It started good... But ended BAD! - (van life)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- In this van life episode I take my campervan to a place called Giethoorn, in the Netherlands. I went in search of what they call the Venice of the Netherlands. It turns out the campsite (questionable van life park up) was actually nowhere near the location and it was quite difficult to find it!
I finally found it though, so join me as I explore Giethoorn village, and then head on to a restaurant that I will regret for the rest of my life!
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Should have made a toastie instead, would have been a gouda idea 🙃
That’s a cheesy joke
I thought it was extra mature of you to go to the restaurant !
Nicely put joke 😆
😂😂😂 that made us laugh, it looked like a plate of bath bombs. Superb video.
😂😂😂😂
(OC) LMAO
That was the best time of year to visit Giethoorn. Spring to late summer it is full of visitors, mostly from China & India for some reason. They never seem to go anywhere else. I live only 15 minutes away, never see them around here. I bet they bring their own food!
You, my friend are MENTAL 😂😂😂 I made mistake of eating while I was watching this video and I almost choked to death. I saw your arctic video. I would’ve loved more arctic footage, but it was also a good time. Thanks for the inspiration.
Haha well being normal isn’t ideal! 😂 I may go back to the arctic at some point! Loved it there
That food looked as if it had been eaten before !
The Restaurant 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣PMSL I was in hysterics.
Tears here 😂
Tears here too when I think of the trauma :(
Me too, no words needed. The face was literary enough 😅
"What is wrong with me today?". Dude. You just drove 9 hours yesterday and woke up in the Netherlands. The look on your face as you navigated that plate of food was so funny. Though to be fair, endive with a poached pear was quite a bold offering.
Olives are just Grapes with souls 😂😂😂😂
In Holland and mentioning my hometown of Gouda yes!! Seeing half of Europe and beyond and than coming to Giethoorn is hilarious. Love it 👍😁
The video of you eating that food was hilarious thanks for the laugh and the commentary that was awesome.
Could be your funniest one yet ! I thought you’d peaked with slipper burgers but then jellyfish tonsils !!
What a laugh! Your Dutch is really goooooooood. The food looked adventurous but healthy, not your normal fare. Brilliant content. Cheers
proper food looks great
How dare they give him actual real food. How will he cope with that level of trauma? Someone get him a bigmac asap.
Or a pizza
@@Rodney_Trotter_Dave Pizza doesn't work. Pizza is a wholesome and divine food, fit for any King. Bigmacs are made of chemicals and evil, Allegedly.
2 slices of bread and a pounder done in air fryer 🤣
I need to carry an emergency Big Mac in a sealed box!
This guy is great and funny.
I'm studying Dutch right now. Giethoorn = clear your throat then say "eat horn" directly after without a pause. Same deal with Gouda: hock up then "ow! da" right after. You got it mate! If you really want to impress, say "Ahm-stair-DAM" for your next stop, accent on the last bit.
When I was in Amsterdam I met a girl for a drink and she was laughing at my pronunciation of Giethoorn. She taught me the right way but I’m convinced they should change it 😂
@@AdzI agree. After having an enjoyable meal and you want to know if your date also enjoyed hers, you have to hock up thrice to get the line out: heb je goed gegeten? > hep ya hock+oot hock+uh hock+a-tuh?
I’m in stitches! 😂😂 just dishing until my Sunday roast 👌
You always make me laugh thanks
Thanks for sharing!! Your just so funny thanks for cheering me up 🤣positive vibes sent to you from Sarah in Manchester xx 👍❤️
❤thank you for Existing at the same time as I do😂
"Well done on the food, proud of you!"
Giethoorn is so cool. Loved our visit there a couple of years ago. And yeah, it is like a mini (but rural village) version of Venice. And a local corrected my pronunciation of the town - the G is that throat clearing noise the Dutch make.
You do crack me up 😂 the camera in the restaurant 😂the description of the food 😂
Spot on mate,stick to the pizzas,
Happy travels,oh Amsterdam next,not been in years 😵💫
I think I need about 5 pizzas to cancel that lot out!
The comments during the meal had me creased
'Is this place run by Waitrose'. Hilarious. Always watch out for vegetable poisoning (it's a real thing.......not)😂. Yet another great vid Adz.
When you said you had seen 2 big birds in the field my immediate thought was 2 large female type persons nearly spat me coffee out 🤣🤣Keep up the great vids and sense of humour mate nice one
Hilarious x 😂loved this one x
I havent laught that hard in ages. I am the same with food.
I chuckled at your assessment of the food - where’s a good pizza when you need one?
Don't think I would have eaten that burger, looked like one of them microwave jobbies. Can't wait for Amsterdam! xxx
Shoot! 3 weeks later, and I've noticed you're in Holland 😢 hope you had a great time. Never been there but in the summer it's FULL of tourist 😄 but to be honest.. that food didnt look bad 😋
You were right about the Gouda toasties .just tried and best ever!
I can’t remember where but one of the countries I went to sold it as ‘toastie cheese’. So I tried it and it’s definitely the one!
@Adz sorry to hear what happened to you in your latest video. All the best.
I’m happy you’re happy about a real Christmas tree
Fake ones are the work of the devil
That food looked delicious! Be adventurous, like you are with your travelling 😅
😂😂😂😂❤ it Adz your my weekly giggle, never change. Ps the food looked delish sorry. Maxx
I think I can strongly disagree about the food 😂 but thank you!
Seems good value for a slagroom
Venice for sure, I've stayed on the grand canal and it was just like that.
😂
And more smelly 💩 for sure 😅😂
Those little chalets u walked around to i stayed in a few months ago. The place that was closed is the boat rental place and to go around on a boat is the only way to see Giethoorn. .a beautiful place to be .
Hahaha! Did you scoff the lot off camera then? 😆😆. I love spouts tbh lol
Excellent as always mate. Was there actually any meat on the meal?? Looks a great little place you visited and yeah bet it would be nice in the summer. Looking forward to the Amsterdam vid!
Your not selling the Nether regions to me!! 😂😂
When U get bk to UK holla at me man, got a couple great spots to show ya for van life 🤷💪👍💥
Having been to Venice many times, if you want an alternative, go to Bruges in Belgium. You aren't far away and you won't be disappointed.
Yeah I liked Bruges! I did an episode there previously to get a Belgian waffle!
@@Adz Been there many times, last time was last year when we did a round Europe trip inc Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria and Czech. My mum was Belgian and I lived there till I was 10 years old. She made the best waffles ever!
@@Adz Anyway, enjoying your escapades. You are a natural in front of the camera. Keep it up. I do the same trips yearly and have properties in Europe. Heading to Bulgaria in April, then driving to UK.
yum yum sprouts and a pear 😁 i deffo would have had the toastie
Thats why I have a simple Xiaomi Scooter with me 😂 makes short trips without the Van so much easier😅.....love your videos.....specialy rhe northetn trip.
Just keep your videos coming randon, they are brill
Bolt works better for taxi services in Holland. Uber seems only to work efficiently in larger towns and cities.
I’ve got a camper van which I use a lot for fishing, yours is the perfect layout and perfect camper.
You fancy selling it me cheap 😁😂
Poor you, I would’ve tried that food and probably enjoyed it. But then I like sprouts lol well done for being brave enough to sample it. I nearly fell out of my chair when you filmed in the restaurant. Thank you for sharing
Entertainment and education; everything we’ve come to expect 👍
You should maybe consider getting a folding electric bike for your excursions into town - I’m sure there’s a company willing to sponsor a video if you do.
I’ve done a few sponsored vids for bikes and scooters but they’re all so big and I don’t have the space to carry them unfortunately!
Enjoyed that , Thankyou.best wishes from Wales 🏴
Great video again, the meal looks nice to me although I won't eat the pear but I love endives. My mum made them with ham and bechamel with chees on top and in the oven. Delicious. Thanks for the laugh. Beautiful place.
And also is the summer it is so crowded and all the rental boats in those canals is chaos but a great experience but very very busy
Literally sat in my hotel in Amsterdam watching this…..what’s the chances of bumping into adz on dam square 😃
I’ve been home for about a month now. Enjoy it!
@ great video adz, I’m off to get some coffee 😌
Would have been interesting if you'd seen a huge mountain range in NW Germany lol. Flat as a pancake and once you get past the Ruhr cities and head towards the Netherlands it gets a lot less populated, no cities or large towns and if it's night you don't see any streetlights around, you know before you get to the border with NL that it's there because the whole country is lit up like Xmas tree compared to that part of Germany.
Am I the only one who thought the food looked delicious ?
Yup you on ya own with that one my man that’s all on you🤮🤣
Looked good to me, I'd definitely give it a try 😂
Looked amazing
No, I was thinking ‘what an amazing spread. Such a variety of tastes and textures, proper grown up food for a change’
No
Funny as f*** you mate! 😂 Keep it going…..
This video made my morning! The restaurant "stream of consciousness" scene was hilarious. Get Karl Pilkington off the TV - bring on this guy!
The Lethernands of Venice!
You woke up in Veenoord, the building with the painting on it, was a former grain storage
You where literally 15min from my house 😂😂
Christmas decoration ! 🤣
Welcome to the Leatherlands! :)
That looks good
I'm gonna name my first born child Gouda 🤓
The only things Venice and Giethoorn have in common is that they’re in Europe and have canals 😂 Giethoorn looks lovely - reminds me more of Bourton on Water (Cotswolds) though!
Your meal from hell editing had me dying laughing 😂😂😂😂😂 stick to your pizzas love. Stay in the safety bubble. ❤
Have you thought of getting a Breville toastie machine, they are the one 🍽
Adz get yourself a scooter to get about you can then fold it up when you go into a building it will save you miles of walking 🫶🙏👍
Adz is sound as a pound one off the only camper lads that I have patience to watch, only because ino he's a propper lad and a lady's man 😂
Great video. More natures required though
Definitely nothing like the Venice I know and love, very Dutch though!
Oh no I bet you left starving 🤦♀️ great video 🤗
you should wear an LED light when you're creeping around in the dark, I'm concerned traffic won't see you. Have you considered a folding bike, like a brompton for your exploring of the area, with a chest mount go pro? If you keep eating in european retaurants your palate will one day develop from that of a 6 year old boy
Gouda the "G" is pronounced as an "H" so it would sound like "Houda" in the Nederlands! North is "Nord" if that helps! Don't forget to ask for "Sprinkles! the Dutch love "Sprinkles" they also love Liquorice and "Stroopwafels", I know you will like "Stroopwafels"!
Brilliant very funny 😅😅
You’re the only person I’ve ever seen who’s as fussy an eater as my son.
omg, it ended bad! will he ever adventure again?
Well there is water. But that's about the only similarity with Venice.
That was the very definition of what I call 'poncy food'... for the rich idiots.
Loving the humour as usual Ad.
hope you're now on the look out for a red coin... blue is clearly friends with that Norwegian chef.
16:03 Fun fact:
Gouda cheese is a Polish cheese 😉❤️🧐
You need an electric ike for your van 😮
😂😂😂absolutely fantastic 👏
Another great and funny video!
I really wanna see an Ads cookbook for van lifers...
😂😂😂
I was thinking of making one but I’m not sure Amazon could keep up with the demand! 😂
What sat nav do you use and and can you put dimensions in there
I just use Apple Maps from my phone so it’s just standard
The ''beans on toast people'' don't seem used to actual food.
Your flicking light could be because your electric 12v cables are too small. Especially if you are using a large onvormer.
I have no idea what an onvormer is.. but no the cables are all correctly sized, it’ll be the cheap rocker switch but I will replace it at some point
I can't believe you missed Poland! Don't you have a friend there?
I do yeah and I was actually thinking of going to visit but I ran out of time unfortunately!
Luckily you were on your own, I went to a posh fancy food spot and my wife made me eat hers so we wouldn't look rude :)
Hilarious mate. I'm with you on the food, I'd have been the same haha
It was like torture! 😂
Come to Birmingham mate we have more canals than Venice 😂
The name "Giethoorn" consists of two parts: Giet (goat) and hoorn (horn), so the "t" is the end of the first syllable, and the second starts with "h". No way that this "th" is pronounced the English way. The "G" is pronounced like the "ch" in Scottish "Loch", deep in the throat. The "ie" is like in "tier".
I thought you were supposed to be driving to Greece? 🤔
Last ep, you were in southern Europe, now you're at the top 😲
Uber are rubbish in rural europe. When we were in ludwigsfelde in Germany, we couldn't get an uber. Even tho we were about 15miles from Berlin 🙄 Bolt were better, but again they were far & few to be found in the area.
Cheers Adz, see you next time 🍻🍻
Yeah I did drive to Greece. That’s what this whole series was about :)
I’ve found Uber ok in the cities but outside of them they’re often not available! Not tried Bolt though
😂 please visit more fancy restaurants
brilliant
Ad...its called Geet-horn😉
Hi mate. Can you tell me the make and model of the security camera you use please
Them dudes on the boat looked liked channel crosser practicers
That burger should be illegal. I meant was it just a piece of meat and bred? It looked so plain and tasteless. I usually like simple recepies but they took it too far.