finally telling you *that* gap year story! || Solo Interrailing Storytime 🙈
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2020
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oof. yes. enjoy pretty much FaceTiming me like a friend as i RAMBLE about my internal adventures. This is a long video so I thought I'd put some timestamps, but hey. I invite you to enjoy the ramble:
- up to 2:36 - disclaimers! and overview of me solo travelling at 18!
- 2:36 - 5:00 setting the scene 😉 which city this was in, who was around, how I was feeling etc
- 5:00 - newwwww details about the scenes I showed you in the vlog! The romance. The surprises. The rooftop. The travelling.
- 13:50 - life lesson and retrospect!
- the end: a cute clip of me after making out with this guy all night by the lake hehehe
ENJOY! Tell me your travel romance adventures, if any. If you enjoyed this, I have many, many more stories (and travel things, oops) to share! Let me know ;)
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Casual Magic of the Day: I had a lie in! I'm currently doing a marketing internship in the week and so wake up early for work. Saturday lie-ins are appreciated.
Song I'm enjoying recently: Want to be Happy? by Kirk Franklin
What are YOU grateful for today?
FAQ:
How old are you? ~ 20 (woah, what!! i feel old, sigh)
Where are you from? ~ The UK! Near London.
Where do you go to university? ~ Minerva Schools at KGI. I just spent my first year in San Francisco!
Did you take a gap year? ~ Yes! From 2018-2019, I interrailed Europe, worked in London, backpacked Australia, did a French language immersion in France and spent 3 months in Uganda.
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IF THIS REACHES 10K LIKES, I'LL MAKE GAP YEAR STORYTIMES A SERIES 🌟 tell meeee!
okay, enjoy our FaceTime call friends
Please do!
Yes! This makes me want to take a gap year so much!
Please
Yes please !!!!
Yesssss pls I really wanna see a gap year story time series!🎉💖
omg SPILL. THE. TEA.
lmao someone's in two places at once
oh hi hello 👀
I had to leave your premiere to come watch this tea sorry Jack
Is this HIM? 😍😂
@@allyhvis6046 imagine 😂
low key thought she was about to come out as lesbian when she said she got to know those girls really well
Bahahahha me too
SAME LOL
God I wish
.... or bisexual
SAMEEE
My ‘casual’ gap year travel fling turned into a now 3 year relationship and moving to Canada to live with him! 😂😂😂 turns out I’m not very good at keeping it casual!!
MY HEART SQUEALED
That’s amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes girl🤩🤩
Girl wow I wish you all the best in life
Oh my goodness!! I'm exactly the same! Summer 2017! Working on getting PR now!
GURL THIS IS LIKE A WATTPAD STORY IM- 😭😭
omg hi jade i wuv u! hope u and ur family is well
The bad boy from Slovenia and the good girl jade...
@@jiya1042 LMAOOOO
Haha ikr
Damn right
This was absolutely riveting
@Imaan Zahra lolololololololololololol
Seeing Ali here, I don't feel as bad as I did, about procrastinating on youtube rn xD
Brother it is a haraam story
why have i immediately imagined Ali watching this video on a 2x speed
Alice obviously I did
Jade :: when I was in the south of France solo traveling I saw a really cute french guy at a bus stop, and I went to great lengths to get him my number (the bus arrived before I could) and we eventually had a lovely evening together but I was leaving for paris the next day so I said au revoir forever but he kept texting me french things like “now that I know you exist I don’t know how to go on living my life” etc so on my last day in europe I booked him a spontaneous flight to paris and we spent the night galavanting around town and kissing at the Eiffel Tower. Eventually we got married, steps away from where we met. SOLO TRAVEL LOVE STORIES THAT ARE CINEMATIC DO ACTUALLY HAPPEN EVERYONE! So once quarantine is lifted go out there and see who there is to meet. You never know who’s waiting at a bus stop for you.
OH MY GOD THIS 🥺🥺🥺
Oh my god that is amazing!! It sounds like a Disney story🥺🥺
Omg I want ur life
What !! Omg
this sounds like Before Sunrise omg
To all the girls & boys : DO NOT GHOST people , JUST be honest & tell them that the conversation won't go any further !! Do NOT make them wait for ages
me reading this comment after leaving a hella creepy guy on read : 👁👄👁
lmao I'm way too lazy to do that with every person. I just warn em that I get detached very easily so they are prepared n das it
@@georgiefarrington if they're creepy and they make you feel uncomfortable, that's a good idea in my opinion 😳
my single, romance free ass watching this like :)))))))))))))))))) - all jokes aside tho i have waited for you to tell this story!!! my one travel fling also lasted a grand total of 24 hours and ended exactly how yours did but it wasn't quite as romantic and movie-like hahaha
I relate haha
To have a one night stand means to sin!
I love this, feels like girl talk with a friend
This is just GOALS really isn’t it
I agree
Innit
when jade said he travelled across the country to just spend 1 more day with her...MY HEART JUST HAPPY-CRIED🥺🥺🥺♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
😭😭
I mean maybe he did not "only do it for her". He probably also enjoyed having an adventure. :)
Reminds me of the novel “Just One Day.”
The sun is also a star
literally so shocked it was 2 YEARS SINCE YOU WENT ON A GAP YEAR. feels like yesterday ??? holy moly thats crazy
Because of you Jade I found out about DiscoverEU and won a ticket last year. I travelled through Eastern Europe and met a guy in Budapest who I’m now together with for 10 months! Please do more storytelling on your trips 🌻
Holy crap that's cool!
Relly from Budapest? I am from here but honestly I have never thought we are so open. I am glad to you.
Róza Bodor he was from Germany
@@svg1768 than I knew it well😅
Oooh how did you meet?
I already love the Swedish girls and I don’t know them
Jade at 18: Solo travelling across Europe, kissing men under the stars, meeting new people
Me at 18: Too scared to walk from my house to the bus stop
I can relate haha! But we gotta start somewhere, right? We all mature at different paces :) but do adventure out of your comfort zone!
The scene from Vienna sounds like the movie Before Sunrise
I love that movie so much!
That movie is absolutely incredible 😍
YESSS ❤️
yep that's exactly what I thought
“I like to feel his eyes on me when I look away” vibezzzz 💓😌
If you come across this comment, remember George Floyd. If you witness racial discrimination/any other form of discrimination then SPEAK OUT! #BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻
the reckless one Imagine how traumatising it was for George Floyd. I’m just trying to get his name out there as much as possible, i can’t apologise for that.
Thank you for this. If anyone is reading this comment and feels like they've never critically engaged with their racial identity and how it impacts their place in the world, head over to my Instagram. I made a highlight where I ramble trying to process everything, but ultimately share some necessary resources.
I've just started a workbook called "Me and White Supremacy" by Layla Saad and if you're a white person wondering what you can do, do this. It's a start. Get thinking, get educating, get doing. Donate to charities like NAACP (go match my donation! again, head to IG), Minnesota Freedom Fund, George's family. There is so much work to do and now is not the time for performative sharing or trying to defend your non-racism. I am working to be more actively anti-racist, just as we all should be.
UnJaded Jade Thank you Jade!!!❤️We as white people need to use our privilege to defend and support black and ethnic minority communities from systematic racism and discrimination
✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻✊ #BlackLivesMatter #Icantbreathe We will not be silenced. I am not black but I support 100%
@@UnJadedJade wow you are truly an angel sent to this earth, thank you so much jade. God bless you #blacklivesmatter
Major kudos for taking openly about sex and virginity at the end. There was no shame or embarrassment, just straight up facts. I honestly needed that when I was a teen.
I actually didn't understand... sorry if I'm gonna sound too straightforward, did Jade have sex (therefore she lost her virginity) or not?
@@solbaatyr3340 no
Remember when everybody thought her travel romance was the American guy she met in Italy?
Oh, I do 🤣
hahaha yes!!!
I love to collaborate with you plus I meet you one day
Hahaha yes I immediately thought about this!!
that caden guy!!
why did I immediately know what this was about
because you're an OG
Same as soon as I saw the notification I was like YES
hahahaha same
Same I guess it actually sticks to my head lol
because this story time has been long awaited
Jade is truly living the fairytale everyone wants 😍
We're all jealous of Gap Year Jade 😔
wow Jade is living my Lizzie Mcguire dream
Lmao frrr😂😂 it's so cute
Sounds like she was in a coming of age movie...
Netflix noah centimeter vibes
@@warona2274 what? :)
I don't normally comment but we really want a seriesss. I cant travel due to reasons and I've watched both the aussie and interrailing vlogs like 4 times through. I feel like when watching the video im living vicariously through you.. love you
Hey Javeria, I'm in the same boat of not being able to travel due to Covid -19 but totally agree Jade's content makes me feel like I'm travelling when I'm really just sitting in my bedroom at home haha! I've also just started a channel all about my travel and my gap year so if you want any more inspo, be sure to check it out!!
omg I loved the honesty of this and you opening up was so brave. also can we please just say that Jade spoke about not wanting to lose her virginity whilst travelling in such a grown up and honest way with no shame at all - that's something you don't see a lot
Nothing to be praised about
@@victoriaumukoro116 wdym?
Charlotte Because virginity isn't special. Neither is not being a virgin. If you've had sex of not shouldn't be that big of a deal or something people go around congratulating someone over.
@@thedarkphoenix1640 I'm not congratulating her not losing her virginity I'm congratulating the bravery it takes to talk about it, especially in a society that tends to shame people over "losing their virginity". yes virginity is a load of nonsense especially in a world where not everyone has hetero sex but talking about it to a large platform when people are still judged for it and talking about it in a grown up way with no shame or bragging about it (people esp women are often shamed in both ways) is quite a big thing.
Charlotte Oh I see I interpreted your comment wrong. I apologize
I was grinning like a absolute idiot while watching this entire video LMAO
HAHAHAH SAME
“and that children, is how I met your mother...” HONESTLY THOUGH JADE THAT ANECDOTE WAS IN ANOTHER LEVEL 💝
Hehe, I feel so smug knowing this - you are truly LIVING xo
YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I TOLD 🥺 take us back to the cafe and tea hehe
Okay Jade, you inspired me to travel all of Europe last year. And like you, I found someone!
We were in Venice Florence and Rome at the same times, and we met in Florence having similar paths all the way along! We met in Rome again for another night where we just fell for each other. Her name is Mary Jane, she's American, I'm from the UK.
We kept in touch, I flew out to see her last December, we're officially a couple, and I'm taking her back to Florence someday!
You inspired me to go travelling, you inspired me to push myself and meet new people, and I owe it to you that I met this girl that I now care dearly for. Thank you Jade 💕
I really want her to see this, it would mean the world to help me out 🥺
It’s so hard to break things off with people, even when you’re not in an actual relationship. I’m a people pleaser and I hate upsetting people. It hurts when you do and it hurts when you don’t, so it’s kinda a lose lose in my experience. I’ve learnt a lot of lessons because I had a long distance relationship, it ended 3 years ago and he passed away in a car accident recently, along with 3 other people I care about in the space of a month. It’s hard to balance just wanting to be friends with someone who wants more, if you give more, they get hopeful, but if you give less, you miss them as a friend and it hurts so badly when they’re gone.
😍😍😍
But now we want the Minerva relationshipTEA. You mentioned this in a university video.
hehehehe
Hi eve
I love how you called him Ljubljana guy! That's exactly how I retell my travel guy stories as well
The moment I saw the title I dropped everything to watch this! Jade you're such a good story teller! You make me want to go travelling alone!
This is literally the cutest story ever. I’m living vicariously
Omg yesssss the video I've been waiting for! I applaud you for having the guts to talk about something that's personal to you. You go Jade!
THis literally made me so happy. my friends and i have grown a part, and i hadnt had someone to support so closely, and jade comes on with her real girl talk!!! ahhhh! just what i needed to support !!!! More please :)
Omg I sat down with lunch and didnt expect to love this so much. It literally felt like I was catching up with a friend 🥰
the universe really works in mysterious ways FML THIS MADE MY HEART FLUTTER :’) its like a wattpad story man thanks for sharing this with us jade!!! i relate to your people pleasing thing im the worst at that and have been trying to get better so the fact that you strongly emphasising that honesty is better than leading people on with a lie hit me hard :’)
JAAADE I CANT STOP SMILING THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I feel like I was there with you
This came at literally the BEST time! I have been re-watching all of your travel vlogs for the last few weeks. The notification for this video literally popped-up while watching an Australia vlog :)
Omg my gosh this story was so sweet! Weirdly enough I went through a similar-ish story while on my year abroad where the guy ended up slowly ghosting me so while I didn't come here expecting anything more than a cute story update from Jade, hearing you explain your point of view and how you felt about slowly distancing yourself from someone who you know liked you more than you liked him was really helpful for me to make peace with my past. Thank you Jade & wish you a lovely week
Lol my gap year has basically been cancelled and my love life is nonexistent
Same 😔
Me too. Gap year travel consists in leaving the house to go to the grocery store occasionally . 😔
But then again I would hate to be in my first year of Uni with all of this chaos going on. so even if I'm sad about having to forfeit the things I wanted to do this year, I guess it's still a blessing that I decided to take a year off.😊
Grace Elizabeth me too urgh so frustrating
Kayla Starr I feel this. So annoying because I started work a couple of months ago to save to go away during the summer just before uni in the new academic year. Am so glad I went with my gut though and wasn’t at uni this year because I think I would’ve been more frustrated having half the year cancelled lol
Where are you guys from? Aren’t European countries opening their borders again?
Awh Jade this sounded amazing and so magical! I genuinely felt like a was listening to a friend watching this! I was meant to go inter-railing this summer but because of covid its now been cancelled but I feel like I can living vicariously through your experiences haha! xx
Girllll I have been waiting for this story since your wonderful travel vlogs ✨ this is so cute 🥰
Oh my gosh I loved this! This was such a girl chat sesh honestly. Literally felt like I was experiencing this with you. Thanks for the great video Jade xx
Im so happy for you Jade! One of the greatest thing in life is to have good memories like that!!!
the tea is finally SPILT
WE WERE ALL waiting for this video Jade😂😂✨Love how cute your travel romance was, even if it was temporary🥺❤️I haven’t been travelling yet but I think I would be very similar to your mindset with this story!
same!
OMG GIRLLLLLLLLLL I HAVENT SEEN ANY TH-camR SPILLING THIS MUCH PERSONAL TEAAAAA
What the hell Jade can't believe this was 2 years ago!! Feels like yesterday!!!
6:06 This is SO WEIRD! There are absolutely no coincidences, everything happens for a reason!!
Tabitha Ford awww is someone in need of a movie like romantic experience too? It’s ok, bring it in
chill out Tabitha
@Tabitha Ford i'd give you dawah, i sincerely would. perhaps this'll put you out of your misery or dreadful existence of cluelessness.
Tabitha Ford Lmao
Tabitha Ford crazy how wrong you are. Everything does happen for a reason, destiny is very much real.
omg this is some mamma mia 2 / before sunrise energy!! i am (or was depending on ms rona) meant to be interrailing this year, i wanna be radiating this energy when i travel ✨
taja shania I was supposed to be interrailing and travelling rn but because of the virus obviously I can’t so no travel romance for me :(
This was my favourite of all your videos!! A cute storytime that isn't clickbait or overdramatic but honest, realistic and teaching others at the same time xxxx
Aw jade I was smiling throughout the whole of this video
You're such a good story teller i felt like i was there whilst you were explaining it you should definitely tell more of your stories
🥺🥺 thank you!!
Wow I loved this so much it really felt like I was sitting on the floor with you spilling tea about our lives 💛
travel love stories are so surreal im so glad you got to experience this !! you learn a lot too!
Your InterRailvlogs ismy favorite series on this whole platform. I have watched it multiple times (especially the what I packed video for some reason). I went on a InterRailtrip last summer and it was magical ❤️ thank you for the inspiration
OMG JADE THIS WAS SO CUTE!! I just smiled all way through the video! I'm so so happy for you :'))))
I am also a "people pleaser", I find it hard to cut people out even when I should, just because I am afraid to hurt other people's feelings. I quite liked the "moral of the story" and related to this video Jade. Make more of these videos when you talk about past experiences, reflect on them and share what you learned. 🥰❤️
jade i love you so much!!! you inspire me to enjoy my life and be authentic. I cant thank you enough. You are such a gem, thank you for sharing this amazing story!
This. IS GOLD. I’m so happy for you Jade🥺😁❤️🥳
I suggest EVERYONE to take at least a couple of months to travel alone somewhere. It is such an incredible experience to meet travel buddies in the hostels and explore on your own. You really learn how to become independent and how to trust your gut. People might say that taking a gap year will discourage you from going back to school/uni, but that is not true at all! I was extremely excited and motivated after my travels, and I felt more sure of myself in terms of what I wanted to do with my life. Travelling gives you a lot of time for self-reflection
Jade: it was like I was in a movie
me: BEFORE SUNRISE
Edit: omg I didn't expect this to get so many likes💕
Best movie ever, and it's literally about a day in Vienna!
YES
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING
just came down to the comments to see who said it first lol
Yesssssss
i have also been so bored at home that i’ve watched your travel vlogs twice! i am so happy that they are now going to be extended in a way!
this video is EVERYTHING, felt like i was listening to my little sister just spilling some tea. so looking forward to your story time series
ayyy! i was just taking a break from work and saw this, i can’t wait to watch 💗
honestly, the idea of spending a whole day with someone in Vienna gives me before sunrise vibes...
Legiiiit
Learning to be honest with people and yourself as a people pleaser is probably one of the biggest lessons you can learn I think. Also this is actually an amazing story you’re making me want to travel so badly:((
Jade, your channel is the only one I come back to every couple months of so, purely because your stories keep me engaged and your tips are so helpful, but mostly because you are such a delight to listen to. You have such a brightness to you that I don't recognise with a lot of people! Super cringe but thank you!
this is so cute literally like a movie-
Sooo excited to watch this!!! Hope you’re doing well Jade :)
This was so refresing. It's nice to hear you share this side of your life. I've weirdly felt like we've been friends since I started watching your videos
I loved this so much! I was smiling all through, like a chat with one of my girls. Just what I needed today :)
This story sounds exactly like the movie “Before Sunrise” by Richard Linklater
my favourite movie ever. i was thinking the same thing haha
That's what I was thinking too!!Best romantic movie of all time
YES
YES
I watched it all!! This is amazing, you are so cool, it was like catching up with a friend
I LOVE listening to you haha it seems like a chat with a friend! Your positivity and excitement give me much fun, thanks!
Wow u actually spilled the tea 😂
I love how confident you are in yourself
Omg yes I've been excited for this!! Go Jade 🙈🙌 As for casual holiday romances they are definitely a thing I've done but would always end up crying on the plane back home cause I missed the place/ them 😂 I am happily married now though lol ❤️❤️ thank you for keeping us entertained in lockdown jade, I hope that you and your family are okay xxxx
I’m getting big mamma mia vibes from this. It sounds so beautiful and perfect and such a lovely memory
Watching your videos literally make my day. I love how positive and nice you are 🙃
I love your openness and honesty in this video jade!
I'm getting butterflies from just hearing the story😍 Jade dude, you're living the fairytale!
I saw this and I was like: SCREW STUDYING FOR MY EXAMS I NEEEEED THIS TEA
Also this really makes me miss my bf because apparently starting a LDR 1.5 weeks before both of our countries went in lockdown sounded like a great idea 🙃😂
Aww thank you for choosing to share such a personal story with us! Honestly, even I tend to ghost people like that which is not very nice. That lesson at the end is really very precious. Thank you. 💖
I loved this story!! I’ve had a few romantic adventures while I was doing au pair in London, and it was one of the best moments of my life. That’s what I miss about traveling all by myself, I like to meet new people, new guys and have unique and exclusive moments with each one of them!
This felt like my best friend spilling the tea, while I'm shouting back with "no way, he didn‘t!!" :D
I've never enjoyed watching a storytime this much before for sure hahahaha. I would LOVE to hear more gap year storytimes!!
Aw this was so cute Jade! Sounds magical. I have a few stories like this, but this one is kinda funny. It's just...hilariously awkward to me. I went solo travelling in Australia for six months a couple of years ago and there was this really cute guy I met at the hostel I was staying at. This hostel was absolutely incredible, I've never been anywhere like it. It was like we were all just this big family, everyone in the whole hostel knew each other and we'd drink together each night, and every new person who came in we'd welcome and try our best to get to know everyone. Anyway, I thought this guy had a girlfriend and that he was straight...BUT.
It turned out this girl he was travelling with was just his friend, and to be honest I think he might have just been curious. He kept sending me these messages after he left the hostel asking if I wanted to meet, and I kind of thought nothing of it, but I invited him round for a night to chill at the hostel. We were on the rooftop and he was just being super flirty with me all night, and I thought he was gorgeous so I was all for it. Later in the night he ended up kissing me in the living room area and all of my mates were there, and although the kiss was great, I just felt awkward making out with this guy in front of all my friends. So I asked if he wanted to go upstairs instead.
We went upstairs and literally none of the rooms were free and I didn't know what to do, so stupidly, in the spur of the moment, I was like 'Let's go to the bathroom!', I was kind of drunk, I don't know what I was thinking. Anyway, we got in there and it was so bright, like you know when you go into a falafel/kabab place on a night out and it's like the brightest lights ever just glaring down at your drunk self, staring into your soul, sobering you up. So we started kissing, and I slipped on the wet floor and our teeth just clanged together and it was SO. awkward. All of the 'romance' if you can even call it that was just sucked out of the room, and the moment just died a horrible death. He was like 'I'm not feeling this...' and I was like yeah fair enough, and we just went back down to the party and pretended nothing happened. I still laugh about it now when I think about it. So yeah, yours definitely wins! ;)
Its so realistic though, when it comes to the kissing but the memory makes it hilarious 😂💗
Thank you for sharing that story and also the things you learned about yourself through it. ❤
Jade you are so smart ❤️ i love you so much. Emotionally intelligence is also realizing the mistakes weve made before and I so appreciate the fact that youre talking about how bad ghosting is!! and the importance of being honest!! I wish ive had my fav youtuber to say this when i was 18 :( hahah had to learn the hard way!!!
I totally get the end of the video too - I just had a breakup and I'm finding it hard to stop messaging him because we are still friends, but I know it's not right and it wasn't a successful relationship, and it's better to just be clear about things! :)
To everyone who sees this i wish you an amazing weekend!! Have an absolutely amazing time you deserve it!!
Thank you!!
More stories about your travels please! It’s making me excited for when I finally will get to travel a lot💕
Can I just say you are amazing at telling stories !! Like I was completely gripped throughout ❤️
I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE, TURN IT UP
I remember watching your interrailing vlogs when they came out and hearing about this “love interest” I’m so happy I finally know the story it’s so cute 🥺
aah this is amazing I really love these video's and go you for being so honest! I really have respect for that and that final fragment haha I love it, traveling is about making memories and just doing what you feel like which is good that you did that :)
its sooo annoying that as women we cant take have the whole travelling experience in some places (night life and all) because there are high chances of something happening. and its so hard to convince the parents oof
I feel you girllll
I'm pretty sure that men in those same places can also be mugged or murdered.
@@timowthie there's something called statistics.
@@timowthie pretty sure you never soo concerned about those men until i said that crimes against women are common :)