:57:16:22
if you're in danger after this episode.
00:57:18:15 - 00:57:20:03
In danger.
00:57:20:03 - 00:57:22:06
These are the saved is not in danger.
00:57:22:06 - 00:57:24:10
Well, you take your job
00:57:26:18 - 00:57:28:09
away.
00:57:28:14 - 00:57:29:07
All right.
00:57:29:07 - 00:57:30:21
Well, thank you very much.
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And happy travel.