Shadowing Practice: interrail diaries | when in rome - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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hello guys and welcome back to my channel we are currently in rome
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hello guys and welcome back to my channel we are currently in rome
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and it's a dream come true to be here we are
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so happy it's currently 10 o'clock and we are heading out
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and the plan for the beginning of the day is to do a bit of sightseeing before we get breakfast.
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So we booked our hotel through booking.com and we just thought
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that it was a random hotel not located in the city center
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or anything but we were surprised when we arrived
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because the traffic here is insane and there's like restaurant on every single corner here.
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Today it's supposed to be 34 degrees and I don't think we are prepared for this type of heat.
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Maybe we should do a little outfit check before we head out.
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So these are our outfits.
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I'm wearing Birkenstocks with some white socks.
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Trying that for the first time.
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I literally spent like 40 minutes trying to pick my outfit.
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It's a struggle now because we've been rotating through all of our outfits like again and again again and again.
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I'm gonna show you our hotel room.
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I recorded this clip yesterday when we arrived
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and we were a little bit surprised because the room is
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so big and spacious and very clean and very nice
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because it was pretty cheap so I guess we were very lucky with this one.
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We were trying to find some interesting places on the way to the breakfast place
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and we found this castle called Castel Sant Angelo.
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It's not as busy as the other landmarks so it's definitely a must visit when you're here in Rome.
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We get this amazing view over the whole city,
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for example the Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City.
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It's just the view is breathtaking.
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It's been a very good start of the day but now it's time for some hydration, some food.
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So we are gonna go to the coffee spot that Helgi found.
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What is it called?
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Barnum Roma and it's one of the places that you guys recommend it.
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You guys always share the best spots and we are so grateful to get all of these tips and tricks.
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Honestly it's made our trips like 10 times better so...
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we just bought these sunglasses i forgot mine at home
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and these are actually for helki
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but today i will be using them since i didn't bring ones
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but barnum roma the breakfast spot that we went to
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was so nice it's definitely a recommendation to you guys
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if you are in rome the staff was
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so friendly our waitress was from norway
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and i actually spotted it myself i heard her say something
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and i was like oh my god she is probably from like scandinavia
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and i was right overall a very nice breakfast place or lunch whatever
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We were walking down this random street and all of these people were selling like jewelry.
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They had like these jewelry stands and usually it's all of the same stuff over
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and over it's like I think it's mass-produced
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but then we found like a very special stand
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and the guy was making the jewelry himself and I found this one
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and I immediately fell in love I think it's so cool
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and he made it on the spot it was
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so cool to see it
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and I ended up buying two pieces one for my best friend i think this is definitely something
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that she would love so we are going to be matching
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we are so fascinated by the city the streets are so alive and of course because of its rich history
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it's so cool to be able to visit these iconic ancient landmarks
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and now we are off to the legendary trevi fountain
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we walked past this place that we had seen on tick tock it's a place
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that serves only takeaway drinks and it's only five euros they have after all spritz
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and other cocktails so I think we're gonna cool down a bit and have a dream.
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We are on a vintage store hunt.
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I got a message on Instagram that I should be able to find some cool vintage stores in a neighborhood called Monty.
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So we are currently strolling the streets here and are on a hunt for a cool vintage store.
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I found this really cool shirt that I wanted to try out.
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It's a bit different than I usually buy, but it looks cool.
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I also have a few things that I want to try on.
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I think these look pretty cool.
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They are kind of like jorts.
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So let's try it on.
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We are
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at the Colosseum
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and it's truly magical to see it in real life it
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feels unreal we unfortunately didn't manage to get tickets to get inside
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because you guys know
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that our trip was quite spontaneous to go on this interrail
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it's like fully booked until like august to go to the coliseum
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so i don't think we would have been able to get tickets
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so we don't want to be sad about it
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but we can admire the beauty from the outside
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and yeah it's amazing this day has been really successful we've been able to see
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so many things and explore the city really well i think
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but we're getting kind of tired and hungry
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so i think it's time for dinner we're going to a roman restaurant called trattoria the anso al 29
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and we're hoping that we can order like cassio pepe
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or carbonara because we're really craving some pasta spaghetti or something like
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that it takes about 25 minutes to walk over there
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and it's located in the Trastavere neighborhood which is supposed to be really nice
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and we're going to explore that more tomorrow so very excited about that
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We were a bit shocked when we arrived at the restaurant
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because the line was insane i've never seen a line this long for like a table at a restaurant
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so yeah we're not gonna wait for like two hours to
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get a table there i think you can get decent pasta everywhere it's gonna be fine we will find something nice
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It's a new day in Rome
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and today we are going to explore the Vatican City
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and then later we are going to go to the neighborhood Trastevere
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and probably something more very exciting but we are gonna start our day by having a panini.
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We found a sandwich shop close to our hotel.
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So yeah, we're gonna head out and grab some paninis.
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The paninis were very tasty and it was a great way to start the day.
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But however, we took a very bad decision and bought this can of San Pellegrino.
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We thought it would be like a bitter lemonade or something,
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but it tastes like a bad medicine.
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Don't buy this at all.
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Just don't buy it.
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We have arrived in the Vatican City.
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We are currently waiting in line to get into the St. Peter's Basilica.
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There's free admission and the line is pretty long
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but it goes by pretty quickly so I think it's only going to be like 20 minutes or something.
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We are speechless after visiting the St. Peter's Basilica.
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We didn't expect it to be this magnificent.
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Honestly, it was so beautiful.
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It doesn't look so big from the outside,
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but when you get inside, it's just huge.
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We were talking about that this was the biggest church that we've been to,
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and then we figured out it is the biggest church in the world,
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so that makes sense.
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It was so amazing to be able to see the masterpieces inside the church.
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For example, Michelangelo, he designed the dome,
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and it was so beautiful.
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We also saw La Pieda,
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which is one of his most famous artworks.
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So yeah, St. Peter's Basilica is definitely a must visit if you're here in Rome.
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And especially since it's free admission,
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so there's no excuse for not going.
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So we are gonna have a walk and we were thinking about having some tiramisu.
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We got recommended a place called Two Sizes.
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And apparently it's supposed to be the best tiramisu in Rome.
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And you guys know that we love tiramisu.
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So we need to go and give it a try
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Very very tasty but I don't think it's the best one I've had Okay,
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the pistachio one is really good I guess it's called two sizes because they have two sizes.
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We got a big one.
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We saw people walking with a small one and we were like that's way too small.
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Thank you.
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We were on our way to go to Trastevear,
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the neighborhood that we planned on visiting today,
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But we decided to take a little detour and visit the Gianiculum Hill
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Which is like a scenic spot where you get a panoramic view over Rome
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And it is so beautiful But it was a very steep hill to get here
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And it's like 34 degrees So we are sweating very much
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So we have been strolling the streets here in Trastevere and it's such a cute neighborhood filled with restaurants,
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cafes, bars, and we even found a couple of vintage stores that were really nice.
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But I honestly think that the heat is kind of getting to us.
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We are just a little bit tired and exhausted.
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We've also been walking around so much.
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By the way, we haven't really been taking any like public transport.
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We've been walking almost the whole time here.
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We were planning on buying like a weekly pass
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or 72 hour pass but i would rather walk
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and just get some fresh air
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and see the beautiful like surroundings here we have already made a reservation at a place called mariuccia
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which is an italian pizza place and the pizzas there look delicious
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and we were also thinking about having supli which is an italian appetizer
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which is like a ball of rice with tomato sauce
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and it's like deep fried also looks delicious
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so we are just gonna walk over there our table is in like 15 minutes
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so oh i'm so hungry very excited for some pizza
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we have arrived to our hotel room and it feels
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so good can't wait to like take a shower
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and just snuggle in bed
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but the pizza was really good it was very fluffy it's
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the fluffiest pizza we've ever had overall our trip in rome has been
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so fantastic honestly i wouldn't have bought this t-shirt
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if it wasn't true because we have fallen in love with this city it's just
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so amazing in many ways first
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and foremost it's kind of unreal to be surrounded by the city's history
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and it's so cool to be learning about it
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and visiting all of these phenomenal places here in rome they're just endless almost
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and of course we can't forget about the food here it's
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so delicious you can almost go to any place
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and you will guaranteed get some delicious food
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and we just really like the vibe here i think honestly
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rome is a very high ranked city on our list
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but yeah we are very tired after this very warm day of walking
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but we had so much fun here in rome
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and we will for sure be back
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and i will be wearing this t-shirt till the day i
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die no i'm kidding our next destination is going to be nice in france
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and we are very very excited we are going to be laying by the beach bathing in the sun
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and just relaxing we definitely need some relaxing so it's gonna be
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so nice so we'll see See you guys next week in France.
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Bye.
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