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okay yeah yeah it's a very wide category

but yeah yeah yeah i am a fan um of japanese vietnamese thai food korean food um

i'm just getting hungry even thinking about it okay yeah do you like spicy food can you handle spicy food

i do yeah it depends like i want to be able to taste my food

but i do like a little kick yeah yeah

it's it's fun like the jalapenos you put in the burgers those are

or on top of the burgers yes under the bun yes um to specify i can just cut that out

the jalapeno placement is very important it's one of my secrets

if i have a friend visiting

or actually i think my brother might come to visit what are three restaurants

you would recommend to take someone to here in portland all right

so i'm thinking you want restaurants that kind of like typify portland yes by name

so something unique right so don't tell us to go to starbucks nothing against starbucks

but you can go there anywhere literally anywhere in the world

you can find a starbucks um i would say olive garden really represents portland no stop okay all right

so um even though i'm not the biggest seafood person

i would recommend a place called even tide oyster company yeah um

i know people love them they get really really good reviews they have really fresh shellfish

and seafood that came from like right here in the greater portland area

and maine so i think that's like a really good portland restaurant it kind of like yeah

on that same street i'm gonna go with a place called duck fat oh yeah

and duck fat is a little more like relaxed kind of like maybe a good lunch place

but they have really really good sandwiches um they're called duck fat

because they have french fries

that are fried in duck fat with like lots of dipping sauces

and things like that

and they probably make the best milkshakes in all of maine from what i've experienced really

they make really amazing milkshakes okay so

that would be another one of my top recommendations right

there hmm let's think for a third to round it out

i feel like we need like a breakfast spot okay all right somewhere i could get blueberry pancakes

because blueberries are very big in maine

so this might be the most obvious recommendation

because it is a little touristy it is a tourist spot

but uh becky's diner i knew you were gonna say

that i mean it's quintessential right it's quintessential um they do a good job there um

But yeah, Becky's Diner has all sorts of local main stuff,

main blueberry pancakes and good solid breakfast food and eggs and bacon and a piece of coffee.

I would add a good alternative to Becky's, smaller and a little bit lesser known.

Can you guess what I'm going to say?

Not Q Street Diner, but they're good too.

Miss Portland Diner?

No, I've actually never been there.

Either have I.

What?

Next date.

Okay.

We've got our next date planned, folks all right i was gonna say marcy's diner do you know

that one i don't okay it's it's small

you can probably only see 20 people in there yeah uh very closely

but i used to go there all the time

when i was a student um you know they're very fairly priced and generally

if you go to a diner it's gonna be good prices a greasy spoon a greasy spoon yes

so yeah i love marcy's diner they have these um they they they cook

or they they grill muffins

and they have the best blueberry muffins sold oh okay

i want to stop filming let's go we're gonna have to make a part two guys

so sorry yeah uh actually we might

but uh let's keep going wait how many questions have we asked

we're just we're just not counting anymore like it just it doesn't matter

when you talk to somebody interesting like you're not counting involved in the conversation yeah

it's hard to think in those logical mathematical terms yes what's your favorite fruit what's my favorite fruit yeah okay

i speaking of blueberries i do really love blueberries

but in general i would say apples

because i actually have an apple here with me it's easy to transport it's an easy snack um

yeah they're just uh crisp and delicious

and sweets do you have a favorite apple variety

because there's like hundreds to choose from cosmic cosmic crisp cosmic crisp okay i learned about recently i don't know

if they always had them i feel like they're new

they're like a new offering um as of the last couple years okay

i discovered a new type of apple this past year

that is probably not new it was new to me

it's called kissable k -i -s -s -a -b -e -l it has pink flesh

so the inside of the apple is pink

and it tastes like somewhere between apples and berries

and it's crazy juicy like you bite in

and just drips juice oh my gosh it's so good

but they're hard to find okay those all right those sound delicious um

i was gonna say i should have eaten before this

because all we're doing is talking about food we should have saved this category for last

but yes um okay

so favorite fruits uh do you have a favorite meal

i would say my favorite meal is a really good steak yes done on the grill yes

and with a side of maybe like smashed potatoes

or grilled potatoes you say smashed potatoes yes

so you yeah what's wait i say mashed potatoes oh is there a difference no

it's two different things really yeah so you got mashed potatoes where they're

mashed into a semi -liquid form yeah you can kind of smash as you take small potatoes

and literally smash them flat with the skin on season them

and then put them in the oven until they get crispy i thought you made a mistake saying smashed potatoes

but this is actually me learning something new yes okay i love potatoes in all forms honestly

so they would be part of my i do love potatoes

and then i'm thinking maybe you know you need something green

and healthy in there

so i'm thinking maybe um some asparagus some roasted asparagus with a little garlic

and lemon and salt

and pepper nice yeah okay my favorite meal okay

i have to ask what yours my favorite meal i already said i love scallops

but uh if it

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if it wasn't scallops i would also go with a steak not just trying to copy you

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but uh a really solid choice yeah i mean

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it's a special occasion kind of thing right i don't eat steak every night

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but you know for a special occasion i love a good steak i would probably pick um a salad

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and mashed potatoes okay yeah it's very close to yours it is i do like asparagus

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but not as much we didn't choose dessert though oh neither of us said

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so what would be like there's so many good desserts there's

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so many good desserts um i do really like creme brulee creme brulee yeah

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i do too that's a good one um mine would be

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like either a brownie sundae with ice cream on top

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or there's something called toll house cookie pie

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which is basically like picture like a gigantic baked chocolate chip cookie yes with ice cream on top oh

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i can't handle it all right we need to move on to another topic

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because I can't I can't handle this you're absolutely okay our next one is travel plans

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or experiences okay I'll start okay you start all right uh

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I know you've been to many many places you're like a world traveler

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and you have a lot of experience if there's one place

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that you haven't been yet

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that you would love to go where would you love to visit oh

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I know right away I want go to greece

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and i want to visit the greek isles i i've seen these pictures right i mean

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who's to know if the pictures you see on social media are accurate

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but there's so many beautiful pictures i've seen

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and i love islands i love being by the water

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i love being on boats i love greek food going back to food

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we just can't stop talking about food we have one track yes

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so i want to go eat olives and feta cheese in greece

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and baklava and yes and uh and just yeah experience um going island hopping

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that would be

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so much fun shout out to the greek viewers at home

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yes all right very cool do you have any upcoming travel plans um i do actually

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so i am going to kansas city oh to help a friend move oh

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so it's kind of going to be like a little bit of like you know not necessarily a vacation

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because like helping them move

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but like i'm sure we'll make it fun i'm sure we'll like go eat some barbecue in kansas city

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and uh maybe see a couple sites or something like that

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so yes it should be fun i i don't know kansas city very well

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so i'm excited to kind of learn a new city

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and get like a locals impression of all the cool stuff

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there oh very cool yeah okay where is the last place

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you traveled to gabby the last place i traveled would have been new york city because

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that was yeah no wait no oh no oh my god just take

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it no come back city come back city oh my god no oh my god i'm so sorry it's okay it's fine

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it's okay no didn't put a lot of thought into that trip didn't make it real special

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didn't guys i think he's gonna leave me but um

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come back come back no the last place I traveled was Quebec City um

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and it was the most magical trip ever it was amazing despite

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that despite that I totally forgot to mention it um wow

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okay so I mean I to be fair I set you up because I know where you traveled last like I'm pretending

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And we had just talked about New York City.

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Yeah, I'm pretending to ask you questions like I don't know the answer.

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Yeah.

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But I kind of do.

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So it was kind of a setup.

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Oh, gosh.

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Okay, well, yes, the last place that I traveled together with Mike was to Quebec City.

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It was beautiful.

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I loved hearing French all around.

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I loved all the amazing food.

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And actually, it was a surprise so um

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Mike just said bring your passport a swimsuit

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and there's one other thing I think oh she was like dancing shoes yes yes

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because I knew there would be some salsa involved yes

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and guys it was magical I I'll tell you more about it another time

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but it was very magical yeah so

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and I learned a new phrase in French my blonde oh yeah my girlfriend yes

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so now you're and mon chum mon chum this is quebecois french anybody watching from quebec probably not

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but if you are shout out let us know yeah help us learn more quebecois french yeah

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or french french that could be the next video we can road trip back to quebec

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and meet one of your viewers

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who could teach us some quebecois french should we do travel

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and english i think

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that would be very fun i think that's where we're headed do you have any like memorable travel stories

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that come to mind right away um i mean

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when we went to quebec city like

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that is just what we were talking about

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but that's yeah that's very memorable

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because i mean no one's ever surprised me with a trip like

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that so the whole thing was just like a dream like you know i didn't know what to expect

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and i think when you have those memorable experiences is

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because you are surprised by something so if you go on a trip

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and you have this expectation everything is exactly like as you had pictured it's not as memorable as

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if you have a surprise like you meet some interesting people

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or you learn new words or you see new places um

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so yeah yeah and i i honestly for a few years i hadn't really traveled very much

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so yeah that is more fresh in my memory okay yeah here locally

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if again if i have a friend visiting or if my brother comes to visit where should i take them

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for a weekend okay oh

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if like for a whole weekend well no no no sorry

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they're here for a weekend let's just keep it contained to three days okay yeah um

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so i feel i feel bad recommending like most obvious places

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but like one place

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that you have to go here in this area is a park called fort williams park yes i agree

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because it's just a beautiful park and they have a lot of cool old forts

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but uh portland headlight lighthouse is there

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and it's the most photographed lighthouse in the world to the best of my knowledge

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and it's just a really beautiful place it's right by the water there's food trucks rolling hills there's food trucks

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if you're into lobster you get a lobster roll oh yeah

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so that's very main so

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that would be a good spot to go um

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i've seen people barbecue there too like they have grills yeah

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it's a great place to bring your family for a party

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or a picnic or grill out

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or throw a little like get together with your friends yeah

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they have tennis courts they have pickleball courts

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they have oh all sorts of different things you can do i didn't know all

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that yeah okay you can bring a dog oh a dog friendly park nice yeah so a great spot um

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another place i really like is the botanical garden up in buffet oh yeah

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i don't know about this you haven't been there no we'll have to go yeah

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so there's a cool botanical garden up in buffet maine

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and um what they're really famous for are these really huge wooden troll sculptures

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i saw that on instagram yeah

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so they're like 25 maybe taller feet tall like trolls like monsters made out of wood

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and they're you just kind of like walk around the garden

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and you sort of like magically discover a troll just kind of like oh my gosh

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it comes out of nowhere and then of course like all the flowers

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and the trees and cool things going on it's really beautiful wow

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so that's a really good spot yeah yeah that would be fun

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that would be fun for sure if they're into shopping at all um

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because you know sometimes you like to shop when you travel so i would recommend going up to Freeport, Maine because specifically you have L .L.

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Bean there and Maine is famous for L .L.

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Bean.

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Yes, L .L.

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Bean, yeah and there's other shops too of course yep you got like patagonia outdoor shops

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and good food up there there's some good restaurants so

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that would be a fun north face too yep okay absolutely a lot of outdoor apparel shops yep

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and then honestly just going downtown portland going to the old

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port the old port uh seeing the old cobblestone streets yeah buildings

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and it's just really lively in the summertime

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there's lots of live music going on there's lots of good places to eat

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there's it's just a it's a quintessential place to walk around

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and experience Maine and Portland and lobster boats

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and everything you'd see on a postcard about the area yes yeah love

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it okay um let's see question for you about travel plans and experiences um

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what type of traveler are you so like

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when you go on vacation do you like to relax

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and read books and just chill or do you like to be active

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and go sightseeing and go hiking and do all

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that kind of thing absolutely my favorite trips are

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when there's some activity like hiking dancing or even just walking around a city

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but like walking like 20 30 000 steps walking yeah um

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so i do love that activity um i love exploring i'm not

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so much of a sit on the beach all day

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getting a tan kind of person uh i could do

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that for a little while maybe you know half the day

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or less but at the end of the day i love being out

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and about exploring um meeting new people just seeing new things like immersing myself in

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that place whether it's a natural environment like a hike

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or a city so i would say yeah i'm an explorer i don't know

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if that's a traveler type but i think it should be that's why we get along

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so well yeah the same way like the idea of lying on the beach for hours

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and hours no thank you i would need a lot of sunscreen

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if you're into that god bless you that's great but or

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if we go to the beach i would like to be doing something like surfing

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or swimming or snorkeling yeah

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and i also really like as much as possible to try to live like a local

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when i'm traveling i mean sometimes you're just going to be a tourist

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and you need to do tourist things

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but i do really love finding the little hole in the wall restaurant

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that only locals go to or the dive bar

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and you know just hanging out with people who are living their lives

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you know that's the best not just other tourists

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i have a hack i have a life hack to share tell me

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so when you're traveling if you want to know some of the best local spots to eat yeah ask a cop

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oh my gosh ask a police officer i never thought of

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that they're always out eating yeah they know the good spots

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because they know the city very well yeah yeah wow that's a great tip

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and they're usually i mean you can just go up

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and talk to them they're usually out

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and about yeah they're legally obligated to talk to you as long as you're polite

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you know yeah um that's a great tip i'm trying to think well

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this video is not about travel hacks maybe we'll have to

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do another video about travel hacks yeah part five at this point is there any place

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that you've traveled

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that you wish you hadn't sorry

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i don't want to throw any place under the bus right maybe i shouldn't ask

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that let me how about this let me ask in a different way is there anywhere that you

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enjoyed going you actually liked it

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but you don't necessarily feel like you need to go back that's a good question let me think about

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that okay think about that we don't have to answer

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that we don't have to throw in any any place under the bus that's fair i've been on a hike

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or two before yeah where you know i get to the end of the hike

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and it's like oh like there were so many bugs

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mosquitoes yeah like the trail itself wasn't the best

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it didn't have a lot of good views yeah i know way better hikes than this yeah

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so there's definitely a couple hikes where i'm like been there done

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that don't need to go never gonna go back to

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that again fair enough yeah is there anywhere locally

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that you feel like is overhyped like like

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because this is a touristic city

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and we're very lucky to live here is there anywhere

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that comes to mind

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that you feel like everyone goes there i have one actually okay i have one

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so i feel like there's i'm not gonna say the name specifically of the place

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but there's there's a donut shop where everybody goes

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and there's these long lines every day i know exactly the donut shop you're talking about

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and i agree with you 100 you are dead on about

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that and like they're good

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but like really like like it's a little bit overhyped you're yeah you're 100 right about

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that particular donut shop yeah so i always i try to look for places

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that are not um like what's the word overhyped oversold over too touristy yeah um all right

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so this is going to be controversial that's okay i'm not

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i won't back down

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i stand by my opinions okay even though i already recommended

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them as a good place for a tourist to go

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and visiting yes becky's diner is also a little bit overhyped

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because it's a great place shout out becky's not putting you down um

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but is it a place

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that you want to wait an hour for sometimes the weights are really long especially in summer right

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and like on a sunday morning yeah like any weekends

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so like if you can just you know walk down the street

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and boom there's a table available go to be yes for

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sure yes um is it worth an hour of your time waiting for

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i think there's other hidden gems yes which is a great phrase also there's

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so many restaurants to try you just have to do a little research ask the cops i'm gonna get

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so much hate on the comment section i don't know bring

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it bring it about becky's yeah we'll see bring it folks have any of you been to portland maine

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and specifically have you been to becky's

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you can tell us in the comments again great spot yeah just not our long wait

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it's okay we would we would still go yeah just yeah do we want to wait an hour no

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that's a good question no yeah

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i think some people like waiting in line right well not me yeah yeah especially

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if you're hungry seriously yeah yeah depends uh who you're with i mean

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i'd wait an hour in a line with you oh thanks well

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we have a lot to talk about we do especially now

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that we're practicing our small talk so much we're

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so good at small talk by the end of this video

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we will have talked about everything though we'll just be like yeah

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we don't have anything more to talk about we've done it right here with you guys

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that was nice knowing

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you yeah no come back um okay next topic let's go next topic okay

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i think you pick okay i think all right this is gonna be our last topic for this video

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and if you're enjoying these small talk questions and answers

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and us in general then you can tune in for a part two oh

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so next time in part two we can count up the questions yes

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and figure out how many we did in part one

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and then actually keep track yes so that we actually hit 100 yes

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and fulfill our promises we won't let you down

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i'm a stickler for fulfilling promises yes i know i try to stand by my word okay

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and if you want to help us count let us know how many questions

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and answers we actually did i would appreciate

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that i'm less of a math person more of an english person obviously

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but also don't be that guy don't be like actually there was three questions in one

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so really you hit 100 i mean sometimes it's hard to count

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because we have follow -up questions

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which i love i love a good follow -up question

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but this video is not really about follow -up questions i do want to say

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that if you like this topic

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and you want to learn more with go natural english come to gonaturalenglish .com anyone

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that is where you can find information about how to sign

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up for my course about how to start a conversation with anyone

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so there's that but we're not done yet we have one more topic

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which is fitness

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and hobbies oh fitness

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we love some fitness um fitness cake in my mouth good

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one okay whose turn is it to ask the question it would be me right

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because you you chose the topic sure okay so do you work out i'm just kidding hey mike hey gabby

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do you like to exercise yes i like to exercise

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that's a great question um do you prefer going to the gym

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or doing outdoors activities i mean

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if i could only choose one definitely outdoor activities i'd much rather do

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that but i like both like i like going to the gym

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and lifting weights and focusing on certain areas um

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but yeah i'd much rather be out hiking or kayaking

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or getting my exercise in a more fun outdoorsy kind of way totally i do both okay yeah cool um

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and what about you like what are some ways

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that you get in exercise other than going to the gym yeah

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so you know i love dancing

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so that's a good amount of cardio i also love to hike

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or kayak or walk my dog yeah those are different for me than going to the gym

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because at the gym i lift weights

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and it's just a different way to work out your body

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so i like both but

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if i had to only pick one it would be outdoor activities yeah oh

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it's not it's my turn now isn't it do you have any hobbies

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i have actually too many hobbies like that's kind of one

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of my personality traits is I have lots of hobbies

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and I'll get really into it then kind of move on to another one

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so one of the hobbies though that i've had for years and years

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and years on end is i'm really into tea yes i'm really into brewing tea chinese tea specifically chinese tea

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so it's like a traditional way to brew tea called gong fu tea where you use like very small teapots

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or a lidded cup they are small they're teeny tiny

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you guys they're like they can fit in the palm of your hand

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but you like pack them full of leaf

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and then do like many infusions you brew the tea many times

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and then like you get to see different aspects of the tea

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and it's just like a good social thing so it's really good to do with friends and other people because then

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the small talk in the conversation just kind of flows more naturally like

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when you have something that kind of distracts you right or

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that you can focus you can talk about the tea it makes the the taste yeah the experience

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or other things right absolutely

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so what have what hobby have you had maybe for the longest like what's a lifelong hobby

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that you've done for a long time probably dance

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because i've been doing latin dance for about 20 years now maybe a little bit more

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but not super consistently i've done it sporadically just as the opportunity comes up you know

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if there's a dance festival or maybe a fun event that's happening like later today we're gonna go to

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so i haven't always been consistent with it even though i would say

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i've done it for the longest amount of time

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i've had a consistent interest i just haven't gone every single week to a dance class

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i'd probably be a lot better than i am now but it's something that i've really um

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just really enjoyed it gives me

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it gives me a lot of joy to dance how did you first get into latin dance what got

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you into it yeah i actually saw some performers at a festival locally here in portland

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i think it was some kind of global arts festival

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and i remember seeing a performance and i thought wow

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that is so dynamic and just full of energy and joy

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and like very um you know the music is upbeat

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and i thought i want to learn to do that

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so i know that you have a half marathon

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that you're going to be doing soon yes yeah not super soon i still have some time to prepare

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but yes i'm planning on doing the austin half marathon with a couple of friends there

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so i'll have to start preparing a few months out i like to start training i don't know five

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or six months in advance it's just the half marathon this time though

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so maybe four

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or five months in advance yeah 13 miles no biggie yeah no big deal um

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i'm excited to do it with friends though this is the first time

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that I've done something like

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that with other people um it's just always been me you know training by myself

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so it's a different experience to have friends to cheer each other on yeah yeah cool yeah um oh

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I don't want to oh yeah yeah it's my turn do you like water sports

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um I mean I love to snorkel

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so I used to live in Maui Hawaii for a

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while I was there for five and a half years

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and i had my own snorkel gear and i had my favorite snorkel spots

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that i would go to certain beaches that were really great

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and those i will not tell you

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because i'm not going to blow those up hawaii super secret yeah hawaii is the type of place where like

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if you got some really good local spots

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you can't tell you can tell your friends to bring those secrets to the grave with you

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but i'm not going to tell your two million plus sorry

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guys sorry guys sorry um unless you live in maui then we'll come visit you

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and we can talk about all the best places to go snorkeling well yeah

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so as far as water sports go i mean i kayak as well

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so you know i like being on top of the water in the kayak i love snorkeling um

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but i've never done like um like water skiing or anything like

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that yeah no i think you and i we figured out something particular

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that we like to not use like motorized things like like the jet ski

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or water ski we like to be um like self -propelled yeah like on our own two feet

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or in the water just you know maybe a surfboard is okay

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but yeah but not something that's motorized we like to use our muscles and

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when you're just sitting on a jet ski to me

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it's not as interesting yeah as like using your own muscles yeah

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um here's an interesting question yeah what is a more intellectual pursuit

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or hobby that you have like maybe it's like reading a certain type of books

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or a certain topic that you're really interested in uh

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so i find myself really curious about a lot of different topics

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but the first thing that came to mind was languages

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because i don't just like teaching english i love learning other languages

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i like learning how they're structured i like learning um like phrases

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that exist in one language but not another and I love

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Yeah, I love learning, like, how that reflects on the culture, too.

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Or, like, when I practice Japanese, you know, learning the different characters, I'm getting excited just talking about it.

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I love it.

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Yeah, yeah, but that's always been my thing.

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Can I put you on the spot?

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Of course, sure.

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Do you have an example of a phrase used in one language but not others?

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Well, like, yeah.

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So there's a couple

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that come to mind like in japanese natsukashi means like it's hard to it's hard for me to translate

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it's kind of like oh that's

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so um oh what's the word like uh nostalgic like uh

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or like oh no no sorry not nostalgic natsukashi is like i'm you guys

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you're gonna have to correct me in the comments

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because i'm not gonna do this justice at all um

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but it seems to me

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that it's a hard word to translate also the word in portuguese saudade

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that one is like a longing for something like oh saudade you said is like i miss you

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but it's more than miss it's like my soul longs for you it's like very

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so i'll need to learn this one saudade you said doesn't it sound nice it's gonna come in handy

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so often with us it's in a lot of songs too it's such a beautiful word yeah

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so shout out to uh to the portuguese speakers

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and the japanese speakers ciao ciao not quite ciao

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but um all right well do we have any other any other questions i'm sure we could think of more

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but i feel like you guys might need a break we might need a break we've talked about food

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so much i'm actually getting hungry like for real for real for real

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so i think that we're gonna wrap this up

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but again watch for part two um

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when it's available i'll link to it in the pinned comment

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and yeah let us know what you think of this style video

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because we're trying new formats and I think it's fun

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but I want to know

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if you think it's fun do you think it's fun

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I'm loving it you know what my worry is what you're gonna love it

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so much that you just want to record every day that

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and I think I think I'm gonna get like some comments

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that I think I'm gonna break some hearts I think

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you introducing me as your boyfriend I think there's a lot of guys out there who think you're really cute

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because you are oh i thought you meant

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you're gonna break some ladies hearts no no

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i think the existence are being featured in your video i think there's gonna be some guys

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that are flaming me in the comments oh don't be

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that guy if you feel like flaming him just let's turn

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that into positivity just say i'm

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so happy for you yeah that's the best yeah yeah i'm

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so happy for you congratulations gabby you finally have a boyfriend

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sorry she's mine well um

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i'm very happy to be able to introduce mike to you all i hope you enjoyed this

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and we'll catch you in part two all right awesome bye for now

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all right well um i'm very happy to be able to introduce mike to you all

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i hope you enjoyed this and we'll catch you in part two all right awesome bye for now

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 500 sentences and 5928 words to shadow. The speech runs for 33:10. The speaker talks at a natural 179 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
potato noun	/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/	The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
hike noun	/haɪk/	A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
hobby noun	/ˈhɑ.bi/	An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
smash verb	/smæʃ/	To break (something brittle) violently.
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
fitness noun	/ˈfɪt.nəs/	The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
outdoor adjective	/aʊtˈdɔː/	Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
duck noun	/dʌk/	Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and…
shout verb	/ʃaʊt/	To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
memorable adjective	/ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/	Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
steak noun	/steɪk/	Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
mash verb	/mæʃ/	To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
hungry adjective	/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/	Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come back verb		To return to a place.
follow up verb		To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.
walk around verb		To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
figure out verb		To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
work out verb	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	To calculate.
back down verb		To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Can you guess what I'm going to say?
No, I've actually never been there.
Can I put you on the spot?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if it wasn't scallops i would also
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to go · used to live
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	i've experienced · I've actually never been · you've been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are fried · is overhyped · being featured

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 205 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: smash /smæʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, mash /mæʃ/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like potato, topic, hike.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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