Our Favorites So Far: Taste, Tour, and Experience

Our Favorite Food, Drinks, Tours & Travel Vibes Around the World | We Should Move Here Podcast

Brittany and Josh share highlights from their travels, focusing on standout food and drink experiences, memorable tours, and destinations with great vibes. They recap top Japan foodie tours in Tokyo (Shinjuku), Kyoto, and Osaka, plus a Kyoto sake tour, and compare favorites across Italy (Venice lasagna at Ristorante La Cantina Venezia), Sweden (Swedish meatballs at Bistro Bistique), Scotland (Landour Bakehouse chicken tikka masala panini and a smoked salmon tour), New Zealand (Commercial Bay Food Court, Saku at Cloudy Bay, Caretaker speakeasy, Rotorua zip lining, and Cloudy Bay wines), Belgium (Ghent fries, burgers at Tush, chocolate, Mission Masala, beer-and-waffles), the Netherlands (Chun Sandwiches, Utrecht dining and a vegan food tour), Austria (Miss Cho), the U.S. East Coast (Portland’s Holy Donut and Eventide lobster roll), Ireland (Rusty Mackerel, Guinness, whiskey, and hikes), plus vibe moments like Quebec City’s Christmas market, Mandello del Lario near Lake Como, Shinjuku nightlife, Kyoto’s traditional streets, Queenstown landing, Isle of Skye, Dingle, and fall in Ipswich and Salem.

00:00 Welcome and Setup

00:54 Tokyo Night Food Tour

03:06 Kyoto Night Food Tour

04:54 Osaka Market Bites

06:03 Italy Food Highlights

07:38 Sweden Meatball Quest

09:51 Scotland Bakehouse Find

11:38 New Zealand Food Court

13:10 Cloudy Bay Saku Feast

14:41 Ghent Belgium Foodie Heaven

18:33 Netherlands Viral Eats

19:53 Europe Trip Bookends

21:08 East Coast Food Stops

23:11 Ireland Rusty Mackerel

24:38 Drinks and Tastings

24:43 Sake in Japan

26:37 Guinness and Whiskey Ireland

27:22 Stockholm Speakeasy Drinks

28:48 Meadery Owner Stories

30:07 New Zealand Wine Notes

30:21 Cloudy Bay Wine Haul

31:44 Caretaker Speakeasy Cocktails

32:35 Japan Karaoke Must Do

33:38 Sweden Vasa Museum

34:43 Ping Pong Bar Night

35:26 New Zealand Thrills

36:01 Scotland and Ireland Hikes

37:17 Harry Potter Studio Japan

37:47 Beer and Waffles Ghent

38:17 Tour Picks and Tips

38:54 Venice Food Tour Favorite

40:59 Kyoto Sake Tasting Tour

41:22 Quebec City Food Tour

43:37 Seattle Pike Place Tour

45:01 Scotland Salmon Smokehouse

45:48 Utrecht Vegan Food Tour

47:19 Cloudy Bay Vineyard Tour

48:08 Places with Pure Vibes

48:28 Quebec Christmas Market Magic

49:45 Lake Como and Swiss Alps

50:52 Tokyo Shinjuku Nightlife

52:02 Kyoto Traditional Streets

52:28 Queenstown Mountain Landing

53:15 Isle of Skye Beauty

54:18 Dingle Community Charm

54:52 Ipswich Fall Halloween Vibes

56:03 Auckland Foodie Energy

56:53 Wrapping Up and Next Episodes

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Transcript

brit 0:11

Hello and welcome to the We Should Move Here travels podcast. My name is Brittany.

josh 0:17

I'm Josh

brit 0:17

and we are your hosts. today we are going to talk about what we've noticed and what we've really enjoyed on all of our travels.

josh 0:27

Yeah.

brit 0:28

So, uh, that includes food and drinks and experiences, tours, and just overall vibes.

josh 0:38

Mm-hmm.

brit 0:39

So where should we start?

josh 0:41

I mean, this is a food podcast. I think we have to start with food.

brit 0:45

This is a food podcast. Yeah, I agree.

josh 0:49

Travel slash food.

brit 0:54

I think the first one to start on would be sushi in Japan.

josh 0:59

I think it has to be.

brit 1:00

That was an overall just amazing experience. we did the Tokyo Night Foodie tour in Shinjuku. Mm-hmm. It is linked on our website along with all of the tours that we are gonna talk about today. So if you wanna take any of these tours or if you wanna go to any of these places, they might be linked in our website. So always check our website to see. But this tour was so good. It was in the heart of Shinjuku, which is, if you don't know, kind of what you would envision Tokyo to look like. Mm-hmm. It's got all of the lights and all of the people, the restaurants, the experiences. We just kind of got to roam around, go to different places and the tour guide was really amazing. We did stop at a place for Salmon that was out of this world. Yeah. It was the best salmon I've ever had in my life.

josh 1:59

Absolutely loved the tour. Like I said, tour guide was great. We often talk about it. A tour is made by the tour guide, the people on the tour and the places you go. I think probably in that order, 'cause a tour guide can even make like a low, mid-level place. Kind of more upper scale or a better experience.

brit 2:15

Yeah, I agree. Tour guides really make or break it.

josh 2:19

Mm-hmm.

brit 2:19

Yeah. Yeah. I would argue that the places that you go come before the other people on the tour,

josh 2:27

I guess. That's fair.

brit 2:28

Yeah. Only because I think that we have been on some tours where you go in some places that just aren't the greatest.

josh 2:37

Mm-hmm.

brit 2:37

And then we've also been on tours where it's like, the places you go really made that tour like here.

josh 2:44

Mm-hmm.

brit 2:44

I would say this tour was just out of this world because of the places that we went and the tour guide.

josh 2:50

Very true.

brit 2:50

I don't remember the people that were on the tour. No offense if you're listening.

josh 3:00

Yeah, I guess I don't have a vivid memory of them either, but, of the tour guide. Mm-hmm. I do.

brit 3:06

to keep in line with the Japan foodie scene. Mm-hmm. We also did the Kyoto Night Foodie tour, which is also linked in our website. And it is so good. This tour took you down the traditional streets in Kyoto and you got to go inside this building where you take your shoes off and it's like a, it's like a traditional environment. Mm-hmm. Uh, where you can eat your meal and they prepare this whole plate with different sections on it. Mm-hmm. think of a bento box, but kind of like upscale bento box. Yeah. That's a good way

josh 3:46

to describe it. Yeah.

brit 3:47

it was amazing. It was so fun. I loved trying the new things on this food tour. Just incredible.

josh 3:57

Yeah, and like you said, a traditional sort of atmosphere.

brit 4:01

Yeah.

josh 4:02

Which I enjoyed. We didn't get a lot of that in Japan. Like sometimes you see on social media, people going to a lot of sit floor cross-legged sort of places, and even this wasn't that, but definitely came across more traditional. It was a nice part of the trip.

brit 4:17

I wish we would've done more traditional experiences, but here's the thing. We have been talking a lot about going back to Japan because our memories keep coming up from two years ago when we were in Japan. And we're both like, oh my God, we have to go.

josh 4:35

If you listen to, I would say most of our episodes, either Italy or Japan, something comes up with food and definitely Japan. Recently, if you didn't listen to our last episode, go back and listen to that. We talked about Japan a little bit and that few other places in and around Asia that we might wanna travel to in the future.

brit 4:54

also in Japan is, the market in Osaka.

josh 4:58

Mm. Mm-hmm.

brit 4:59

we spent a day doing the Osaka market food tour, I believe. Mm-hmm. it is such an incredible market. There are so many vendors you get to try, puffer Fish, which is terrifying. Mm-hmm. But so fun. Yeah. Such a fun, new experience. overall, those are my top three, foodie kind of tours, but also like they took us to some of the best places in Japan. Yeah. so foodie spots were within those tours,

josh 5:36

There were plenty of places in Japan. That we went and it feels like almost every single spot we went to in Japan was a great foodie spot.

brit 5:47

Yeah. Oh, absolutely.

josh 5:49

All the ramen sushi, of course.

brit 5:52

Mm-hmm.

josh 5:53

You throw a rock in any direction in Japan and places we went for sure in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and you'll hit a great sushi restaurant.

brit 6:03

another foodie destination that we had is a Italy. Amazing pasta. Amazing pizza, amazing gelato. Literally you can't ask for anything else. This place has got it all

josh 6:21

If I ever say amazing salads anywhere else in the world, I'll be extremely surprised. But salads were just top notch.

brit 6:28

something that does stick out to me is the best lasagna we have ever had.

josh 6:34

Absolutely.

brit 6:35

This was in Venice at Ristorante La Cantina Venezia. I dunno if I said that correctly, this lasagna was so creamy. It was very cheesy. It just melted in your mouth and it was so delicious. I dream about this lasagna. I think I said that in the Italy episode, but I still am thinking about it. So if you're in Venice, go and get some of this lasagna. tell us if it is the best that you've ever had. Mm-hmm. And you can thank us later.

josh 7:11

Yeah. And I wanna say this restaurant is also a vibe in its own. Yeah. Such a cute place off of the main canals, really small kind of hole in the wall looking sort of place. And we sat out on like the walkway, basically. Mm-hmm. Or on the street, on a little table. It was So Italy, so Venice, just great vibes.

brit 7:37

Yeah.

josh 7:38

I think this one for sure is a no brainer. Going to Sweden and getting Swedish meatballs.

brit 7:47

So my mom actually just recreated a Swedish meatball recipe, and I think she nailed it.

josh 7:54

She did great. It was delicious.

brit 7:55

It was delicious. We have some in our fridge that I'm thinking about right now, and the meatballs really tasted like the ones in Sweden. But I think the highlight of the trip, we ate Swedish meatballs like every day, but the best ones, in my opinion, were at Bistro Bistique.

josh 8:17

Mm-hmm.

brit 8:18

That was the first place that we went.

josh 8:20

Yeah. First night, first place we went.

brit 8:23

Crazy how that happens. I feel like that happens to us often.

josh 8:26

It's, it's happened a few times. We go to a place right off the bat, we're like, oh my gosh, if every place follows this up, it's gonna be amazing.

brit 8:34

Yeah.

josh 8:35

And then we're always comparing back to that place. And there were a lot of places that were really good, and maybe it was just the fact it was our first meatballs

brit 8:45

mm-hmm.

josh 8:45

In Sweden, but also, again, great vibes. They had a indoor outdoor patio situation, and then these meatballs were just,

brit 8:55

they were incredible. Mm. They were, they were so good. Mm-hmm.

josh 8:58

Yeah. And, and the whole dish around Swedish meatballs is fantastic too. you get the meatballs with the gravy, mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers.

brit 9:09

Mm-hmm.

josh 9:09

And Linden berries.

brit 9:12

Mm-hmm.

josh 9:12

it's just a beautiful dish, even though it's kind of simple and spread out it, it just all works. It works.

brit 9:19

It does. It works very well. Mm-hmm. And we would highly recommend checking out the meatballs at Bistro Bistique. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

josh 9:27

And Vicki definitely did nail it.

brit 9:29

She did? Yeah. She did a great job. If you're listening, mom, you get a a plus

josh 9:38

Some places that we've gone for sure haven't had like a signature dish like Sweden.

brit 9:46

Mm-hmm.

josh 9:46

Like Swedish meatballs. It just kinda happens together. But when we went to Scotland, I think we were suggested by a hotel check-in person to go to this place. And that's Landor Bakehouse in Inverness. Oh my gosh. And we went there twice because this chicken tikka masala panini was it,

brit 10:10

it was out of this world. Oh my God. I forgot about that until just now. I really want some. Oh, I'm so sad now. That was so good. Well.

josh 10:22

we might have this in the vibe section too. It was such a vibey place.

brit 10:27

The second time we went there, we, pulled in and there were some deer right on the rolling hills of Scotland. Mm-hmm. And they're just right there hanging out and right next to the parking lot. right off the highway. Good. Stop. Wouldn't say they have the best bathrooms.

josh 10:45

No.

brit 10:45

But totally worth it to go to this place and get this panini. Mm-hmm.

josh 10:52

Very good. They got a lot of other good treats and sandwiches as well. This just happened to be the best one and we had some other chicken tika masala like sandwiches throughout the trip that were very good. But this one at Landour bake house was great. Like you said, right off the highway in the middle of nowhere, you're driving for, I wanna say a good amount of time, just through the hills, through the mountains, and all of a sudden you got a hotel on one side and landour bake house on the other.

brit 11:22

Yeah,

josh 11:22

just in the middle of nowhere. And it's great. It's fantastic.

brit 11:25

I would stay at that hotel just to go there every day,

josh 11:28

just to walk across the street, get that every, I mean, it's not a bad idea.

brit 11:32

No, no. We should do that. another foodie stop that we hit recently was in New Zealand and there is a place called Commercial Bay Food Court. Mm-hmm. Where they have this food court with all of these different vendors and you can try so many different kinds of food you can share with your group and it's just amazing the dumplings made by the dumpling queen.

josh 12:03

Mm-hmm.

brit 12:04

Were so good. You have to get these dumplings if you're here.

josh 12:08

Absolutely

brit 12:10

mandatory. Have to do it. So, so good. New Zealand had quite a few foodie spots I would say, but this was one of my favorite.

josh 12:21

We're not gonna name all the places in this food court 'cause there are so many.

brit 12:26

Yeah.

josh 12:26

I think there's a couple. There's one main level for sure. And there's gotta be. At least 30 different food spots on this one level. And they were so good. The dumpling clean Queen was one. There were spring rolls, tacos, burgers, uh, cinnamon rolls, donuts, anything you can think of is in there. And they were all so good. So if you're in Auckland or going to Auckland, go to this commercial Bay Food court and you can find a lot of things you want and everything in there that at least we tried. Very good. And we went, I think over some more in depth in our Auckland episode. Yeah. So if you want to hear it a little bit more in depth, you can go back and listen to that episode.

brit 13:10

But also in New Zealand, was Saku at Cloudy Bay.

josh 13:13

Mm-hmm.

brit 13:14

What a foodie experience that was.

josh 13:16

Oh my gosh. This, because it's so recent, I feel like I still have it in my mouth. I just, oh my gosh. Well, no, we had a wine last night with your mom.

brit 13:27

Yeah.

josh 13:28

From Cloudy Bay. That's why it's in my mouth. I can, I can still taste it. Great seafood.

brit 13:37

Mm-hmm.

josh 13:37

Oh my gosh.

brit 13:38

Amazing. Sushi. We had this red snapper that had a Mandarin with it.

josh 13:46

Mm-hmm.

brit 13:47

when you bit it together, it was such a unique flavor combination that. I loved, I really enjoyed, there was like a freshness that the Mandarin offered in that dish and I thought it was just amazing. So good.

josh 14:07

Fantastic. There was that, there was I think Wagyu beef seaweed paper tacos that were absolutely delicious. Salmon was fantastic. Even the edamame was great, and then the dessert with it.

brit 14:23

Yeah. There was a scoop of matcha ice cream with espresso.

josh 14:27

Mm-hmm.

brit 14:28

Poured over. That was so fun. It was great. You and my mom were having so much fun doing that.

josh 14:33

Yeah.

brit 14:33

And it was delicious as well.

josh 14:35

Fantastic. And of course, being at Cloudy Bay, we paired it with a bunch of cloudy bay's wines.

brit 14:41

Yeah. So next place we'll talk about is Ghent Belgium. Mm-hmm. Which was another foodie hot spot. I mean, this was our favorite city on this trip, and we went to four different countries on this trip. Mm-hmm. This was our favorite. And it also has the most foodie hotspot that we loved. So

josh 14:59

yeah.

brit 14:59

I wonder if that had something to do with it.

josh 15:03

Definitely. We were doing this list and I was like, there's a reason why this was our favorite spot.

brit 15:09

Yeah. But the fries in Belgium. Oh my gosh. So you eat fries with mayo and gravy?

josh 15:18

Mm-hmm.

brit 15:19

It's incredible.

josh 15:20

It's fantastic. No shade to the Netherlands. Where people go to Fable Fruit in Amsterdam.

brit 15:30

Yeah. For the truffle fries. Those are good.

josh 15:33

Those are good. And we had that before this. We're like, oh, this is good. And then we came to get Belgium. There's no comparison. Mm-hmm. These, these are better. Yeah.

brit 15:43

Literally every fries that we ate

josh 15:45

just hit.

brit 15:46

Yeah.

josh 15:46

Mm-hmm. So any fries, anywhere? Mayo and gravy. Fantastic. We had burgers at this place called Tush.

brit 15:55

Oh my God.

josh 15:57

So good.

brit 15:59

Oh my God. They melted in your mouth. We got a chicken sandwich and we got a burger.

josh 16:03

Mm-hmm.

brit 16:04

Both amazing. meme gusta. You still have a sticker on your water bottle from then?

josh 16:09

I do. I do. Such a great place. We actually tried to go there twice. The first time it was booked up until wait until night. And we're like, we're not gonna wait that long. Had to book it later in the week at. Such a great vibe. Such great service. Yeah. Good people, amazing food. Of course.

brit 16:25

Yeah.

josh 16:26

Belgium chocolate is famous, Any chocolate shop that you can find in Belgium. you're probably gonna be getting some pretty good chocolate.

brit 16:36

chocolate in Ghent was out of this world. Mm-hmm. So we actually looked up places to go that were local places and actual Belgium chocolate. Mm-hmm. Because there are some places that are kind of tour traps.

josh 16:53

Yeah.

brit 16:54

if you are wanting to know what places we hit up, just let us know. We have a list that we went to, so just DM us or something and we'll get back to you. Yeah. but chocolate was amazing there. It was so good.

josh 17:08

Fantastic.

brit 17:09

And then Mission Masala was a very unique restaurant. it had a very like eclectic vibe mm-hmm. Inside the restaurant and the food came out in like small shareable portions. Yeah. Which was perfect for us. And we got to try like four different dishes I think. Yeah. So good. Each one definitely recommend. Mm-hmm. And another place that we had Brasserie Paradijs. The pasta that we had here. Out of this world.

josh 17:40

Fantastic.

brit 17:42

And then you had got the stew here also out of this world, you are supposed to eat the stew over the fries. Mm-hmm. Which you didn't know No. During this meal

josh 17:52

we, it, we got it our very first night there.

brit 17:55

Yeah.

josh 17:55

And so we had yet to go on a tour and they had the fries off to the side with the mayo, and then the stew just kind of on this plate by itself, basically.

brit 18:03

Yeah.

josh 18:04

But yeah, you're supposed to either pour the stew over the fries or dunk the fries in the stew with mayo.

brit 18:11

Mm-hmm.

josh 18:12

Delicious.

brit 18:12

Uh, Ghent was really a vibe.

josh 18:16

Yeah. If you, if you can't tell. Ghent holds a special place in our hearts.

brit 18:20

It really does. I could spend so much time talking about Ghent. Yeah, we actually did in an episode. So

josh 18:28

yeah, if you

brit 18:29

go back and watch that,

josh 18:29

I was gonna say, yep. If you wanna know more in depth, go listen to the episode.

brit 18:33

Next foodie spot is the Netherlands. Mm-hmm. Here we hit up some, kind of viral places and one of them was Chun Sandwiches.

josh 18:43

Mm-hmm.

brit 18:43

And that was in Amsterdam.

josh 18:45

Yeah.

brit 18:45

Highly recommend getting the sandwiches here. It is totally worth the hype, in my opinion. It was really, really good.

josh 18:53

One of the few places, there's quite a few that we go to.

brit 18:57

Mm-hmm.

josh 18:58

Because they're hyped up and a lot of them are good. But they're just like, ah, is it worth this like 20 minute wait in line?

brit 19:05

Yeah.

josh 19:05

Chun sandwich or Chun sandwiches was definitely worth the hype.

brit 19:09

I agree. And then in Utrecht, we ate at Jasmijn and Ik.

josh 19:15

Mm-hmm.

brit 19:16

Which was our first meal

josh 19:20

on our month long Europe trip.

brit 19:23

And it was the best one.

josh 19:25

Well, it was the best one in Utrecht Netherlands for sure.

brit 19:29

Yeah. And maybe on the whole trip. Um, no. Some places do give it a little bit of a fight, but this was a fantastic meal.

josh 19:40

Such a good meal. Oh my gosh. I got the pictures pulled up right now and my mouth is watering.

brit 19:47

We'll add some pictures into this episode so you can see what we're talking about.

josh 19:51

Yeah. The lucky ones here are watching it.

brit 19:53

we also on that same trip, went to Graz Austria.

josh 19:57

Mm-hmm.

brit 19:58

And the reason why I was like, uh, maybe places would give it a bit of a fight is because of Miss Cho. Miss Cho was a fantastic meal. It was our last meal on this trip. and we, it was a bit of a celebratory meal mm-hmm. For doing the trip and, you know, saying goodbye going home. Mm-hmm. Really great sushi, just an amazing place.

josh 20:24

They had so many good things that we ate there. Like you said, the sushi was fantastic. I think we had wine paired with it.

brit 20:34

Mm-hmm.

josh 20:35

Their drink selection was great. I remember specifically like a fresh cucumber salad. It was light and refreshing. Just a great meal to end the trip. I feel like we bookend the trip, that one that we just mentioned. Jasmines and ick in the Netherlands.

brit 20:53

Yeah.

josh 20:54

Great way to start and then Miss Cho to end it Made the trip special. Foodie wise,

brit 20:59

it really did. Yeah. And then Ghent in the middle.

josh 21:02

Yeah.

brit 21:02

Like what else can we ask for?

josh 21:05

Right. after our long Europe trip, we then went ahead. Almost right away and did an East coast trip.

brit 21:15

Yeah. That was a crazy turnaround that I never wanna do again. It was like a week of being home and then we left.

josh 21:22

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Week, week and a half. It was quick.

brit 21:26

No, it wasn't enough time, but, some of the foodie spots on the East coast trip are in Portland, Maine.

josh 21:35

For sure.

brit 21:37

That was a great spot to eat food.

josh 21:40

Mm-hmm. And I'm sure Portland, Maine would agree. Yeah,

brit 21:44

a hundred percent.

josh 21:45

Yeah.

brit 21:45

I was actually just talking with somebody and I recommended them to go to the Holy Donut. They were going on like spring break. Mm-hmm. And I've recommended this to them 'cause I was like, this spot, the donuts are made with potatoes. Mm-hmm. So they're really soft and they just kind of crumble and that's the best part. They're so, so good.

josh 22:09

Right. And all the different flavors they had were fantastic. I can't remember. Yours was like a dark chocolate sea salt maybe?

brit 22:17

Yep.

josh 22:18

Oh,

brit 22:19

oh my gosh. That was the best one.

josh 22:22

And then of course when you're in Maine, you have to have lobster. Yeah. And lobster rolls. We

brit 22:30

have to have the lobster.

josh 22:31

And I'm pretty sure for two days we had several lobster rolls and our favorite was at event tide.

brit 22:41

Yes.

josh 22:42

Oh,

brit 22:42

they had a brown butter lobster roll. It was so buttery. It was so delicious. It was not a large portion size. And lobster is expensive, so

josh 22:56

it also depends. Time of year. And we did go, uh, late fall close to winter, which I'm sure affect it, but. Lobster in general is a little more expensive anyways. Mm-hmm. And so is the east coast, but definitely worth it.

brit 23:09

Totally worth it. So good.

josh 23:10

Mm-hmm.

brit 23:11

I think we would also be doing ourselves a disservice if we did not talk about Ireland.

josh 23:16

Of course.

brit 23:17

And the rusty mackerel.

josh 23:19

Yeah.

brit 23:20

The rusty mackerel had incredible food. Mm-hmm. It was such a highlight of the trip. We stayed here and we ate here like every night. Mm-hmm. That we were there.

josh 23:30

Yeah.

brit 23:31

So good.

josh 23:32

It's such a great place, such a great home base.

brit 23:37

Mm-hmm.

josh 23:37

If you're staying in Donegal and trying to hit up a lot of the hiking highlights and just all of the highlights really of Donegal. And I think one of our favorite meals that we had there was the Guinness Stew.

brit 23:52

Guinness stew paired with a Guinness,

josh 23:56

of course.

brit 23:56

Oh my gosh.

josh 23:58

Fantastic. If you need a place to stay and a place to eat.

brit 24:06

Mm-hmm.

josh 24:07

Rusty mackerel.

brit 24:09

Yes, a hundred percent. We have so many. Foodie spots that we could talk about.

josh 24:18

Mm-hmm.

brit 24:19

That is us just condensing and I feel so bad. I know, because there's so many places that we've missed.

josh 24:27

Oh, for sure. I was scrolling through the pictures and our lists and I'm like, oh man, I want to add all these in.

brit 24:33

Yeah.

josh 24:33

Just can't do it. Don't have enough time in the day.

brit 24:36

Can't do it. Through our traveling, we also partake in drinking different beverages. I think we really need to mention the sake in Japan.

josh 24:49

Mm-hmm.

brit 24:50

We did not know that we loved sake as much as we do.

josh 24:56

Yeah.

brit 24:57

And so going there and getting to experience the Kyoto Sake tour.

josh 25:04

Mm-hmm.

brit 25:05

Was so fun because we got to taste different kinds of sake. we got to explore which ones were our favorite, and then throughout the rest of the trip we got to order what we liked.

josh 25:18

Mm-hmm.

brit 25:19

So I don't even think we drank anything much other than sake on this trip.

josh 25:26

I think we did some Japanese whiskey.

brit 25:29

Oh yeah.

josh 25:30

Because that's very popular and very delicious as well. But sake just hits different

brit 25:37

Oh my gosh. And there's a sake that I learned that I really love that needs to be refrigerated, so it's impossible to find it in the us. Mm-hmm. But I ordered that like every night while we were there I know I'm not gonna be able to get it at home.

josh 25:57

Well, and we were with my parents the other day and my dad asked like, if you had to go back to one of the places you visited and had a drink, or what was a, what's a drink that you remember from one of the places you visited And uni looked each other and we thought about for a second then sake for sure.

brit 26:14

Yeah.

josh 26:15

Just because it's, it's so unique to Japan.

brit 26:19

Mm-hmm.

josh 26:20

To Asia. don't have enough words to describe it, it's amazing.

brit 26:24

No,

josh 26:24

yeah. If you're going to Japan, you need to get yourself a sake tasting experience or go to a Sake brewery tour and just taste some of it. 'cause it's good.

brit 26:36

Yeah.

josh 26:37

Another thing Guinness in Ireland.

brit 26:40

Oh my gosh. Yeah.

josh 26:42

No,

brit 26:43

it's different there.

josh 26:44

Yeah, it's, it's different. And it's like you step off the plane into Ireland you just smell it. You just get it in your nose. You're like, smells like a Guinness today.

brit 26:56

It really did. Yeah.

josh 26:58

Mm-hmm.

brit 26:59

We stepped off that plane and had a Guinness almost immediately. Yeah.

josh 27:04

Pre pretty darn close to immediately. And then the whiskey as well.

brit 27:09

Mm. Yeah, we did some distillery tours. You can listen to those episodes to find out which ones, but it was, those were really, really fun as well.

josh 27:19

Mm-hmm.

brit 27:20

Yeah.

josh 27:20

Fantastic.

brit 27:22

I am remembering in Stockholm, we went to Lucy's flower Shop.

josh 27:28

Mm-hmm.

brit 27:29

And this is a speakeasy where everything had like their logo and the small details I remember we noticed. Mm-hmm. And we really appreciated that. Um, it was kind of like an upscale speakeasy. Yeah. But we were walking down the stairs and I was like, oh my God, are we walking into the right place? No, it was so fun.

josh 27:54

It was fantastic. Like you said, we noticed the little details they had from the menu to the glasses.

brit 28:01

Yeah.

josh 28:03

And their mixed drinks were just delicious,

brit 28:07

top-notch.

josh 28:08

Fantastic. Like, it was a speakeasy, it was a like curated cocktail drink establishment. Mm-hmm. So they were a little pricier, but they weren't like, I don't know how to describe it, but like snobby drinks. Yeah. Like super alcohol forward, where it was like, Who drinks this? No.

brit 28:30

Mm-hmm.

josh 28:30

Really good drinks.

brit 28:32

Yeah. Oh, I totally agree.

josh 28:34

Mm-hmm.

brit 28:35

And the owner, uh, one of the owners came over and talked with us for a little bit and he had recommended a couple drinks too, I believe. And

josh 28:43

yeah,

brit 28:44

we got those and they were amazing. So

josh 28:46

fantastic.

brit 28:47

Shout out to him.

josh 28:48

Yeah.

brit 28:48

speaking of owners of establishments, we also need to talk about in this drink section 1634 meadery.

josh 28:57

Yes.

brit 28:57

The owner was so kind. This guy is the sweetest person.

josh 29:04

Fantastic.

brit 29:04

Yeah. And the mead here. Oh my gosh.

josh 29:09

Of course. The mead here.

brit 29:11

Do we still have a bottle?

josh 29:12

No, we brought him back and we had him for Thanksgiving.

brit 29:16

Fuck

josh 29:17

I, I want to say one of em was a cranberry mead.

brit 29:22

Yeah.

josh 29:22

And we brought it back because the owner, like we said, fantastic guy. Mm-hmm. We went there one night, he invited us back for

brit 29:30

Halloween.

josh 29:31

Halloween, and they had food out for people, just like a special night, like just for the local people and people who worked there. So we came for food and they had a batch of hot apple cider, and then they put a little bit of the cranberry mead in it. Oh, right away we were like, we gotta take a bottle home. And we made the exact same thing at home for Thanksgiving. Yeah. So that's where that bottle went.

brit 29:58

That is, I remember.

josh 30:00

Mm-hmm. Yeah. 1634 Meadery, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Fantastic place.

brit 30:07

Mm-hmm.

josh 30:07

from our New Zealand trip, we do have a couple, we talked about Saku, but the wine, like we mentioned. Mm-hmm. Cloudy Bay Wine. Fantastic. We had their like special wines, the Tewahi and Te Koko that I think you can only order from them.

brit 30:31

Mm-hmm.

josh 30:32

And they have to be shipped here. I don't think you can get 'em in stores in the United States otherwise, or if you can, it's very rare.

brit 30:39

Yeah. I don't think they ship them here unless you order them

josh 30:43

from direct. Yeah.

brit 30:44

But, This has always been my mom and my favorite Sauvignon Blanc.

josh 30:50

Mm-hmm.

brit 30:51

But we got to try some new Sauvignon blancs that they make. The Koco.

josh 30:54

Mm-hmm.

brit 30:55

They were out of this world. We spent way too much money on wine, but way worth it. So Good.

josh 31:03

Then it's not way too much money. If you like good wine, it's worth the price.

brit 31:10

Yeah,

josh 31:10

for sure. And the Pinot Noir definitely gave Sauvignon Blanc a run for its money. The Te Wahi.

brit 31:18

It did.

josh 31:19

Mm-hmm.

brit 31:19

We actually got more of that

josh 31:22

mm-hmm.

brit 31:22

Than the Sauvignon Blanc, which I was shocked by.

josh 31:26

Yeah.

brit 31:27

cause my mom and I, we love a Sauvignon Blanc.

josh 31:30

Mm-hmm.

brit 31:31

but the Pinot Noir was,

josh 31:32

yeah, it's good. It's good if you haven't tried it, maybe order yourself a bottle. If you have a friend that has a bottle, convince 'em to give you a taste or just go to New Zealand.

brit 31:42

Mm-hmm.

josh 31:43

Mm-hmm. But another place in New Zealand very close to that commercial Bay food court. Wow. Not, not too far down the street. Another speakeasy was caretaker. This place was recommended to us by our tour guide on our food tour, and it was such a great place. Really fun vibes and very unique drinking establishment. 'cause they don't have menus.

brit 32:13

Mm-hmm.

josh 32:14

Yeah. they just have the mixologists come around to the tables. They ask what kind of flavors you're thinking, what kind of alcohol, glass, ice mixers, and then they make you a drink.

brit 32:28

Mm-hmm.

josh 32:29

And it's fantastic. Great drinks, great vibes, vibe.

brit 32:32

Agreed. I loved it here as well.

josh 32:34

Mm-hmm.

brit 32:35

Yeah. Moving on to experiences.

josh 32:38

Mm-hmm.

brit 32:39

I feel like every section, we're starting with Japan, but like, how could we not?

josh 32:45

I think it's gotta be that way because you can't do. Enough service to Japan with a, just a gloss over of Yeah. This place or that drink, like, ugh. You need to do a deep dive

brit 33:00

Absolutely.

josh 33:00

Into Japan.

brit 33:01

we love Japan so much. as far as experiences, karaoke in Japan is a must.

josh 33:10

Mm-hmm.

brit 33:10

We sat at this karaoke bar and we sang our song by Taylor Swift.

josh 33:16

Yeah. And it was great.

brit 33:21

It was so fun. And I have a video of us singing it, so.

josh 33:24

Mm-hmm.

brit 33:25

Oh my gosh. It was a blast.

josh 33:28

Yeah.

brit 33:28

any karaoke bar in Japan will do the trick. Mm-hmm. But just try it. Just do it. Nobody's gonna remember you.

josh 33:36

Yeah.

brit 33:37

Everybody does it.

josh 33:38

one place that I really loved from Sweden was the Vasa Museum.

brit 33:44

Oh my gosh. Me too.

josh 33:46

Mm-hmm.

brit 33:46

The vasa itself is a. Incredible. Just enigma of a thing that happened. this Viking ship sank and was underwater for over 300 years and was naturally preserved. It is so cool. I mean, it can't sail because it thunk it wasn't designed

josh 34:14

properly.

brit 34:14

Yeah. So, so you can't sail it. However, it does look like it, it could just like go out today. Like it, it was preserved so well and naturally.

josh 34:28

Mm-hmm.

brit 34:29

Which is insane to me. Yeah. such a cool place to go in Stockholm. Highly recommend seeing the ship

josh 34:37

for sure.

brit 34:38

Even if you're not a museum person.

josh 34:40

Yeah.

brit 34:40

This is a cool experience.

josh 34:43

Maybe something if you're not a museum person in Stockholm or in Sweden was, we went to a ping pong tournament.

brit 34:52

Yeah. Oh my gosh. That was so fun. Mm-hmm. So there is an outdoor bar called Trad Garden and it's underneath a highway overpass.

josh 35:07

Yeah.

brit 35:07

And there was a ping pong tournament and we just like randomly found this place and it was so fun.

josh 35:14

Yeah. Really cool vibes. Really community vibes. We didn't know anyone and really didn't talk to anyone, but it was really cool to grab some drinks and just watch this pink pong tournament. Go on.

brit 35:26

another really fun experience was watching my mom bungee jump. New Zealand.

josh 35:33

Yeah.

brit 35:33

That was like the ultimate experience.

josh 35:36

Yeah.

brit 35:38

I mean, imagine watching your parent jump off a bridge enough sub. Yeah.

josh 35:47

But we also did, did to do some zip lining in New Zealand.

brit 35:50

We did. That was also an incredible experience. We were in Rotorua. we got to zip line above the tree line. Mm-hmm. And like the canopy Of the forest.

josh 36:01

In Scotland. Definitely an experience that feels magical a little surreal, I think is the fairy glen.

brit 36:10

Oh my gosh, it was so beautiful.

josh 36:13

Yeah.

brit 36:14

It was just like the rolling hills, and it's hard to explain. There's so much green

josh 36:23

mm-hmm. the fairy Glen is such a. unique thing to experience while you're there.

brit 36:27

It was a bit of a hike, if I remember.

josh 36:29

Mm-hmm.

brit 36:30

Correctly.

josh 36:30

Yeah. A little bit of walking around.

brit 36:32

Not too bad.

josh 36:33

No, definitely not. I think all of Scotland really, you could have walking anywhere kind of an experience.

brit 36:40

Yeah.

josh 36:40

Mm-hmm.

brit 36:41

I would also say that in Ireland, the Wicklow Mountains hiking that Was. So great. Fantastic. I think it was also just as beautiful. along with in Clifden Ireland, the upper and lower diamond loop that we did. Mm-hmm. That one was also really incredible. There's just so much beauty when you are out walking in places. like you said, you're just captivated by the beauty.

josh 37:13

Yeah, for sure.

brit 37:14

nature is magical. we also went to the making of Harry Potter in Japan. Yeah. So we got to see some of the, props and they recreated some of the set you got to walk in and there was the Grand Hall.

josh 37:33

Mm-hmm.

brit 37:33

And it just, it felt like you were in Harry Potter.

josh 37:36

The Ministry of Magic sticks out in my head because of the green tiles all over the place.

brit 37:41

Yeah. How did they do that? That must have taken so long,

josh 37:44

so long.

brit 37:46

But gorgeous. and then the last one I have listed is the beer and waffles experience.

josh 37:53

Yeah.

brit 37:54

So that was in Ghent, Belgium.

josh 37:56

Mm-hmm.

brit 37:57

And you get to taste beer and make waffles

josh 38:01

mm-hmm. And make waffles with beer.

brit 38:04

Yeah. Super fun.

josh 38:07

Yeah.

brit 38:08

What more could you want? That was booked through TripAdvisor, which is where we book a lot of our tours. Yeah. So next section is about our tours. Yeah. We have done a bunch of tours and most of them have been absolutely fantastic. Mm-hmm. I think there's only been a handful that we would not recommend.

josh 38:34

Yeah. and, and those might be on the website. And they might just have like a section saying like, oh, it wasn't our favorite or a reason why we didn't like it.

brit 38:43

Yeah. Mm-hmm. We're pretty honest about it.

josh 38:45

Yeah.

brit 38:45

But here are some highlights mm-hmm. Of the tours that we truly just absolutely loved and would do again and again. Mm-hmm. So I actually did get to do this one twice because I went back to Venice with my mom, but this one is Venice, like a local. Mm-hmm. This tour was so good. You got to walk around and try different food that you don't normally eat, or at least I don't normally eat. And it was just really fun to get to know the city through a local's eyes as well. you get a local tour guide and she's fantastic. I had her both times. Maybe they've grown and gotten more tour guides, but, just a really, really great tour.

josh 39:36

I'm definitely very jealous that you get to do this twice. Not gonna lie or hide it at all, but it was, I think one of the first places that we did where. We really fell in love with food tours.

brit 39:52

Yeah. This was probably the one food tour that got us so in love with food tours.

josh 39:58

Yeah. I, we had definitely done a few before, but this one really just was like, oh yeah, this is why you should do food tours because it takes you around so much of Venice.

brit 40:11

Mm-hmm.

josh 40:12

And you would definitely not see it on your own.

brit 40:15

No. Yeah. I feel like food is another way to learn about a country's or a city's culture.

josh 40:24

Mm-hmm.

brit 40:25

Because there's so much storytelling through food.

josh 40:29

Right.

brit 40:30

So when you're in other countries, look up food tours.

josh 40:35

Mm-hmm.

brit 40:36

That's what we always do. And we never regret it.

josh 40:39

No, no.

brit 40:40

Even the bad ones, I'm like, nah,

josh 40:43

no, you get

brit 40:43

took a shot.

josh 40:44

Yeah. And you get to see parts of that city

brit 40:46

mm-hmm.

josh 40:47

That you probably wouldn't have seen. And they, most of the time give you a little cultural insight. So there's that at least. And you get fed.

brit 40:55

Yeah.

josh 40:56

So,

brit 40:56

and you get fed,

josh 40:59

in, we mentioned it for Japan, a few tours, but one definitely that we have to reiterate is doing a sake tour and in Kyoto.

brit 41:12

Yeah. That sake tour was incredible. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

josh 41:16

Very insightful. It gave us the opportunity to find out what sakes we liked.

brit 41:22

Mm-hmm. We also have the Quebec City food tour listed, and this is where we got to stop at LA Clan, which is probably the ultimate foodie spot that we did not talk about in the food section. So let's talk about it now.

josh 41:39

Mm-hmm. we did it on this food tour that was a gourmet and history package tour, which was really fantastic combo, and all the places we went were absolutely delicious.

brit 41:53

Mm-hmm.

josh 41:54

But LA Clan was, I think, the final stop on this tour.

brit 41:59

Yeah.

josh 41:59

And we were looking for a place to cap off the trip. And as soon as we sat down and had little clan, you and me both looked at each other like, we have to come back here.

brit 42:10

Yeah.

josh 42:10

we booked a table two nights later for our last night or our second to last night, and did not regret it.

brit 42:17

Mm-hmm. No regrets.

josh 42:20

No regrets.

brit 42:21

It was incredible. I mean, this meal number one of all time, I think for, for both of us, it, it was a tasting menu, so Michelin star level.

josh 42:34

Yeah.

brit 42:35

I don't know if it had any Michelin stars, but it definitely should. Mm-hmm. Because it was so tasty. There was so much detail in everything like. They, you could tell that they spent so much time on even just the plating.

josh 42:52

Yeah.

brit 42:53

And the process of cooking everything. I can't imagine how long it takes to 'em.

josh 42:58

Mm-hmm.

brit 42:59

Like it was so detailed and delicious. Highly recommend.

josh 43:03

Think of the movie, the menu Minus the murder.

brit 43:09

Yeah. Minus the murder and the culty. Like feel.

josh 43:14

Yeah. But fantastic. And we got wine pairing with that meal too, which was just where we fell in love with getting wine pairings.

brit 43:23

Yeah. With

josh 43:24

meals as well.

brit 43:25

Oh, absolutely. Mm-hmm. Yeah. We've done that at, at a couple different places now.

josh 43:29

Mm-hmm.

brit 43:30

And it's the way to do it.

josh 43:32

For sure. For sure. their sommeliers know what they're talking about.

brit 43:35

Mm-hmm. They do. Mm-hmm. another tour that I would highly suggest if you're going to Seattle is the Pike Place Market Food Tour. Mm-hmm. Incredible. Pike Place Market on its own is just such a beautiful place for different cultures and different foods to just all be in one place mm-hmm. In this market. And the city gives them an opportunity to start this business.

josh 44:06

Yeah.

brit 44:07

So beautiful. I love that.

josh 44:08

And we have done different Pike place market food tours.

brit 44:14

Mm-hmm.

josh 44:15

Multiple times.

brit 44:16

Yeah. We haven't done a bad one.

josh 44:19

No.

brit 44:20

Loved them all.

josh 44:21

Yeah. And you don't have to do one. You could go there, start at an end and just start walking. However, I think a tour is a good way to give you. Kind of a view of all of Pike Place market. 'cause it's massive.

brit 44:37

Yeah.

josh 44:37

It doesn't look like it on Google Maps, but it's huge.

brit 44:40

Yeah. And it helps you to get to know the area as well.

josh 44:45

Mm-hmm.

brit 44:45

And maybe where restaurants came from mm-hmm. And how they started there. And sometimes there's some backstories that you're like, oh, I love that.

josh 44:54

Yeah.

brit 44:55

You know, so definitely a tour to check out

josh 45:00

for sure.

brit 45:01

Another tour that you, I know you loved was the Salmon Tour

josh 45:07

Yep.

brit 45:07

In Scotland. Mm-hmm. So this was on the way out of Portree. Mm-hmm. And it was a guy who smokes his own salmon and he used to work with Gordon Ramsey. He is such an incredible chef. I'm not the biggest fan of cold smoke salmon, so I gave you my cold smoke, but all of the rest of it I loved. So if you like salmon, come here.

josh 45:35

Yeah. And especially smoked salmon. He takes you through the whole process show, shows you how he built his smokehouse. It's fantastic.

brit 45:44

Yeah. Truly incredible.

josh 45:46

Mm-hmm. Very passionate guy too about what he does. Another person and another tour that had a lot of passion behind it was the vegan food tour in Utrecht, Netherlands.

brit 45:57

I loved this tour. We didn't even know it was a vegan, vegan food tour.

josh 46:01

No.

brit 46:01

When we booked it,

josh 46:02

no. But

brit 46:04

it was an incredible tour. I loved it. Every second of it, every stop, every bite. So delicious.

josh 46:11

Mm-hmm.

brit 46:11

Some of it, like, you can't even tell it's vegan.

josh 46:14

Yeah.

brit 46:14

And some of it you're like, I am loving vegan food. You know, like mm-hmm. Some of it tries to hide the fact that it's vegan, which ends up being delicious, but some of it is like vegan in your face. Mm-hmm. And it's so delicious.

josh 46:29

I would say that vegan food places often get spices better and sauces better. Because they wanna make up for the lack of natural flavoring from like a full meat burger or chicken, something like that.

brit 46:46

Mm-hmm.

josh 46:47

So that's what a lot of these were. And there was actually a couple on that tour, I believe, from Ireland. Oh yeah. Who didn't know it was a vegan food tour as well, but they were like, oh, this is,

brit 46:59

yeah,

josh 47:00

this is great stuff.

brit 47:02

I love when food tours surprise us.

josh 47:04

Mm-hmm.

brit 47:05

That's like my favorite thing.

josh 47:06

Yeah.

brit 47:06

Yeah.

josh 47:07

And it definitely wasn't like tricking you to go on a food tour that was vegan. We just didn't,

brit 47:13

we didn't read it.

josh 47:14

Yeah. We didn't read it. We're like food tour, Utrecht book. a tour that we had done some research into doing because your mom and you both love Cloudy Bay Was the first taste tour of Cloudy Bay Winery.

brit 47:32

Oh my gosh. This tour was incredible. I keep saying that, but these tours all truly so incredible. Mm-hmm. This one you got to go around the vineyards that Cloudy Bay uses and you got to taste the different wines. Just such an amazing tour.

josh 47:51

Again, a guide that was really passionate

brit 47:55

Yeah.

josh 47:55

About the winery, really explained vines, grapes, process everything to

brit 48:02

her. Yeah. She was so knowledgeable. Mm-hmm. And, just gave us so much information

josh 48:08

mm-hmm. Yeah. Now our last category that we have is just overall vibes. Places that we went. And you just, you felt something, you felt something different.

brit 48:16

Yeah.

josh 48:16

It wasn't just, you were in this place and you were like, oh, wow. Now we're, we're here in the mountains. Like, no, you went there and y you felt it.

brit 48:26

Mm-hmm. Yeah. a place that I really felt something was the Christmas market in Quebec City. Mm-hmm. Absolutely. I thought you were proposing, I thought you were. At that point I was like, I need him to propose, but it looked like a Hallmark movie. And I was like, he's gotta be proposing you weren't. But

josh 49:04

no, I wasn't. But it gave, like you said, a Hallmark movie. It, yeah, like a love story was brewing and it's, it

brit 49:12

was our love story.

josh 49:13

It was our love story. this really has sparked us to want to go to a Christmas market or holiday market in another country, or in a place that has kind of like a bigger to-do of like a Christmas market, like Quebec City did.

brit 49:31

Yeah. One of those places for me is Prague.

josh 49:34

Yes,

brit 49:35

I would love to go to Prague for their Christmas markets.

josh 49:38

Mm-hmm. I think anyone who's looked at Christmas markets or holiday markets and other places has probably seen a picture or video of a Prague market. Yeah.

brit 49:45

Also, overall vibes we have to talk about the Swiss Alps in Mandelo, Del LArio, Italy. It's on the border basically of Switzerland. Mm-hmm. And Italy, and it is so stunning there. Mm-hmm. Absolutely gorgeous. The water is so crystal clear and blue and just amazing. And then the backdrop of the mountains right there, just. I remember sitting there with you and it was one of the best feelings I think I've ever had.

josh 50:17

Yeah. Like you said, we stayed in Mandelo Del lario, a place that we still talk about as one of our favorite places that we've gone. That kind of made us feel isolated. Like we were in a community and we, there weren't a bunch of other tourists around us.

brit 50:34

Yeah.

josh 50:34

And got to look over Lake Como and see the Swiss Alps there. We got some great pictures. If only we had gotten you into photography and a great camera already. Yeah. Of the pictures you would've taken.

brit 50:48

I know.

josh 50:50

We gotta go back. Oh, gotta go back. You had mentioned this before, but Shinjuku in Tokyo is such a vibe.

brit 50:59

It really is such a vibe. I mean, the nightlife.

josh 51:04

Mm-hmm.

brit 51:04

The restaurants, the shopping, just so many fun things to do. You can think of something that you wanna do and you can probably get it done in Shinjuku.

josh 51:13

Yeah. I think this is one of those places that people who like love gaming and anime for sure. There's a lot of variety of that in Shinjuku.

brit 51:25

Mm-hmm.

josh 51:26

Like different clubs, different arcades, different areas. It's so fun.

brit 51:31

We went to a cat cafe in Shinjuku because I wanted to go to one.

josh 51:35

Yeah.

brit 51:35

And these cats were like the happiest cats I have ever seen. Yeah. I mean, I was a little afraid of like, are they gonna be happy cats? Are they well taken care of? No, they were, they. Decided whether they wanted to be in or out. They had their own door mm-hmm. Of a decision. And they had their own privacy in the back. Yeah. And I mean, these cats were just so happy. Yeah. So definite vibe in Shinjuku. Mm-hmm. Speaking of Japan, Kyoto also such a vibe. I think I previously mentioned that there were sections of Kyoto that had like very traditional Japanese streets

josh 52:16

Yeah.

brit 52:16

And traditional, like Japanese architecture.

josh 52:20

Yeah. Very historic feeling.

brit 52:22

It was so beautiful. Mm-hmm. To see that.

josh 52:25

Mm-hmm.

brit 52:26

such a beautiful, city.

josh 52:28

our first stop we went to New Zealand was Queenstown.

brit 52:32

Mm-hmm.

josh 52:33

And I think the vibe started when we were descending into the mountains as we were landing in Queenstown.

brit 52:41

It did, because

josh 52:42

that's

brit 52:42

when the vibe start.

josh 52:43

You're the plane's turning and banking like almost right. Against mountains. Yeah. And we're like, oh my gosh, we are landing in the mountains.

brit 52:55

You're weaving in and out of these mountains.

josh 52:58

Mm-hmm.

brit 52:58

And yeah, the vibes start before you even get off the plane.

josh 53:03

Yeah. And then when you're there, you're just, you're in the mountains. Mm-hmm. It's, there's no questions about it. It's not like, where are the mountains? You,

brit 53:11

they're there. Mm-hmm. Yeah. They're right there. I think another place that had such intense beauty like that mm-hmm. Was the Isle of Skye. Oh yeah. Scotland.

josh 53:23

Absolutely.

brit 53:24

That was also such a vibe. Mm-hmm. There are so many hikes that you can do. And there's again, just so much green it's what you picture the rolling hills of Scotland to look like. And you look out and the, it's just all green rolling hills.

josh 53:40

Yeah.

brit 53:41

And maybe if you're by the ocean, there's ocean. Mm-hmm. Right next to the rolling hills. Just so beautiful.

josh 53:48

another place that holds such a special spot in our hearts? 'cause we think about it often, like, oh my gosh, we have to go back. We do.

brit 53:59

It's like one of my favorite places on earth.

josh 54:01

And on the way driving there, we can stop at Landour Bakehouse for a chicken Tikka Masala panini.

brit 54:07

Done, sealed. We're doing that.

josh 54:11

Sold

brit 54:11

peace out. No, we got a couple more. Um. So another vibey place was Dingle.

josh 54:23

Mm-hmm.

brit 54:24

Which was on our recent trip to Ireland. And it just gave such community vibes

josh 54:31

very much so.

brit 54:32

It was very much like a community-centered or focused place.

josh 54:37

Yeah.

brit 54:38

and there's so much beauty on the outskirts of dingle as well, kind of surrounding it. So beautiful

josh 54:45

mountains, hills, just a little drive. You go to dramatic cliffs in the ocean.

brit 54:50

Gorgeous.

josh 54:51

Absolutely love it. Speaking about vibey towns, how about Ipswich, Massachusetts in the fall?

brit 54:57

Oh my gosh. Ipswich was incredible. I still look back at the cemetery. Yes. That we went to.

josh 55:05

Yes.

brit 55:06

This cemetery had some of the oldest tombstones I've ever seen. Mm. They're like so thin. I don't even know how they're still standing. And then there's these orange and red leaves all over. It felt like Halloween threw up in your face. Yeah. It was so cool.

josh 55:24

Mm-hmm. And

brit 55:25

if you know anything about us, we love Halloween. Mm-hmm. Like.

josh 55:30

Halloween. Cool. Fall vibes. Mystical, gloomy,

brit 55:34

scary movies. Yeah. We love it all. So that was so cool to just like explore that area.

josh 55:43

Mm-hmm.

brit 55:45

And being in the fall. it just had that vibe.

josh 55:48

Yeah.

brit 55:48

It really did.

josh 55:49

Mm-hmm. And, and we don't have it listed on here, but we did go to Salem for Halloween.

brit 55:54

Mm. Yeah.

josh 55:55

Mm-hmm.

brit 55:56

That was also quite a vibe.

josh 55:59

Very much so. Very well-known vibe for

brit 56:01

sure. Yes. Well known. and then we have Auckland, which is such a foodie vibe.

josh 56:07

It is.

brit 56:08

I would say

josh 56:09

it has to be.

brit 56:10

It's so clean. It is so many foodie spots. It's just. It's a great vibe.

josh 56:15

And we walked so much and the different coffees, the different food markets, restaurants down by again, down by the water.

brit 56:25

Mm-hmm.

josh 56:26

A lot of our favorite places are down by the water.

brit 56:28

They are.

josh 56:30

We're not even like big ocean beach water people. No.

brit 56:33

What does that say about us?

josh 56:34

I dunno.

brit 56:38

Maybe we are Ocean Beach people.

josh 56:40

We just don't know it. We're, we're repressing that.

brit 56:45

We like the ocean and the beach next to a mountain. That's what we like. We want it all.

josh 56:50

We want it all. This episode could literally go on forever.

brit 56:57

It could

josh 56:58

I just wanna keep on adding things to it. Like I think an easy one to do would be top places we've stayed.

brit 57:07

Oh yeah. Like accommodations.

josh 57:10

Mm-hmm. Top accommodations.

brit 57:12

Mm

josh 57:14

Oh,

brit 57:14

there are some great ones.

josh 57:16

Yeah. Let people know all the best places we've stayed.

brit 57:20

Absolutely. Mm-hmm. Because we've stayed at some really, really great places.

josh 57:23

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

brit 57:24

But this is what we have so far. We could honestly make this last forever.

josh 57:30

Mm-hmm.

brit 57:30

and we probably will with the podcast,

josh 57:35

just subscribe and keep listening.

brit 57:36

Yeah. And then it can go on forever. But thank you so much for listening though, honestly, like this is such a fun episode, just recalling all of the places that we've been and all of our favorite memories. Mm-hmm. We have left out so much, which makes me sad, But like we said, we have to condense it somehow. So yeah, if you wanna see more, check out our website and we have a whole bunch of recommendations listed for each city that we've been.

josh 58:06

Yeah.

brit 58:08

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josh 58:15

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brit 58:33

Thank you so much for listening. Until next time,