The travel vlog? interesting The commentary? engaging The masonry? concussing The revelation that Penelope is 7 and I've been watching LRR and adjacent for a lot longer than I thought? existentially terrifying 10/10
HOLY SMOKES GRAHAM! You rode on the last SB17-4 running! There were only 3 of those train engines ever produced! they are widely considered the most efficient engines created its unclear what combination of engine, electrics, hydraulics, and aerodynamics combined to make this happen, one was destroyed in a protest in 2003 which damaged the factory ending the production run, one was taken out of service for study and this one continues to run!
While lordhosks answer is correct, here is an altetnative fact: This is the SNCF Class BB 26000 (you can see the number 26018) built by Alsthom between 1988 and 1998. The locomotives are also commonly known as the Sybics and go up to 200km/h. 234 have been produced and they are used in most regions in France.
Reasons I watch this: 1. The camerawork 2. The chill vibes 3. Your winning personality 4. Fantasizing about being the kind of person who needs tourism advice
The thing that always strikes me when visiting heritage sites like this, is how every wall and window opening has been smoothed by thousands of hands over hundreds of years and the stairs all have groves.
Why I watch IS all of the above, yes... except for maybe the tourist advice, I'm not much of a tourist-type at the present moment, but I still enjoy the aforementioned, camera work, vibes, and personality.
Re Urban Planning: One of my fondest memories was being taken on a Tapas-Crawl by my Catalan friends and their friends in Tarragona. And sitting outdoors, very late at night, on a long table and having a round of tapas each; then getting up after a bit and going to the next Tapas place, and repeating until all the Tapas places shut. It was a wonderful experience of socialising and always something novel coming each time we moved on. I loved it so much. I basically watch because of personality, and for this series, Nostalgia.
I very much feel the talk about third spaces. I am from Germany and most small and medium sized cities I lived in have loads of cafés or bars to sit in and just ... exist, as well as plenty plazas and squares with free banks and seats for everyone to use. In the city I studied, my friends and I found a small café that we regularly played magic and dnd in and just existed and nobody seemed to be bothered by it. For the last 15 months Ive been living in Dublin and found nothing similar, really. Maybe its just because its a pretty large city or I looked in the wrong places. But any public spaces either only tolerated us as long as we did nothing other than eat or drink, or cost preposterous amounts of money per person.
As someone from Ireland who studied in Dublin, you are not missing some secret locations. Dublin is terrible for third places. The best available are the parks which are only good when it's not raining, which for those you haven't visited Ireland - it's usually raining. Whenever I visited mainland Europe I was always jealous of the squares etc. Hope you're enjoying Dublin otherwise thegeneralthomas, despite the expensive cafes!
Maybe at a game shop in the US, but even then you're expected to buy something or have some kind of "pay to hang out" fee involved. Back when I was an older teen we had a place with a dozen Xboxes, and tables for Magic/DnD, where you could sign up for Friday Night Halo and just LAN party all night. They even had some drinks and microwavable junk food for sale.
Much as I want to see Penelope running around having fun with her parents and extended family (I am definitely one of those viewers 3:21 ), I get the sense that actually trying to spot her would be some great disservice to the evident lengths that you've gone to to actually obscure her with your editing and camera angles. Bravo, you've done great work obfuscating the child! 😄
I've never had any desire (or money) to travel, but I have enjoyed every single one of your videos about the places you've been. Thank you, Graham, for sharing this with us all.
another lovely episode of 'graham stark's vertigo and concussions vlogs' to legitimately help me relax at night. but seriously the spiral stairs are scary.
The funny thing is; all those narrow doorways, low ceilings and randomly protruding stones were likely intentional so invaders would be more likely to get stuck, slowed or conk their head lol Graham was just doing a demonstration for us!
Yep - it's not that 'medieval people were shorter', but the fortifications were DELIBERATELY INCONVENIENT - narrow passages easier to defend against a group, steep stairs to slow movement, a low lintel (top of the doorway) to disrupt an attacker's flow, etc.
Oh! My mum makes an amazing cassoulae (or however it is spelt) it's beans (cannoulini, or however it is spelt) and potato and sausages and uses the bean juice from the can which gives it an amazing consistency. Also vegetarian sausages work in it and don't fall apart, so that's neat, though I do still prefer meat sausages in it. And the potat essentially melts in mouth, 10/10.
cassoulet is the usual spelling, but I love the idea of cassoulae, from the Latin cassulae, which could mean something like “big plate of beans, potatoes, and sausages” !
21:10 please be that kind of person maybe if enough people complain about how terrible north american urban planning is, something might actually change. Always wanted to visit but the thought of having to drive EVERYWHERE terrifies me, I'll stick to my preferred way of travel; in a train, near an outlet, steam deck in hand.
As someone who's lived in the USA all his life, Not Just Bikes's channel was a revelation in the way things could be, and now I'm angry NA isn't like that. Like, some people (such as my dad) love surbubia and car dependence, but I like neither, and is having other options too much to ask for in the "land of the free"?
The US has trains, they'll get you from New York to California, people are just always in a rush and would rather be treated like cattle on a plane. Also, the biggest cities in the US have local commuter trains and/or subways.
as someone who has only seen Carcasonne from the perspective of televised Tour de France, I've never actually been there, and this is a lovely view of the old castle parts of the city!
I watch Grahams vlogs for a number o reason, from the music to the beauty shots, the humor to just the realness he puts out there. Ultimately I just enjoy content Graham throws out. I hope Graham just continues to throw out content so I CAN enjoy his content.
One of the other issues of North American third space availability is the bad labour laws, less time off worse brakes for worse pay at the lower end means people don't have the time or the feeling that they can take the time to just sit places.
Now I'm just imagining Penelope singing "Niiiight train to Mundo Fiiiineee"😂 Outings are great but just vibing in a cool place is best imo. Maybe just me but I feel like the trip is the experience main attraction and any outings would be a bonus.
Good on you for waiting this late into your stay in Carcassonne to mention the award winning board game of the same name. I know it probably really took some steel nerves. Woulda been the first thing i mentioned if i was doing a travel blog.
Rampart time! Yeah I love tanking. Oh the rampart of the castle. That's cool too. But yes you are all safe and Penelope is having a blast. Successful trip aounds like.
I absolutely adore these vlogs, the vibes are great and the camera work is always phenomenal, especially when you're exploring such beautiful areas of the world. Also, the unexpected Persona 4 reference at 3:05 had me in stitches
Can't speak for everyone else, but I watch these because G-Money, Edith Slump and Antelope are delightful company and I enjoy hanging out with them all. As for the walled city being full of shops, well, it's a city. And it doesn't seem to have really stopped being a city at any point in the past thousand years. They stopped messing with the basic structure of the thing centuries ago, and Unesco gave it a very prestigious gold star, but it remains a living, breathing place. And that's neat, even if it also means that it will absolutely be trying to sell you candy and souvenir sponge holders.
8:38 Ouch that looked pretty painful, minor concussions are distinctly not fun. One time I was returning from a couple light drinks with my (now ex) boyfriend and his family. He slipped off the kerb and buckled his ankle. My immediate response was "Did you just sprain your ankle?" in a bid to confirm what had happened. His family relentlessly chewed me out about how that is apparently not the thing one should say immediately after an incident, that regardless of what just occurred one should ask "Are you OK" straight away. I am now reassured that I am, in fact, not alone in this response. This experience has literally stuck with me and forced me to re-wire my brain away from my natural impulses, and now I feel like it'd be ok for me to revert now and then.
I got to that, and had to stop and pass my headphones to my wife - her family always makes loud noises when going under a bridge, so to see the habit elsewhere made her giggle. :)
I don't know if there's also a World Heritage plaque somewhere (we have many plaques here, but I don't know them all) but my city's World Heritage thing is the logo embedded into the ground. I know this because it's a Pokéstop.
re: third spaces-you guys should check out Montreal if you get the chance! The architecture and city planning is so much more European and it’s frankly so lovely. Easily one of my favourite cities.
Bit late to the comment party here, but as regular viewers, me and my fiancee were happily surprised by the Solo Travel Japan shoutout! It's a channel well worth a visit!
Graham, I'm a big train nerd. One of the things I want to do here in the US is to see the nation by Rail. Yes, that means mostly Amtrack. But I thought it would be fun to take a train for three days somewhere, spend a few days seeing somewhere, and then take the train back. But I have destinations in Europe that I'd love to either see for the first time or (in the case of Northern Italy) go back and see all the spots I lived in when I was your daughter's age. (Yeah, we're talking the early 1980s. Shaddap! I'm old.) Since I want to hit England, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and (very strangely because of Honest Guide) Prague. And most of that (Sorry Ireland) I can do on a train. So I'm not adding "Train trip across Europe" to the list.
I've only taken the train to other cities a few times in my life. On one of them it was a night train, but not by choice. I was heading back to Vancouver BC from Portland Oregon, and was informed shortly after I got dropped off at the station that Amtrak service was being put on hold for EIGHT HOURS while some freight trains had to use the rails. So I ended up getting home at like 2 am. And obviously, the train ticket I had did not include sleeper service. It wasn't the best, but the visuals and general vibe of exhaustion and frustration gave me a story idea that I've had rattling around in my head ever since.
Just got to the part where you slipped on the stairs, and oh my! My dad slipped on some stairs near a cathedral in Italy and also bonked his head. The U.S. propensity for insisting on features like handrails can be a blessing sometimes.
Lol me and my partner also fell down the Solo Travel Japan rabbit hole. We did Pairis/London about a month after you did and the trains were for sure a highlight for me.
There is a pretty good chance that I ate Cassoulet at that exact same restaurant when I was in Carcassonne 5-6 years ago. Definitely a cool place to visit!
I took the night train from Paris to Barcelona many years back. Couldn't sleep, not sure I would take another night train BUT I do not regret it at all. Our Renfe train had a shower and good food 😊
Carcassone reminds me a lot of the Banana Hills in Vietnam, where there are some amazing views and amazing history going on there, all while this hyper-european castle and entertainment center blares at you
As a slightly taller than Graham person, it is never the obviously to low things like that Toilet that get you... Its the one that just hangs out and barely hits your forehead, especially on stairs.
Carcassonne is beautiful and I'm glad you had such a good time there! I hope that you are able to visit again soon; I'm of the opinion that there's nothing better for kids than travel.
I'm pretty sure the parking down the middle of a parking lot is pretty common in most European cities. Basically if you leave enough space for the other people to get out you can park there. Since the space wasn't originally built for cars, you basically just got a lot of wasted space if you don't do that.
My favorite Sleeper Train / Train in general channel I've found was Vancouvers own Downie Live who worked with Victorias own CHEK TV to make a series about his travel across canada by train where he flew out to Newfoundland and then took the Canadian back across the country.
I can see the logic with the parking, feral as it looks at first glance. Assuming every "real" spot around the sides is taken, anywhere else you park is going to block somebody in somewhere. But the lot is so big that if you park in a thin column in the centre, everybody else parked can still come and go.
What I am learning is a contemporary defender of carcassonne probably hurt themselves, a lot... Moving around there looks difficult now, let alone before all the additional safety stuff and in any kind of armour.
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Kathleen busting out a matching bucket hat is the best twist in the "Everyone Roasts Graham's Headware" Saga.
After watching this, my biggest complaint about the hat is its lack of shock-absorbtion
Come to Carcassonne, get a concussionne.
That got an actual out loud chuckle from me, thank you for that 😄
There's a reason for seasoned tourists wearing their grockle hats . . .
I've been saved from nasty cuts to the forehead on three continents! >.>
Thank you for this gem 😂
"What do they call "bonkus of the conkus" in France?"
The travel vlog? interesting
The commentary? engaging
The masonry? concussing
The revelation that Penelope is 7 and I've been watching LRR and adjacent for a lot longer than I thought? existentially terrifying
10/10
It's worse. This footage is from last year, so P is now 8 (and will be 9 around DB this year).
Grahams forehead picked a fight with a literal medieval defensive position.... Graham's forehead lost.
HOLY SMOKES GRAHAM! You rode on the last SB17-4 running! There were only 3 of those train engines ever produced! they are widely considered the most efficient engines created its unclear what combination of engine, electrics, hydraulics, and aerodynamics combined to make this happen, one was destroyed in a protest in 2003 which damaged the factory ending the production run, one was taken out of service for study and this one continues to run!
I was waffling on whether or not this comment was serious or playing into the joke, until I saw the username. Excellent work, Hosk.
While lordhosks answer is correct, here is an altetnative fact:
This is the SNCF Class BB 26000 (you can see the number 26018) built by Alsthom between 1988 and 1998. The locomotives are also commonly known as the Sybics and go up to 200km/h. 234 have been produced and they are used in most regions in France.
Graham's impression of someone being Insufferable because they've just got back from Europe managed to sound a lot like my uncle.
Reasons I watch this:
1. The camerawork
2. The chill vibes
3. Your winning personality
4. Fantasizing about being the kind of person who needs tourism advice
The thing that always strikes me when visiting heritage sites like this, is how every wall and window opening has been smoothed by thousands of hands over hundreds of years and the stairs all have groves.
The thing that strikes *me* is that weird pokey rock
@@GrahamStarkVlogsYou were just demonstrating the intrusion countermeasures!
Penelope’s random interjects always sound so authoritative.
Ah yes, the famous Concussion Rocks built into the castle to defend against vikings taking tight turns on corners.
Consumate professional keeps filming. Even when clonked on the dome by a castle, still gets the shot.
To defend against tall vikings, anyway.
I am absolutely not gonna judge the guy using the bocce magnet. As someone who's had back pain ever, that seems like a solid plan...
That's a BB 26000. It's dressed in classic red-black Carmillion livery indicating service in the south east of France.
We all go ahead and like the comment and nod...not knowing if it's at all true and not wanting to Google it. lol
Why I watch IS all of the above, yes... except for maybe the tourist advice, I'm not much of a tourist-type at the present moment, but I still enjoy the aforementioned, camera work, vibes, and personality.
"I don't know why you watch this"
All of the above, Graham, all of the above.
Ouch! Graham may have hit his head but he saved the camera and kept filming. Ever the professional.
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Pennelope being excited about "NIIIGHT TRAAAIIIN!!!!" is the sweetest thing.
As someone with back pain, magnet dude is living his best life.
Agreed, as someone whose back is surgically fused. Good job, magnet dude.
Re Urban Planning:
One of my fondest memories was being taken on a Tapas-Crawl by my Catalan friends and their friends in Tarragona. And sitting outdoors, very late at night, on a long table and having a round of tapas each; then getting up after a bit and going to the next Tapas place, and repeating until all the Tapas places shut. It was a wonderful experience of socialising and always something novel coming each time we moved on. I loved it so much.
I basically watch because of personality, and for this series, Nostalgia.
I very much feel the talk about third spaces. I am from Germany and most small and medium sized cities I lived in have loads of cafés or bars to sit in and just ... exist, as well as plenty plazas and squares with free banks and seats for everyone to use. In the city I studied, my friends and I found a small café that we regularly played magic and dnd in and just existed and nobody seemed to be bothered by it. For the last 15 months Ive been living in Dublin and found nothing similar, really. Maybe its just because its a pretty large city or I looked in the wrong places. But any public spaces either only tolerated us as long as we did nothing other than eat or drink, or cost preposterous amounts of money per person.
As someone from Ireland who studied in Dublin, you are not missing some secret locations. Dublin is terrible for third places. The best available are the parks which are only good when it's not raining, which for those you haven't visited Ireland - it's usually raining. Whenever I visited mainland Europe I was always jealous of the squares etc. Hope you're enjoying Dublin otherwise thegeneralthomas, despite the expensive cafes!
Maybe at a game shop in the US, but even then you're expected to buy something or have some kind of "pay to hang out" fee involved. Back when I was an older teen we had a place with a dozen Xboxes, and tables for Magic/DnD, where you could sign up for Friday Night Halo and just LAN party all night. They even had some drinks and microwavable junk food for sale.
This vlog is how I learned about the concept of "third spaces" and I think that says a lot about America.
Much as I want to see Penelope running around having fun with her parents and extended family (I am definitely one of those viewers 3:21 ), I get the sense that actually trying to spot her would be some great disservice to the evident lengths that you've gone to to actually obscure her with your editing and camera angles. Bravo, you've done great work obfuscating the child! 😄
Graham, notably taller than the average medieval peasant.
I've never had any desire (or money) to travel, but I have enjoyed every single one of your videos about the places you've been. Thank you, Graham, for sharing this with us all.
As someone at 6'8" and living in the UK and visiting many castles, can definitely relate to not being the right height for old castles
Man, those ceilings on the fort were so low, you'd think they were defending against invasion from the Dutch
... Again!
a Persona 4 reference in the first 5 minutes? sacrebleu!
Rather than a tourist cap, Graham needed a tourist helmet.
another lovely episode of 'graham stark's vertigo and concussions vlogs' to legitimately help me relax at night.
but seriously the spiral stairs are scary.
The funny thing is; all those narrow doorways, low ceilings and randomly protruding stones were likely intentional so invaders would be more likely to get stuck, slowed or conk their head lol
Graham was just doing a demonstration for us!
Yep - it's not that 'medieval people were shorter', but the fortifications were DELIBERATELY INCONVENIENT - narrow passages easier to defend against a group, steep stairs to slow movement, a low lintel (top of the doorway) to disrupt an attacker's flow, etc.
I love how you shoot Penelope like she's a precocious ghost
Any time she's on camera, my mind automatically fills in the Laughing Man graphic from Ghost in the Shell. Is... Is this normal?
Oh! My mum makes an amazing cassoulae (or however it is spelt) it's beans (cannoulini, or however it is spelt) and potato and sausages and uses the bean juice from the can which gives it an amazing consistency. Also vegetarian sausages work in it and don't fall apart, so that's neat, though I do still prefer meat sausages in it. And the potat essentially melts in mouth, 10/10.
... also why is ash trays haha? Like yeah france is known for smokers, but also oh jeez there are so many whyyy (so like, a fair trope because true)
cassoulet is the usual spelling, but I love the idea of cassoulae, from the Latin cassulae, which could mean something like “big plate of beans, potatoes, and sausages” !
I watch for the personality, the sense of humour and the chill vibes. The excellent editing is just a bonus.
Another Solo Travel Japan fan, that's awesome, I love his travelogues!
Solo Travel Japan fans gather! Pretty sure we all have Sunflower ferry jingle stuck in our heads lol
I desperately want to take one of those overnight trains in Japan purely based on Solo Travel Japan's videos.
21:10 please be that kind of person maybe if enough people complain about how terrible north american urban planning is, something might actually change.
Always wanted to visit but the thought of having to drive EVERYWHERE terrifies me, I'll stick to my preferred way of travel; in a train, near an outlet, steam deck in hand.
As someone who's lived in the USA all his life, Not Just Bikes's channel was a revelation in the way things could be, and now I'm angry NA isn't like that. Like, some people (such as my dad) love surbubia and car dependence, but I like neither, and is having other options too much to ask for in the "land of the free"?
The US has trains, they'll get you from New York to California, people are just always in a rush and would rather be treated like cattle on a plane. Also, the biggest cities in the US have local commuter trains and/or subways.
That music makes me want to 100% visit Carcassonne
It’s giving cottagecore/ Ghibli vibes
as someone who has only seen Carcasonne from the perspective of televised Tour de France, I've never actually been there, and this is a lovely view of the old castle parts of the city!
I watch Grahams vlogs for a number o reason, from the music to the beauty shots, the humor to just the realness he puts out there. Ultimately I just enjoy content Graham throws out. I hope Graham just continues to throw out content so I CAN enjoy his content.
One of the other issues of North American third space availability is the bad labour laws, less time off worse brakes for worse pay at the lower end means people don't have the time or the feeling that they can take the time to just sit places.
Now I'm just imagining Penelope singing "Niiiight train to Mundo Fiiiineee"😂
Outings are great but just vibing in a cool place is best imo. Maybe just me but I feel like the trip is the experience main attraction and any outings would be a bonus.
I too, am very excited about night trains! So cozy, love it!
Ahhhh this makes me want to rewatch the Vlog with Beej where you went on the sleeper car.
All of the above, Graham, all of the above.
Good on you for waiting this late into your stay in Carcassonne to mention the award winning board game of the same name. I know it probably really took some steel nerves. Woulda been the first thing i mentioned if i was doing a travel blog.
Rampart time! Yeah I love tanking. Oh the rampart of the castle. That's cool too.
But yes you are all safe and Penelope is having a blast. Successful trip aounds like.
I watch because I'll never be able to travel overseas. It's great to experience the world through others eyes, thank you for sharing!
I absolutely adore these vlogs, the vibes are great and the camera work is always phenomenal, especially when you're exploring such beautiful areas of the world. Also, the unexpected Persona 4 reference at 3:05 had me in stitches
I watch for the escapism that it gives me from a very chaotic life down under. Also the winning personality.
I watch cause we get to hang out with you and you and your family are a delight
Kathleen always has excellent taste in shirts, and I particularly like this one
Graham is a good 8 inches taller than the average when those doors were built, and it shows.
Can't speak for everyone else, but I watch these because G-Money, Edith Slump and Antelope are delightful company and I enjoy hanging out with them all.
As for the walled city being full of shops, well, it's a city. And it doesn't seem to have really stopped being a city at any point in the past thousand years. They stopped messing with the basic structure of the thing centuries ago, and Unesco gave it a very prestigious gold star, but it remains a living, breathing place. And that's neat, even if it also means that it will absolutely be trying to sell you candy and souvenir sponge holders.
8:38 Ouch that looked pretty painful, minor concussions are distinctly not fun. One time I was returning from a couple light drinks with my (now ex) boyfriend and his family. He slipped off the kerb and buckled his ankle. My immediate response was "Did you just sprain your ankle?" in a bid to confirm what had happened. His family relentlessly chewed me out about how that is apparently not the thing one should say immediately after an incident, that regardless of what just occurred one should ask "Are you OK" straight away. I am now reassured that I am, in fact, not alone in this response. This experience has literally stuck with me and forced me to re-wire my brain away from my natural impulses, and now I feel like it'd be ok for me to revert now and then.
Listening to Penelope sing in the echo of the bridge, if she decides to go into the family business, I think LRR will be in good hands.
I got to that, and had to stop and pass my headphones to my wife - her family always makes loud noises when going under a bridge, so to see the habit elsewhere made her giggle. :)
Thank you Graham for my favorite measure of value: Ramparts per dollar
I don't know if there's also a World Heritage plaque somewhere (we have many plaques here, but I don't know them all) but my city's World Heritage thing is the logo embedded into the ground.
I know this because it's a Pokéstop.
re: third spaces-you guys should check out Montreal if you get the chance! The architecture and city planning is so much more European and it’s frankly so lovely. Easily one of my favourite cities.
These have been a nice come-down watch after coming home from work
Bit late to the comment party here, but as regular viewers, me and my fiancee were happily surprised by the Solo Travel Japan shoutout! It's a channel well worth a visit!
I definitely watch for vibes and personality.
Graham, I'm a big train nerd. One of the things I want to do here in the US is to see the nation by Rail. Yes, that means mostly Amtrack. But I thought it would be fun to take a train for three days somewhere, spend a few days seeing somewhere, and then take the train back. But I have destinations in Europe that I'd love to either see for the first time or (in the case of Northern Italy) go back and see all the spots I lived in when I was your daughter's age. (Yeah, we're talking the early 1980s. Shaddap! I'm old.) Since I want to hit England, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and (very strangely because of Honest Guide) Prague. And most of that (Sorry Ireland) I can do on a train. So I'm not adding "Train trip across Europe" to the list.
It is definitely your winning personality. Big fan of your VLOGs :)
I've only taken the train to other cities a few times in my life. On one of them it was a night train, but not by choice. I was heading back to Vancouver BC from Portland Oregon, and was informed shortly after I got dropped off at the station that Amtrak service was being put on hold for EIGHT HOURS while some freight trains had to use the rails. So I ended up getting home at like 2 am. And obviously, the train ticket I had did not include sleeper service. It wasn't the best, but the visuals and general vibe of exhaustion and frustration gave me a story idea that I've had rattling around in my head ever since.
these are entertaining, and also informative. Plus I like the LLR group and the found family that they have created.
Just got to the part where you slipped on the stairs, and oh my! My dad slipped on some stairs near a cathedral in Italy and also bonked his head. The U.S. propensity for insisting on features like handrails can be a blessing sometimes.
Solo Travel Japan! So true. His wit and joy carry his videos. Much like your videos. ^_^
30:34 i know that everyone has been really talking about big dad energy, but this was the best of them rhat I've seen this series.
Seeing that massive pile of cardboard, for just a second my heart leapt into my throat, thinking someone was about to pull an Assassin's Creed
Lol me and my partner also fell down the Solo Travel Japan rabbit hole. We did Pairis/London about a month after you did and the trains were for sure a highlight for me.
I watch for every reason you've mentioned, plus the subject matter, the editing and composition, and probably a few more reasons I've forgotten...
There is a pretty good chance that I ate Cassoulet at that exact same restaurant when I was in Carcassonne 5-6 years ago. Definitely a cool place to visit!
I LOVE Solo Travel Japan! I think his ferry reviews are my favorite.
Also, I enjoy Kuga's Travels, as they tend to be more food focused.
Mostly vibes, they are impeccable!
just gotta say, Grahams choice of background music is fantastic
I took the night train from Paris to Barcelona many years back. Couldn't sleep, not sure I would take another night train BUT I do not regret it at all.
Our Renfe train had a shower and good food 😊
The last part of this is giving me flashbacks to when my family took a sleeper train from Paris to Florence when we visited Europe in 2013. :D
I watch for all of the above!
Every time I see Graham's shadow waving from a castle wall, I think he is going to slap the top of his hand in like the French knight in Holy Grail
Carcassone reminds me a lot of the Banana Hills in Vietnam, where there are some amazing views and amazing history going on there, all while this hyper-european castle and entertainment center blares at you
Definitely here for the chill vibes. And glad that you didn't go to Carcassonne and not at least mention the game.
Penelope's bwop bwops in the tunnel were delightful.
As a slightly taller than Graham person, it is never the obviously to low things like that Toilet that get you... Its the one that just hangs out and barely hits your forehead, especially on stairs.
good shout out for my beloved solo travel japan, a perfect youtube channel if there ever was one.
Carcassonne is beautiful and I'm glad you had such a good time there! I hope that you are able to visit again soon; I'm of the opinion that there's nothing better for kids than travel.
I'm pretty sure the parking down the middle of a parking lot is pretty common in most European cities. Basically if you leave enough space for the other people to get out you can park there. Since the space wasn't originally built for cars, you basically just got a lot of wasted space if you don't do that.
Kathleen mentioned Khoo! Aw I miss him.
My favorite Sleeper Train / Train in general channel I've found was Vancouvers own Downie Live who worked with Victorias own CHEK TV to make a series about his travel across canada by train where he flew out to Newfoundland and then took the Canadian back across the country.
Chill vibes. I'm here for chill vibes.
Nice to see that Kathleen opens bananas from the correct end.
6:35 that "particularly drastic" thing might be the 20th century world wars!
ME: I wonder if Graham is going to be too tall for the night train
G: I just fit
ME: :O
Very nice, never been to Carcassonne but it feels like a nice mix between verona/mantua and german/polish castles
I can see the logic with the parking, feral as it looks at first glance. Assuming every "real" spot around the sides is taken, anywhere else you park is going to block somebody in somewhere. But the lot is so big that if you park in a thin column in the centre, everybody else parked can still come and go.
Always great to have a Persona ref, though I expect it from Kathleen. Not Graham!
What I am learning is a contemporary defender of carcassonne probably hurt themselves, a lot...
Moving around there looks difficult now, let alone before all the additional safety stuff and in any kind of armour.
Music is aggressively French. Love your video G. All for your fantastic personality aka your radio voice hi-jinx. and Penelope's Thumb up
PS G, this ins Pétanque, not bocce
I saw that empty shop at 21:54 and briefly considered emigrating to open an LGS.
Carcassonne is also a great city to visit during early autumn in October. Way fewer tourists and less heat
Personally i like the gvlogs because of your soothing voice and impeccable camerawork.
10:50 THAT WASNT POST?!? XD. I figured You or Jordynne had added that in post X3;. y'know, as a joke!.
very cool